Currently I'm an 18 year old junior in high school who will be a senior for the 2016-2017 school year. I've started thinking about colleges I want to apply to and my financial situation. When I was almost 8 my father and I moved to New York from Guyana. My mom and him had gotten a divorce prior, so she stayed back. On my 9th birthday my father passed away, which then left my grandma to care for me since my mom wasn't in the country and in my life. She's cared for me ever since and even now, however she is not my legal guardian. I've had contact with my mom but it was never stable (my family didn't like her much because of the divorce and what not). Three years ago (2013) my mom came over to NY to visit and that's when I had physical contact with her for a week or so. During that time, my family and her had a lot of problems and ever since I didn't speak to her since. I'm not sure where she is, but as of right now I don't have a relationship with her at all. I've spoken to my guidance counselor about my situation and she said I'd have to file for a dependency override. Can someone please help me understand how a dependency override works and how I'd go about filing for it? Also she mentioned something about a CSS profile. Can someone clear that up as well? Thank you :)
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