http://blog.studentloannetwork.com/fafsa/dependent-status-leaves-many-in-the-lurch/ Student Loan Blog: News, Updates and Advice Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:09:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://blog.studentloannetwork.com/fafsa/dependent-status-leaves-many-in-the-lurch/comment-page-1/#comment-9901 Spencer Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.staffordloan.com/stafford-loan-blog/2009/04/06/independent-status-leaves-many-in-the-lurch/#comment-9901 I completely agree with this. I live in Texas, which means I have been an adult since I turned 17 three years ago. I moved out of my parents house six months later and have been on my own since then. Tuition, books, and housing cost me $40,000 a year, plus I have a truck payment, insurance, and phone bill. While I work hard to pay my bills, my parents are fairly well off, so I recieve nothing even though, if the government only considered my income, I would qualify for Pell Grants and Broke College Student Funds and any other funds that the Education department has. :) And I'm not as bad off as many others are. I know people who joined the military so that they would be able to pay for college because no one would even give them a loan for school. It's sad when the people who really want this aren't even given a chance while others who go to college just to be doing something (and I know some of these people too), get scholarships, grants, and free money that just ends up getting wasted anyway. I completely agree with this. I live in Texas, which means I have been an adult since I turned 17 three years ago. I moved out of my parents house six months later and have been on my own since then. Tuition, books, and housing cost me $40,000 a year, plus I have a truck payment, insurance, and phone bill. While I work hard to pay my bills, my parents are fairly well off, so I recieve nothing even though, if the government only considered my income, I would qualify for Pell Grants and Broke College Student Funds and any other funds that the Education department has. And I’m not as bad off as many others are. I know people who joined the military so that they would be able to pay for college because no one would even give them a loan for school. It’s sad when the people who really want this aren’t even given a chance while others who go to college just to be doing something (and I know some of these people too), get scholarships, grants, and free money that just ends up getting wasted anyway.

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