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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those who are full pay for undergrad, will you make your DC use loans to pay for law or med school or help them out? Both DCs talking about law/med, and we hadn’t planned for this. Because of our income they won’t qualify for aid.[/quote]

Can't they be declared independent for grad school and apply for loans that don't reflect your finances? I think it is increasingly becoming popular to work for a year or two, particularly before law school, which would make this even easier (plus they could save up a little bit, though probably not much).[/quote]

It was very difficult to get independent status even over 25 years ago when I went to law school. I was married and on my own for a number of years and they still wanted to see my single mother's finances. I got some financial aid for law school (basically a scholarship that paid for a little less than half of my tuition) and in those days it was practically unheard of outside merit aid because my family really was dirt poor - the rest I paid for through loans.  From what I hear, these days law schools are a bit more generous, but not by a whole lot. [/quote]

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