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Marriage is a way to qualify as independent on the FAFSA. There are several ways - military service, certain legal emancipation situations, being a ward of the
by tatterdemalion 11y ago
Marriage is a way to qualify as independent on the FAFSA. There are several ways - military service, certain legal emancipation situations, being a ward of the state, and being over 24. Marriage is the way that is least difficult to achieve.
- _delirium 11y agoAging to the age of 24 is also comparatively easy to achieve. :-)
- themartorana 11y agoIt is, but it stunts educational progress by 5-6 years.
- vezzy-fnord 11y agoIt stunts credential obtaining progress, more accurately. They're two independent phases.
- _delirium 11y agoYes, I think overall it might even be better for education. Tons of 18-year-old college students have no idea what they want out of college or how to achieve it. That might also be true of 24-year-olds, but I would guess a larger % by that point have a better idea why they are attending college, what they want to study, and how to study it.