Monkey's Magical Treehouse of Awesomeness

[Lemon Cheesecake]

In California I believe If you are living at home and going to college your parents can claim you on their taxes if you are under 21? If they can claim you on their taxes then you have to use their income as part of your FAFSA (as well as your own income).

If you are not living at home - you live 6 months or more away from home in your own place, not the dorms and move back for the breaks- then your parents can't claim you on their taxes and you can apply for FAFSA on your own. Isn't there a box that says you are basically homeless on the application? Maybe try that one?

Maybe like Mur said, have your parents claim you on their taxes for school, plus there are 2 of you at college, and then put their income taxes down (use 2015 if it is less). Do they make too much? Does your State colleges have any benefits like California does?

[MonkeyGirl18]

No matter what, nothing is going to change my mind that the FAFSA is stupid.






My parents aren't going to claim me as dependent just because of the stupid rules FAFSA has.





I'm also not going to risk lying on the FAFSA. If they find out it's untrue, I may not ever be able to get finaid.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

no, not lie - I think it just says something about if you are financially responsible for yourself and not living at home.

Your parents should be claiming you on their taxes to reduce their taxes - if they can.

I find the FAFSA application frustrating and you especially have yo be careful how you go back onto the application because it will start a new one and then email you that it is not finished,

[MonkeyGirl18]

Doesn't matter their reason, they're not going to claim me on their taxes anymore........




It doesn't matter anyway. They have to claim me on my FAFSA and that's that.






Let's just change the subject. Please.

[murmurlade]

:v good lord monkey your life is pretty shit
well, since you asked for a change of subject..
i bought cereal yesterday, for Kellogg's 110th anniversary. the boxes came with these giant tins.
then when i got home, i realized the tins had cereal inside them as well.

....so now i have 10 packs of cereal.

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Have a cereal party - or gift someone the tins of cereal!

[murmurlade]

I bought the cereal for the tins T___T
argh, wish I could feed the headless chickens these cornflakes.

[MonkeyGirl18]

You have headless chickens?

[Lemon Cheesecake]

gift them the cereal then1

<headless chickens can't eat - they get eaten>

[murmurlade]

Lemon has headless chickens!

[MonkeyGirl18]

"Headless chickens can't eat, they get eaten."


Lol, well, apparently, one chicken decided that it wasn't going to die that way.

There was a headless chicken that lived for 18 months without, well, a head. It choked to death...

[Lemon Cheesecake]

bwak bwak <chicken chuckles> that is so funny Monkeygirl

[murmurlade]

.....rip for headless headstrong chicken xD

[Lemon Cheesecake]

<I wish I never started this conversation>

I really hate to think of where my food comes from sometimes.

[MonkeyGirl18]

So fun to find out my eyes are bloodshot right now. >->


I don't have time for this.



I don't have time to worry about it.