MyTitsAreMoreIndieThanYours wrote:


Plus, while I had economic hardship being a dependent of my parents... I would file Independently and I make above 150% of the poverty level for a single person (though, to be honest, not too much above!)


Being an independent and making above the poverty level really doesn't have much of a factor on grad school financial aid, because there are no federal grants at the grad level. It's pretty much just loans, scholarships, and fellowships.