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    s. e. smith‏Verified account @sesmith Feb 17

    A cool thing about requiring students to file a FAFSA to graduate is that students with parents/guardians who refuse to cooperate are just...screwed I guess? Nothing like being unable to graduate because your parents are assholes.

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      2. Morgan  🐝  📚 🐛‏ @realmamamorgan Feb 17
        Replying to @sesmith

        The FAFSA also doesn't account for divorced parents well. My parents were doing okayish for themselves on paper, but they were supporting two totally separate households. The first time I applied for the FAFSA, I got ZERO aid, despite the fact that my parents had no extra funds.

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      3. RheumofHerOwn‏ @fridawrites Feb 17
        Replying to @realmamamorgan @sesmith

        Also it does not account well for total medical bills at all—just the portion you are able to deduct. (Amount going into HSAs and FSAs, the 10% before deductions, significant expenses that are not deductible—can be 15k difference in one case. :) )

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      2. Kelsey‏ @kelsey_ann_b Feb 17
        Replying to @sesmith

        Yeah. My dad had money but he wouldn't help me so I had a hard time getting the financial aid I needed.

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      3. eleighdo‏ @eleighdo Feb 17
        Replying to @kelsey_ann_b @sesmith

        Same with my parents. Twenty years later, I’m saddled with debt because I couldn’t qualify for other types of aid. 🙃

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      2. M. Kei (he/him) WEAR A MASK‏ @kujakupoet Feb 17
        Replying to @sesmith @RutiRegan

        My parents refused to fund my education, but the school still factored in their contribution and determined that I was not eligible for assistance. My family refused to support me, but still claimed me on their taxes. I was on my own.

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      3. M. Kei (he/him) WEAR A MASK‏ @kujakupoet Feb 17
        Replying to @kujakupoet @sesmith @RutiRegan

        Fortunately, I attended during the 80s when it was still possible to work your way through college. It took me six years, but I made it. Today it would be impossible.

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      1. OpenSorceress‏ @OpenSorceress Feb 18
        Replying to @sesmith @RutiRegan

        Or dead

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      1. Local Fae Cryptid‏ @Chance_J_Smith Feb 18
        Replying to @sesmith @RutiRegan

        My high school still hasn’t sent my final transcript to my college because I haven’t paid off my school debt. To a public high school.

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      1. Kit Englard‏ @MathnSkating Feb 18
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        This happened to someone I know. They had to wait to age out in order to go to college. It was AWFUL.

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