08-20-2011, 10:46 PM
If you aren't getting support from your parents, you might want to consider filling out a form with the college's financial aid department so that you can be considered independent. When I moved out and got my own place, my mother was not supporting me or claiming me on her taxes. Western International University told me to fill out this form (I can't remember if it was the independent verification form). If you can manage to be considered independent, then you will qualify for grants and work study on top of Stafford loans.