Clodfobble, I told them my mom passed and they didn't need anything. But I asked one person about being an orphan and they said they needed proof for that. Maybe they just told me that because they already knew that my dad was alive.
But I don't know if I really want to lie to the government, even if they aren't willing to help. I am going to try and talk to the dean to see if I can get special approval so I don't have to use his info. Sometimes it is tempting to get married just so I won't ever have to deal with it again. But I'm not going to do anything that silly.
I already tried once to get special approval, but the financail aid people told me to talk to the dean, and the dean told me to talk the financial aid office. WTF?
Right now I have resigned myself to the fact that I will have to just pay for it myself. I don't want to get my hopes up yet again just to be let down. It is less stressful to just try and do what I can. But I am still bitter about it when I think about it.
The job I got recently has tuition reimbursement so I am trying to take advantage of that while I can. It doesn't help with fees or books, but every little bit helps.
This summer I went to school and paid around $500 for tuition and online fees plus $120 for books and I am only getting back about $200 for reimbursment. But who am I to turn down that money? No way! This is the first semester I have had it so we will see how much it helps.
