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Howard University’s financial aid has become more need-based than in the past. If you have these stats and are a poor person (with an EFC of $0), I can fathom that, with your need and merit-based aid combined, you’ll have your direct costs (tuition, room & board, etc) met.If not, then I honestly don’t know. You’ll just have to apply and see.

Congratulations! Enjoy your time at The Mecca. If you need an extra $4,000 a semester and you can't ask your parents for help, one solution would be for you to get a part time job near campus. I know that when you apply for aid Howard either gives you work study, which would be included in your package already, or doesnt; which means you're not eligible or they didn't have space for you. So, if you need an additional $8,000 a year to attend, the best way to get that would be to hustle. A part time job, profitable skill, unique connection, or some other means to generate money. Good luck. HU!!! YOU KNOW!!!

There’s nothing about the FAFSA that is exclusive or required for US citizens living abroad. The FAFSA is simply the most commonly used application form for student aid applications GENERALLY, and almost every college and university asks for it rather than go to the trouble of inventing their own - even though, in fact, many of them DO have their own application, and STILL want to see a FAFSA.What you actually should do, is go to the website OF THE COLLEGES you are interested in, and check the parts where financial aid is discussed, and see what they want to see.Probably 90% or more will want a FAFSA, maybe 10% will want their own form IN ADDITION to the FAFSA, and a certain number will also want to see the CSS profile.So fill out the FAFSA online. There is part of it which asks for the codes (every college has one) for the colleges you want to have them send the form to. You can send a FAFSA to TEN colleges when you fill out the FAFSA in the first place - AND, you can go back later, and add more colleges.Fill out the FAFSA. The one for fall semester 2018- spring 2019 is available to be filled out beginning, I believe, around October 2017. Most colleges want to have that in their possession by January 2018.Unless, of course, you are independently wealthy, and can afford to pay for college by yourself.Other notes:you fill out the FAFSA every year for the next college year.you can link to the IRS website to pre-fill in a lot of the information the FAFSA asks for (this saves time).you need your own tax return data (if you have such a thing yet) and your parents’ information also.It looks intimidating, but it really isn’t terribly difficult - I would suggest going through the FAFSA website and reading most of the information there before you start, because there are various documents and numbers you will need to have to fill out the form, and it is easier if you have collected all that stuff before you sit down to fill the form out.By the way - I see this idea often and it is wrong - ‘FAFSA’ does NOT give anybody any money. It is an APPLICATION FOR AID. The college you apply to and get accepted at will look at your application, your FAFSA form, all the other required forms you supply to them, and THEN the Financial Aid office will decide a) whether to offer you an aid package and b) what that aid package will contain.It could be a mix of scholarships (great!), grants (wonderful!), student loans of various kinds (read the fine print) and perhaps an offer of work-study. You can accept or refuse any of those, individually.Good luck!

As asked of me specifically;The others are right, you will likely need a lawyer. But to answer your question, there is a response form to respond to a restraining order or order of protection. Worst case the form is available at the courthouse where your hearing is set to be heard in, typically at the appropriate clerk's window, which may vary, so ask any of the clerk's when you get there.You only have so many days to respond, and it will specify in the paperwork.You will also have to appear in court on the date your hearing is scheduled.Most courts have a department that will help you respond to forms at no cost. I figure you are asking because you can't afford an attorney which is completely understandable.The problem is that if you aren't represented and the other person is successful in getting a temporary restraining order made permanent in the hearing you will not be allowed at any of the places the petitioner goes, without risking arrest.I hope this helps.Not given as legal advice-

If you’re living with him, is there a way for you to fill them out? I wouldn’t recommend it for legal reasons, but if you have his W2 and other information, you could always submit it yourself. If he can’t help you right now because of his depression, I would talk about it with a counselor at your school. They might have ways to work around the situation so that you can get your financial aid on time.In regards to your father, I would broach the topic of him seeking out his own counseling. Though you feel you can’t tell his friends or your mother about the situation, keeping it bottled up with the two of you is unhealthy in the long-run. Do you have someone you can talk to about this? Having a parent suffering from depression affects the whole family, and navigating your way through his episode might prove difficult without your own support system. I wish you the best of luck.

At all but the very top schools, significanrly. Most schools in the US are need aware for international students meaning they will take your request for aid into consideration when making a decision. The majority of schools in the US will not accept international students if they need aid.

I don’t think the Vice Chancellor has any authority to change the decision made by the Financial Aid committee. Its the committee that decides whether to give or not give financial aid to the students and it does it before the beginning of the academic year.In case there has been a drastic change in the financial circumstances you should visit the office of Financial Aid and ask them the procedure to request for financial aid given your situation. If that doesn’t yield any result, then you can probably think about emailing the VC (but that won’t be doing you any good, VC doesn’t have any power over it).

No. Just provide the information requested on the form. If you later need proof you didn't file, you can get that from the IRS BY requesting transcripts.