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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by naveen99 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:42AM (#12733321)
Probably cheaper to marry then off. Students with spouses don't have their parent's income considered.

Of course my wife won't let me try this at home.

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by Declanomous on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:47AM (#12734245)
A friend and I considered getting married for a similar reason. We actually both were receiving Pell Grants, but married students are allowed to live off campus and drop the meal plan, which would have saved us another ~$7,000 each (mostly in loans).

As far as bad plans go, it wasn't exceptionally terrible, because we actually had an exit plan. Wisconsin allows you to annul a marriage if you haven't consummated it after a year. (I might not be 100% correct on that point, but the law was something like that.)

Pretty glad I didn't go through with that plan.

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Re:The Ivy League Doesn’t Need Taxpayers’ Help by kchoudhu on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @07:35AM (#12733508)
I'm from Bangladesh -- arranged marriages are still an option!

(not really)

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