What can i wirte on a dependency override letter for college?
This letter will not be approved. First of all re-check your grammar and spelling. Ug.... Second, the "why i can't get support from my bio parent" is completely wrong. This is not the point of the letter and what you are asking for. ((((Getting Mom's income and tax info is not the same as her financial support.)))) Mom is not required to give you her support for you to attend college. You are just required to get her financial information if you want to be considered for free grants. If you can not... THEN you write this letter for a dependency over ride. If you go in asking for something that is not correct, the obviously you will not get approved. You need to write a letter stating WHY you should be considered an independent. For example, your biological parents are in jail. Be prepared to attach letters from your high school counselor, clergy, police report, or/and other non family members to verify this. Not just one, but several letters to build your case. You also need to explain exactly WHERE your Mother is now and when the last time you talked to her and why you can not get her income information from her.
Is this an acceptable letter for a dependency override?
I'm assuming from your need for a letter that this might be an appeal to a previous decision. If that is the case, I would suggest throwing out any and all "sob" sections, such as your father's suicide and your sister getting an apartment when she was 18. I don't really think they care; given they peruse about a hundred of these things an hour in the busy seasons. The second statement/paragraph? is irrelevant, actually. I would say that if you can't prove this with records of income and certified statements that you would do well to focus most of your energy on your relationship with your mother. Keep it short and to the point and you should be fine. I bet they would even accept and approve a two paragraph letter stating that your relationship with your mother isn't well enough to allow you access to her bank records, even for the purpose of fin aid. It doesn't really seem like much of an ordeal - the obtaining aid for school. If you don't live with your mother and she doesn't support you at all, then there will be no problems other than writing your letter requesting independent status. I would send it in as soon as you have any free time, though. These requests and processes have a way of getting held up for the most ridiculous reasons. Things like this happen all the time. Your situation is not unique to struggles, luckily. I think you will be fine with a formal letter of explanation, as long as you stick to a professional format and keep it to facts that don't make you look like a better candidate for ind status than anyone else. It's sad, I know, but they don't care to hear your story. The end result is obtaining aid for school, which you are entitled to, I'm assuming, so don't worry so much. If it gets in well ahead of time you should have no more worries. Your grammar doesn't require much work, though, and that is a plus. I'd give it a 95%. Perhaps you can waste this opportunity on majoring in English lol. Best of luck.
Dependency Override letter for FAFSA?
i am writing a dependency override latter for fafsa to my school and i was wondering if anyone could correct this letter for me and to tell me the changes i should make or the point i can give so that i can get the override because i really need it for my tuition. thank you so much. the letter is bellow......... My name is
Is this good enough for a Dependency Override Letter?
Dependency Override I am writing this letter to explain why I should be filed as an independent student. Since birth, I have never had any known support from my biological mother, neither do I have any now. The little that I do know of my mother is that she comes by the house every now and then to ask for money. Ever since I could remember I have lived with my grandmother, not my biological mother. My mother has been to jail countless of times due to her drug habit and consistent breaking of the law. I have also never had any support from my father, being that I have never met him before. I am still in custody of my mother, although I have been living with my grandmother since I was five. While in jail, however, my mother did give my grandmother custody of me, but it was never legally notarized. I have pastors, teachers and my high school counselor that can tell you that they have never seen my mother support me in any way even if she could. As I have said, I live with my grandmother(grammy). She has taken care of me all of my life. My mother has not been apart of my life from birth. She chose a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol, and chose to abandon me. My grandmother has always provided for me, food, clothing, shelter, laughter, prayers, and everything else.
Can you claim yourself as a dependent on the FAFSA?
If you can furnish documentation proving your independent status, you can appeal for a financial aid override once your financial aid profile is prepared: 1) When completing the FAFSA, enter $0 for for parents income and assets and enter your financial information. The FAFSA will generate an EFC that is primarily based on your parents' "0 income." 2) As soon as you get your financial aid letter or SAR (your financial aid profile based upon what you've entered on the FAFSA), make an appointment with your financial aid counselor. There, you will present your documentation and the counselor will keep your information for review. 3) Your college will then prepare a new financial aid profile for you. Hopefully, the new letter will reflect your new independent status. Types of documentation you'll need is proof of residency that is DIFFERENT from your parents' and two years of your parents' tax forms showing zero dependent claims (OR birth certificates/court documents for each dependent) Edit upon further review: Spalmer is only half correct. You cannot claim a special circumstance because your parents make too much money but you CAN apply for a special circumstances if your parents are IN NO WAY providing financial support. The truth is that you are automatically considered an independent student at age 23 (or if you were orphaned, are married, have children or are a graduate student), but the special circumstance procedures wouldn't exist if there weren't acceptable cases for a status override. The key is making sure you have the appropriate documentation to back up your claim.
Financial aid appeal-suicide attempt?
A financial aid appeal needs to have 3 things: 1) Documentation of a serious reason why you were not able to meet the performance standards at your school. 2) Documentation of something that has changed that shows you are likely to be able to meet the standards in the future. 3) A plan that shows how you intend to meet the standards. You certainly have a serious reason for being unable to keep up your performance in school. You don't need to share details with the FA committee, but you do need to give them a brief outline of what happened and attach some documentation that your story is true. A letter from your counselor, or a doctor who treated you should be sufficient. 2) This might be a little more difficult to prove, since recovery in cases of mental illness can't always be detected as easily as recovery from a physical illness such as a broken leg might be. You might be able to argue that what has changed is that your father is now out of the picture, that you are receiving treatment and/or medication and that you have shown enough progress to make it likely that you can handle school again. Document this with a letter from the person who is treating you. 3) A committee will most likely want to see that you have arranged for support systems to help you. Your plan might include: a letter showing that you have met with your professors to map out a plan to catch up, a letter from an academic counselor showing that you have arranged for a tutor, a plan for accessing help if you are in crisis (such as working with a counselor on campus). It might also involve selecting less rigorous courses or taking a lighter course load for a semester until you get back on your feet again and are sure you can handle a full load. I'm sorry to hear that you've had such a difficult time. I hope that things get better for you and that you are able to return to school and work toward a brighter future.
Can anyone give me tips on getting a dependency override?
Nina: I can't tell you what to write, but I can tell you what you're not going to be able to rely on. Direct from the US Department of Education Handbook: "None of the conditions listed below, singly or in combination, qualify as unusual circumstances meriting a dependency override: 1. Parents refuse to contribute to the student's education 2. Parents are unwilling to provide information on the FAFSA or for verification. 3. Parents do not claim the student as a dependent for income tax purposes. 4. Student demonstrates total self-sufficiency." Judging from the situation that you described, you were planning to rely on a combination of factors 1 and 4 - but as you can see, the Federal Student Aid handbook specifically identifies those two circumstances as situations that DO NOT justify a dependency override. To be very honest with you, the dependency override is intended for use in "exceptional circumstance" situations, and your circumstances, though sad, are not really exceptional. There are many parents who refuse to support their older children - and many of them specifically refuse to contribute to their education expenses. Though I know this is disappointing, stop for a moment and remember who provides the money for financial aid. It's a government program, which means, of course, that the money comes from your parents' fellow taxpayers. What you're really hoping - is that - if your parents refuse to help you with school - that their fellow taxpayers will say "Hey, that's alright. If your parents don't feel like paying, we'll just go ahead and make those payment for them." The federal student aid system is designed to HELP families pay for school. If your parents refuse to help you, the aid system is not designed to make it up to you. The override applications that are approved are those that describe very unusual circumstances like an abusive family environment, and physical abandonment. The fact that you are making your own way through this world is something you can be very proud of, but that is not considered an acceptable ground for a dependency override. I know that's not at all what you wanted to hear, but I wanted to share an honest response to your question. Good luck to you.