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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well that happened to me but it was my own dad who wouldn’t pay anything even though he could.  He bought a new more expensive house, a new luxury car and retired early in the span of time l put myself through college and didn’t qualify for loans because he had money.

Is it really that uncommon for step parents (and parents) to expect “bootstraps”? I have a few co-workers who are also refusing to help their kids with college even though it seems like they could afford to help.  [/quote]

What makes it unreasonable is that our system presumes a parental contribution, whether the parent is willing to pay or not.  They are free to make that choice, but they are not free to say it is okay.  Their kids are demonstrably worse off than low income kids when it comes to paying for college and the parents are making the choice to do that to their children.  [/quote]

Please. Every parent would refuse parental contribution if it meant their kid could be considered low income and eligible for free tuition. Of course the expectation that BOTH parents, including stepparents, are expected to contribute. [/quote]

Step parents should not be responsible for college as they are not legal parents.  [/quote]

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