FAFSA Dependency Status

Question 1

Which of the following automatically qualifies a student as INDEPENDENT on the FAFSA?

Accepted Answer

Being 24 years of age or older

Answer

Students who are 24 or older as of January 1 of the award year are automatically classified as independent.

Question 2

A dependent student must report whose financial information on the FAFSA?

Accepted Answer

Their parents' information

Answer

Dependent students must report both their own and their parents' financial and demographic information on the FAFSA.

Question 3

Which of the following students is considered INDEPENDENT on the FAFSA?

Accepted Answer

A married 19-year-old

Answer

Married students are considered independent on the FAFSA regardless of age.

Question 4

A student who is a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces is classified as which type of student?

Accepted Answer

Independent

Answer

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are automatically classified as independent students on the FAFSA.

Question 5

If a dependent student's parents are divorced, whose information is reported on the FAFSA?

Accepted Answer

The parent the student lived with most in the past 12 months

Answer

For divorced parents, the FAFSA requires information from the parent with whom the student lived most during the past 12 months.

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