Getting married for financial aid for college?

Katie

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Okay so I'm a senior in high school and my parents refuse to cosign my student loans. I don't even know if they will fill out my FAFSA. My parents are very unsupportive of my college decisions and disagree with me going out of state. They have come so far as to say "if you don't go to this college than you can't go to college at all." The college they want me to go to does not have the major I want to go in to. My parents and I have never really had a good relationship and they don't support my decisions at all. I want to follow my dreams and be able to choose where I want to go to college. I have been with my boyfriend for almost 3 years and we are planning on getting an apartment when I go to college. My parents make enough money so that if they did fill out my FAFSA I wouldn't get much financial aid. My boyfriend and I have much less of an income than my parents so it would theoretically give me more financial aid if we were married. Is it a crazy idea to get married so young for financial reasons. I don't mind being technically married even if we do end up in divorce later on. Especially if it will save me a ton of money and allow me to go to college. I feel as though I'm in a very tight spot and there has to be something I can do. Without my parents filling out my FAFSA or cosigning my loans I won't be able to go to college. :( Any advice?
Like I said, the colleges in my state do not offer the major I want to go into. Therefore I don't have much of a choice besides going out of state. Also the state school my parents want me to go to costs $30,000 plus a year. This is just as much money if not more than many of the out of state schools I want to attend. My parents are unsupportive of me wanting to go to school for fashion design or anything art related. It's not the money thats the problem for them. They are extremely controlling and don't want me to major in anything art related.
 
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