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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did the FAFSA rules change re counting parental income if you were no longer dependent on your parents? Meaning living on your own, working, paying for your own at expenses at 18+.[/quote]
You’re independent at 24 or if in grad school. It has been that way for a long time. [/quote]
In the early 200s when I was in grad and undergrad, I was independent at 18. I lived on my own, paid my own insurance, worked, and went to school. I received grants and loans. Parental income was never required as I was independent. It sounds like today, you can be 18 and living on your own with no support from your parents and still not be considered independent.[/quote]

No, you're misremembering.  In 2000, independence was still 24 and above.  The policy was still that a parents unwillingness to pay did not create independence.

https://ifap.ed.gov/sfahandbooks/attachments/sech6-app.pdf
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Lol. You think I’m misremembering that I had parents pay tuition for me that I did not? Sorry sweets, there were clearly exceptions allowed. I worked FT afternoons/evenings/weekends and made between 13-19k during those years. No parental income was required by GMU’s financial aid office. I didn’t even know where my parents were to have asked them to provide their income. Things clearly weren’t as black and white as you claim they were. [/quote]

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