Wow! Good to know, I'll have to look into this further!

Five years ago my Aunt asked me to attend the financial aid semenar with her when her youngest child graduated. I was quite surprised to discover how much money in grants he was able to get. My uncle works at the same place my husband does and makes the same amount of money my husband does.

Imagine my surprise when I attended a similiar seminar when my daughter graduated a mere three years later and she cannot get a penny and we have four other dependents. What it boiled down to was there were only four situations that she was not required to use our income 1) If she was married 2) If she had a child herself 3) if she was in the military (either active duty or reserves) and 4) something about legally emmancipated (which according to the FASA website was next to impossible obtain unless you are a ward of the state and born on a Tuesday at 1:13 am).

So if you could share where you're getting your information I'd certainly appreciate it. She's had another legal address for two years now. Scholarships pay for half of her tuition, but we end up oweing 20K a year. Again, according to the FASA website the person has to be something silly like 23 and 7 months (basically 24) before her income alone will be used to determine availability. At this rate we're still on the hook when she enters grad school because she graduated at 17.