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In reply to the discussion: 18 year old sues parents for kicking her out and not paying her tuition [View all]MissB
(15,825 posts)about establishing - legally - that her parents are unwilling to pay for college.
She is going to be unable otherwise to attend the college of her choice at.all.
As PNWmom pointed out, she is reliant on her parents for their financial info when applying to colleges. Since she is supposed to be an excellent student, it isn't inconceivable that she is applying to a college that requires a CSS profile - well, at least the FAFSA. To fill these out, one needs ones parents to cooperate.
The ONLY way around that is by proving that your parents are unwilling.
Granted, she could apply to somewhere like University of Alabama (well known for its generous merit aid that, depending on her chosen course of study, may give her enough $ to only need the maximum federal student loan amounts. Or she could start at community college.
But I'll give her the benefit of the doubt on the abuse claims, and I think it's reasonable to assume she may just be trying to establish that she can't get her parents to provide the detailed info that is required. That'll give her access to a bit more federal money at least.
Edited to add: EFC is established based on the FAFSA (based on parents' income) and the CSS profile delves deeper into the details of her parents' financial ability to pay. Her EFC is likely quite high at this point as her parents make enough to send her to a private school. Establishing that your parents won't contribute is a necessarily difficult thing to do otherwise all parents would simply state they are unwilling to pay a cent. College acceptance deadlines are only a bit under two months away. It's an issue that needs to be worked out soon, otherwise a gap year is in order.
Gah. EFC is the expected family contribution.