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Student Marital Status 23
Driver’s License Number 24
Citizenship Status 25
Eligible Noncitizen 26
Neither Citizen nor Eligible Noncitizen 27
Selective Service Registration 27
High School Completion Status 29
Grade Level 30
Degree or Certificate Objective 30
Interest in Work-Study 30
First Bachelor’s Degree 31
Parents’ Educational Level 32
Student Aid Eligibility for Students with Drug Convictions 32
High School Name and Location 33
▶ Section 2 – School Selection 35
Federal School Codes 36
Housing Plans 37
Applying for Financial Aid at More than Ten Schools 37
Transferring to a Different College 38
Does the Order in which Colleges are Listed Matter 38
Need-Blind Admissions 40
Income Too High for Aid 41
▶ Section 3 – Dependency Status 42
Dependency Overrides 44
The 13 Dependency Status Questions 45
What’s Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Special Circumstances and Independent Student Status 54
▶ Section 4 – Parent Demographics 57
Who is Considered a Parent 58
Who is Not Considered a Parent 62
Parents’ Marital Status 62
Parent Information 63
Parent Email Address 64
Parent Household Size 64
Number of College Students in the Parent Household 66
Parents’ State of Residence 67
Parent Financial Information 68
Philosophy of Need Analysis 68
Parents’ Tax Return Filing Status 70
IRS Data Retrieval Tool 71