You need to speak with the Financial Aid advisor at the college you are considering. If you are still in high school, speak to a Guidance Counselor. They will know how to file the forms and any waivers needed for your FAFSA.

You can try finding additional info here:

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PellGrants.jsp?tab=funding

I had this same problem. My dad is very protective of stuff like that. All you really need to know is his Social Security number and a few other things right? My way of getting it was just sitting down with him and talking it through. Telling him that without it I will have no future and stuff. He finally caved in. But if that doesn’t work you might want to arrange a meeting or get him to call the fin aid people at your school and let him be reassured that his personal info will not be dispursed. And if that still doesn’t work then look snoop through his old bill statements or something. I hope I helped. I wish you well.

You are in a tough spot here. If you live with your father federal regulations require you to file the FAFSA with his information, whether or not he is going to give you any money for school. You may want to see if he will speak with the financial aid counselor at your college of choice about this and what his concerns are. Many parents are concerned, especially in divorce situations, about the other parent having access to their information, or that it will become publicly available. The aid officer should be able to ease their concerns about this.

OTOH, you say that he won’t pay for school for you, why? Did you not do well in high school? Are there economic pressures at home he is worried about? Are you planning to go to a very expensive school that he is afraid he will have to go into debt in order for you to attend? These may all be valid concerns on his part, and again, a chat with the financial aid officer may help him to see his options here. Your choice of colleges may need to be re-examined as well. Perhaps if you were not the top student in your class in high school, going to a community college nearby for a year and working at doing well will relieve his concerns that you won’t succeed in college. Then you can transfer to your college of choice later. Can you go to a local college part-time and pay for classes on your own while working part-time? Yes, it takes longer to graduate this way, but your father may take your ambitions more seriously this way, too.

While I believe it is in your best interests to be educated beyond high school, you really need to sit down, perhaps with a third party, like a minister, priest, school counselor, grandparent, and discuss your dad’s concerns seriously. You may not have been listening to what he was telling you and he may not have been willing to tell you his entire list of concerns. Someone to facilitate the conversation would be helpful.

Unless you have a child or provide more than 50 percent of support for a child, then it is mandatory you put your parents information on there. Im sorry but your dad is acting like and *** to me. you can use your moms info though, Tell your dad just because his tax info is on there, that doesent mean he has to pay anything. You can still get student loans in your name. If you have a brother or sister that has a child and they werent in college then you could use there child as a dependent. If you had a kid you could get more grant money in which you dont have to pay back. try going to schloarshipexperts.com They help you find schloarships for just about anything. People actually gice out schloarships for being left handed, or collecting baseball cards. Check it out. good luck, and I hope you are able to go to college.

Wow

I am assuming that you live in US and need to submit your FAFSA form?

I suggest that you contact your college admissions office and ask to speak to the head of admissions. Every college has a head of admissions, and that person is a high level boss at the college with some authority and a lot of contacts on the campus.

Ask him or her what you should do. Ask nicely and explain the situation entirely. They can probably tell you where to turn.

why won’t your dad give you the info? if he’s worried about releasing his personal information, the two of you should go to the financial aid office of the college you’re going to or your high school’s uni. counselor to discuss what to do.