My parents are divorced. Under whos salary do i apply for scholarships?
Actually, it’s irrelevant who claims you on taxes, but I will agree with the other respondent on one thing – the advice that we’re giving you relates to financial aid, not to scholarships. When a dependent student whose parents are divorced completes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, he/she must provide the financial information for the parent they lived the most with during the preceding 12 months. If the applicant did not live with one parent more than the other, he/she should provide the information for the parent who provided more financial support during the last 12 months. If your dad paid child support, make sure you include those sums with any other money that he gave you (and bills he paid on your behalf) when calculating who provided more financial support. Do not confuse the concepts of financial aid dependency with income tax dependency – it’s only coincidental that they use the same word in both systems. The advice that you received about “who claims
