经济援助条例假定学生和家长对支付高等教育的教育费用负有主要责任. 捐款水平取决于支付能力，而不是意愿.
For Federal Student Aid (FSA) purposes, a parent includes a biological or adoptive parent, or some一个 married to a biological or adoptive parent.
The following may NOT be considered as "parents":
If you can answer 是的 至少 一个 of the Dependency Status questions on the FAFSA, you are considered "independent," meaning parental information is 不 required on the FAFSA. Additional verification or documentation may be required by our office.
All programs offered by AACC are considered undergraduate programs. 任何AACC学生都不能通过攻读研究生/专业学位课程(M.S., Ph.D. 等.).
看 FAFSA: Determining Your Dependency Status video 在YouTube上了解更多关于依赖状态和经济援助流程的信息.
如果你有不寻常的家庭情况，不包括在FAFSA的问题, you may be able appeal to our office for Independent Status. Unusual family circumstances include, but are 不 limited to:
If you have other unusual circumstances that you think might qualify, contact our office to discuss your situation in more detail.
If you think you might be eligible to appeal for independent status, contact our office to discuss your situation. If we think you might qualify for an override, 我们将通过电子邮件向您发送抚养申诉表，并要求您将其与您的情况文件一起退回.
Once your appeal is reviewed, 你将通过电子邮件收到财务援助办公室的决定，说明你的申请是被批准还是被拒绝. If it is denied, 你将被要求在FAFSA上提供你父母的信息，你可以选择与学院进行其他付款安排.
我们的政策和联邦学生隐私法(FERPA)确保您的所有信息将严格保密. We will NOT contact your parents or share any information with them. In addition, AACC offers free personal counseling services to AACC students.
联邦法规允许学校在学生的父母终止所有经济支持或拒绝填写并签署联邦学生援助免费申请表(FAFSA)的情况下，允许学生借用联邦直接无补贴贷款。. Contact our office if this situation applies to you.
For information visit the Federal Student Aid page on Dependency Status.
在这些类别中获得经济援助的学生将被视为独立的经济援助目的. 马里兰高等教育委员会有免除学费的项目 寄养 和 unaccompanied homeless youth. 这两项豁免的申请都可以通过财政援助办公室获得.
Learn more about applying for these state tuition waivers at AACC.
Foster care youth may also qualify for Education 和 Training Voucher Program (ETV) benefits. ETV为符合条件的青年提供经济援助，帮助他们进入经认证的大学, 大学, vocational or technical college. The maximum ETV award is $5,000 per academic year. 奖励各不相同，并不是每个合格的青年都能获得最高金额. ETV funds may be used for tuition, 费用, books 和 supplies, 住房, transportation, 和 other education-related costs. 有兴趣的学生必须联系其居住国的ETV协调员申请这项福利.
Do 不 automatically assume that dependent students receive less aid. 学生可以比独立学生表现出更少的经济需求，因为FAFSA公式只考虑他们的收入和家庭中一个人的支持.
You can use the Federal Student Aid Estimator to help calculate your financial aid eligibility.
与FAFSA最初报告的收入相比，经历了显著收入减少的学生和家庭应该询问一个 Special Circumstance Appeal.
经济援助条例规定，家庭对支付学生的教育费用负有主要责任. 法律要求受抚养的学生提供父母的信息和签名，以考虑经济援助. Completing the FAFSA 和 submitting parental information does 不 obligate the parent to provide funds toward the student’s education.
当父母拒绝提供他们在FAFSA上的信息时，有一个例外，允许学生申请无补贴贷款 只有, at the discretion of a financial aid administrator. 然而, 如果他们的父母完成了FAFSA，或者如果学生获得了依赖优先，大多数学生将获得更多的经济援助.
学生需要尽一切努力填写家长的信息. 如果这个问题具有挑战性，并且没有其他特殊情况，你可以回答。”是的" to the question that asks, "Are the student’s parents unwilling to provide their information, 但学生没有特殊情况阻止他们联系父母或获取他们的信息?"
一旦收到你的FAFSA，我们的办公室将提供有关此过程的更多信息.
在寻求经济援助之前，你应该最全菠菜网的办公室，更详细地讨论你的情况.