-- Posted by Anonymous at 9:10 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 So I was thinking about my fafsa for next year and while I live somewhere else, my parent made a good bit of money this year.  Above 60k.  Last year when I filed a FAFSA, not that much money was made.  No where close.  And so my pell grant was almost max.  And to mention, I didn't have a job.  And im literally trying to push every penny to its max right now.  My parent doesn't help me out one bit.  Not a dime. So is the government going to give me a lesser pell grant for 09-10 because so much more money was made even though Im benefiting nothing from it? -- Posted by UndergroundKing at 9:10 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 Yeah.... Probably.  Thats the truth of it. -- Posted by Courtannnny at 9:11 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 only if you are a dependant of you parents. if your not a dependant, then the only income they go off is yours i think. -- Posted by drifting at 9:17 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 Quote: from courtannnny at 12:11 am on Oct. 26, 2008 only if you are a dependant of you parents. if your not a dependant, then the only income they go off is yours i think. If you arent a dependent, then you should file by yourself, I believe. Which would show mistake on the OPs part. Im probably wrong though. -- Posted by handsfree at 9:25 pm on Oct. 25, 2008 can you please, explain me what is FAFSA?? Sorry, I do not live within the US.