Sandra Fluke, who has already graduated from Cornell (out of state tuition, fees and housing = $59,591) could hardly be considered the typical middle class student when tuition alone at Georgetown Law is $46,000 a year. Her father is Richard B Fluke, II, who is a machinist and a pastor at a Methodist church from a small town in Saxton, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Betty Kay Fluke, is a school counselor. It seems odd that she chose to attend such an expensive elite school when it does not appear that her parents are able to pay the cost. Also, it seems odd that Fluke has chosen to be way over her ability to pay when there are less expensive schools with better opportunities for scholarships.
It also is curious to me how Fluke supported herself doing feminist work in NYC without parents able to give much financial support. Perhaps there is a money from a will from grandmother, Betty O’Neal Fluke, who died in 2010. But the big question for me is how is Sandra Fluke able to pay for her expensive education?
I hope you saw my post that I intended to include the sarcasm tag. I don't know how recently you've put a child through college, but the purpose of the FAFSA form is to find out how much money the parents make. A substantial amount of financial aid and scholarship money is only available to students whose parents are not upper middle class or higher in income.