• jet@hackertalks.com
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    14 days ago

    In the USA the FASFA is used to determine how much financial aid (grants, or zero interest loans) someone can get for university

    Unfortunately it looks at parents assets as well as the adult students assets.

    Unless

    • over the age of 25
    • military veteran
    • married

    So the loop hole here is obvious, two students should get married, then their financial need will be totally unmet and get the highest level of benefits

    • qantravon@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      I know someone who had to do this. Her parents were abusive and were refusing to do the FASFA paperwork, holding it over her head for something. She had already been in college a couple of years at this point. So, she found a friend she trusted and they got married, allowing her to get the funding she needed to continue to attend college.