What are the financial aid options for a not-so-rich kid?
I was wondering if there is any possible chance that I could receive financial aid, especially in light of the alimony. Every school has a financial aid office. If you have specific schools in mind, you should talk to someone at the relevant financial aid office, if the information you’re looking for isn’t already on the school’s website. (And it isn’t clear what alimony, per se, has to do with anything, unless you’re saying it reduces your father’s income – but $140K per year is still quite high.) I was also wondering about student loans, and that possibility of getting one, considering my parents’ credit ratings were destroyed in their divorce. Many if not most student loans are based solely on your being a student (and most students have no credit history). In any case, since parents normally do NOT co-sign for student loans, their credit rating is irrelevant. [Warning: you can lose eligibility for student loans if convicted of a crime involving drug use.] Any recommenation in regar
