davidvue88
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Hi,
I live in CA, I'm 20 years old, and a full time student at my local community college. In the past 3 years while I have attended school, I was always given full financial aid per semester/year.
However, this year I am only given a board of governors waiver to basically pay for a small amount of tuition. I know my parents don't make enough money, therefore I was generally awarded the full amount of financial aid. This year however, I am not.
I went to talk to the financial aid advisor, and she had said that the reason why I'm not getting my full financial aid award is because my parents had claimed me on their tax. I too, did work, and made about a little over $5,000 this past year. I didn't file any taxes until after financial aid adivsed me to do so. She said I'm not getting my full financial aid because my parents claimed me and I didn't claim myself. It doesn't make any sense to me....
Please help me in this situation. Thanks.
It's not that I'm not getting ANY financial aid, I will be receiving it, BUT just in a LESSER/SMALLER amount from the previous years.
The only thing she said I did wrong with the FAFSA is the fact that I didn't file my taxes (which i later did file it) and also because my parents had claimed me. She explained it to me as the reason why I'm getting less is because the people viewing my FAFSA would think that the money I made the past year, I just spent it on entertainment and wasted it instead of paying my bills, buying things I actually needed, etc. Basically, all the money I had made was used for useless reasons when I could have used it for school and I didn't need financial aid (which was not what happened, I did use the money I made on bills and things like that).
Which I still don't understand. Shouldn't they be basing my financial need on my parents income anyways if they claimed me as a dependant??
I live in CA, I'm 20 years old, and a full time student at my local community college. In the past 3 years while I have attended school, I was always given full financial aid per semester/year.
However, this year I am only given a board of governors waiver to basically pay for a small amount of tuition. I know my parents don't make enough money, therefore I was generally awarded the full amount of financial aid. This year however, I am not.
I went to talk to the financial aid advisor, and she had said that the reason why I'm not getting my full financial aid award is because my parents had claimed me on their tax. I too, did work, and made about a little over $5,000 this past year. I didn't file any taxes until after financial aid adivsed me to do so. She said I'm not getting my full financial aid because my parents claimed me and I didn't claim myself. It doesn't make any sense to me....
Please help me in this situation. Thanks.
It's not that I'm not getting ANY financial aid, I will be receiving it, BUT just in a LESSER/SMALLER amount from the previous years.
The only thing she said I did wrong with the FAFSA is the fact that I didn't file my taxes (which i later did file it) and also because my parents had claimed me. She explained it to me as the reason why I'm getting less is because the people viewing my FAFSA would think that the money I made the past year, I just spent it on entertainment and wasted it instead of paying my bills, buying things I actually needed, etc. Basically, all the money I had made was used for useless reasons when I could have used it for school and I didn't need financial aid (which was not what happened, I did use the money I made on bills and things like that).
Which I still don't understand. Shouldn't they be basing my financial need on my parents income anyways if they claimed me as a dependant??