When my oldest went to college almost 10 years ago he could not get a loan on his own. Has that changed?
I could get loans on my own at that time. They were small enough I did not have to have a co-signer. I also had a private loan from an employer which I paid off first after graduating.
I have heard that you can go before a judge and get yourself legally ‘emancipated’ from your parents for the purposes of applying for loans and grants. After all, what do people do who have no parents?
The whole FAFSA thing is, to me, legally questionable. A college student (for the most part) is legally and adult.