I briefly considered doing something like this when I was a senior in high school trying to find a way to college. My mother was poorer than dirt, and I lived w

I briefly considered doing something like this when I was a senior in high school trying to find a way to college. My mother was poorer than dirt, and I lived with her until she kicked me out of the house at 14. My father took me in from then. From a very early age my father indicated I should make my own way through school. He'd shout "Full ride!" every time I'd get a B or less on a report card. It was formative enough that I got a savings account when I was 10 years old or so. From then on, I saved almost all the money I got from mowing lawns, birthdays, and hanging papa johns mailers on doors at apartments. By 14, I had only accumulated about 500$, but every cent was post marked for my future tuition. I was dumb with excitement every time I got one of those ~.39 cent interest credits on my mailed statements. It was pretty much the only mail I ever received, once a month. When my mother kicked me out, she emptied my account immediately. By policy, an adult was required to have their name on the account of a minor. Even though it's not really that much money, I'm still a little bitter about it. When I was reading through strategies for filling out the FAFSA, saying I lived with her would have been a haymaker. I didn't when it occurred to me that any mail to her house indicating what I had done would immediately set the wheels in motion for her to fraudulently sue my father for child support. If it weren't for the fear of her, I suspect I would have done it, and felt no shame in doing so. I've always felt like there should have been SOME consolation prize. Sorry tax payers. Lucky for you I never did it. Lucky for me my father stepped up despite years saying he wouldn't give me a dime. He ended up covering what my loans, small scholarship and job income didn't.