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Re:Ask HN: Going to College with NIL Family Support? by ktom on Thursday February 05, 2009 @08:18PM (#469151)
I am not certain if the works in the United States, but you could divorce yourself from your parents.

Then their financial standing would no longer affect you, because they would no longer be legally considered your family.

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Re:Ask HN: Going to College with NIL Family Support? by tokenadult on Friday February 06, 2009 @10:55AM (#469862)
Here's an MIT statement from the director of financial aid:

"For MIT, our definition of an independent student is one where there are no parents to rely upon for information (in cases of deceased parents or abuse or neglect). The bar is set pretty high, so we do not generally allow students to be considered independant."

http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/finaid/financial_aid/its...

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Re:Ask HN: Going to College with NIL Family Support? by tokenadult on Thursday February 05, 2009 @10:17PM (#469287)
It's called being declared legally emancipated in the United States, but I think it is not easy to do.
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