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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students by alasdair_ on Thursday August 16, 2018 @05:25PM (#17778534)
>Despite being emancipated, FAFSA still considers you a dependent until you're 24.

It's ridiculous.

Parents divorced and one parent is an asshole? All they need to do is refuse to hand over their tax returns.

Parent remarried? FAFSA wants to see the tax returns of the step-parent and takes THEIR income into account, even if the marriage only occurred the previous year.

Needing parental tax returns is a ridiculous thing for an adult.

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Re:NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students by scaasic on Friday August 17, 2018 @08:52AM (#17782399)
Actually in a divorce scenario, FAFSA only requires information about the custodial parent’s household (so if you’re independent you can effectively choose which one). But yes, doesn’t change the fact that the whole concept is dumb. If they’re using tax returns to determine ability to pay, they should also follow the IRS’s rules on dependency.
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