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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you fall into any of the following categories, you automatically become independent (meaning, your parents’ finances don’t count & it doesn’t matter how rich or poor they are) for the purposes of undergrad federal financial aid; tax dependency status is irrelevant:

-You’re a caretaker providing more than 50% financially toward the care of a child[b]
-You’re married
-You’re 24 or older (starts the year you’re turning 24)[/b]
-You’re in the military or a veteran
-You were emancipated by a judge due to parental abuse PRIOR to the age of 18

I’ve highlighted the easiest ones to achieve.

[b]Additionally, you can get instate in a state you didn’t go to high school in if you move there for 1-2 years & show that you’re completely supporting yourself financially. That means 1-2 gap years after high school;  this would have to happen before starting undergrad. [/b]

This is all assuming your child is a U.S. citizen or holds a green card.[/quote]

This is possible, and people do it, but it’s much harder than it sounds. Good luck fully financially supporting yourself as an unskilled 18-20 year old in California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Washington State or Michigan. And applying to college in the midst of that, unless you choose to attend CC in one of those states first. [/quote]

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