I know is a topic where people will say "Oh just do it, you never know!" However, my Mom WILL NOT do the FAFSA. She claims it's a waste of time to fill out a huge application form when she hardly even has time to finish her own work. She said she already knows we won't get any money, so it would be pointless and unnecessary to do it. I would like to know if there is any compelling arguments I can make to her, in order for her to even consider doing it.
My mom earns 250k (physician) annually, and my stepdad's salary is 20-25k (part-time home inspector). I live with them in Michigan, with my brother (13).
My dad (divorced parents) is retired and lives across the country in California. He receives 31k a year.
My dad has never paid for child support. However, he has already paid 12k (last year), and will hopefully pay 38k by the beginning of next summer. This equals to 50k, which is the amount of money my mom will match. This means that when I start college, I'll have 100k in money that I can pay (if I unfortunately don't get any money from scholarships). However, since my plans are to go to medical school, I truly wanna use as little of this amount as possible, so I won't have that much in loans.
I can provide any information necessary to those who would like it, in order to determine whether I can make any arguments, proving her that filling out the FAFSA is plausible... or if she was right to not even think about filling it out. What do you think? Should I do it? Is it worth it (at least in MY situation)?
Thank you so much...
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