Financial Aid/FAFSA Loophole?

[KingDan]

I don't know if this is how it works everywhere, but if you decide what college to go to based on FAFSA...
My sister went to Georgetown and after filling out FAFSA our family only had to pay 1/2. After freshmen year this dropped a little bit, and by senior year my family had to pay for the whole thing.

[jason_t]

I have two friends who got married so they could live in married student housing. They're now divorced.

[awval999]

The whole point would be to get divorced after college. You would do this with one of your best 'girl'friends.

In response to the other question about Georgetown. Georgetown is a private school with their own private grants and I'm not sure how this would work. I'm just basing my little idea for the main government grants which are Pell, Fed. Supplemental, and state grants.

[mslif]

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How fraud? Legal marriage, taking advantage of legal educational opportunities given to families that have limited means of finances.

Prenup before marriage of course.

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be careful with prenups. I had one unfortunately it was done in FL (state where I was married) and not enforceable in the state I filed for divorce (Colorado) so I got screwed. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Anyway, getting married in order to help your financial situation is pretty lame. Most of us who went to college and had to pay for it and/or deal with financial aids and loans dealt with it without getting married. I am sure you are smart enough to find a better way to deal with this.

[TheMetetron]

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If it sounds too good to be true...then it probably is.

Why cant a mexican pay me to marry her so she can become a legal american? I am sure your idea would fall into the same catergory....

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People do this. I know a few personally.

[tonypaladino]

It's been done successfully. I know people who've done it.