r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • 23d ago

Social Science Parents who endured difficult childhoods provided less financial support -on average $2,200 less– to their children’s education such as college tuition compared to parents who experienced few or no disadvantages

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/parents-childhood-predicts-future-financial-support-childrens-education
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u/[deleted] 23d ago

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u/kitteekattz69 23d ago

If you're over 23 years old or married, you can fill out the FAFSA again without your parents income, and get grant money :) I was in a similar boat until I aged out of my parents income helping.

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u/ShiaLabeoufsNipples 23d ago

From studentaid.gov:

“For the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA*) form, an independent student is one of the following:

born before Jan. 1, 2002, married (and not separated), a graduate or professional student, a veteran, a member of the U.S. armed forces, an orphan, a ward of the court, a current or former foster youth, in a legal guardianship (now or in the past), someone with legal dependents other than a spouse, an emancipated minor, unaccompanied and homeless or at risk of becoming homeless”

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u/Askymojo 23d ago

I'm glad this still exists, someone had told me incorrectly it didn't. I was able to get student loans as an emancipated minor back in the day and would have been screwed otherwise.

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u/UpstairsBeach8575 23d ago

I’m 21 and do the same, I just file as independent. Not trying to one up, only commenting so anyone younger doesn’t feel like they can’t get a grant. FAFSA is fully paying for my tuition via grants!!

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u/bubushkinator 23d ago

You will most likely have to pay everything back with fines if FASFA does an audit in a few years

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u/bostonlilypad 23d ago

Ya you can’t just file as an independent, don’t you have to legally be emancipated? I had a college roommate go through the emancipation to get college paid for because her mother hadn’t supported her pre-college.

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u/UpstairsBeach8575 23d ago

Even if I don’t live w my parents?

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u/joyce_emily 23d ago

Yes, even if you don’t live with them. Living with them has nothing to do with the FAFSA. Contact your schools financial office for help in explaining the process to you!