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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take a gap year or two, work, become independent, then apply & seek need-based financial aid.

Or attend local community college for two years.[/quote]

One reason I want to help this teen is that I don’t think she feels fully safe and secure in the home with her mom and stepdad. It would be best if she could get away from that.[/quote]

Can they afford two years of community college then guaranteed transfer to UMD or whatever the state college is? If she works part-time, she could pull it off with a little help from her mother.

And about feeling safe... come on. Is this going to turn into an anti-immigrant screed, OP? Are you saying he's a pedo? A violent drunk? If she really wants to make this work, she needs to save money and live at home while going to college.

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This has nothing to do with their national origin. If you can’t imagine a scenario where a teen would feel less than secure and happy in a home where she is, at minimum, treated like an unwanted extra by the stepdad, then you must live a pretty charmed life. [/quote]

Why should the stepdad take on this financial burden? He may have spousal support to a prior wife or kids of his own (and those college obligations by court order). [/quote]

She's not asking him to pay. But his income will count against her when she applies for financial aid. Period. Imagine if it didn't count just because he didn't want to pay? Everyone would claim they refuse to pay so the kids can get more aid. What makes him special that his refusal should have no consequences?

Also, if he has spousal support and court ordered college obligations, that goes in the aid application and will be used to lower the "parents' expected contribution." Note: expected, not required.[/quote]

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