What should I do if I have not received my college admission letters?

Could FAFSA (federal student aid) pay off a fee I owe from a previous attempt to go to college?

• I attempted to go to college last year and only attended 2 classes before un-officially dropping out due to personal issues. I never contacted the college and filled out a voluntary dis-enrollment form. I simply just stopped going. I am a SSI dependent receiving a monthly check and my panic disorder got the best of me in a public atmosphere. My first and only payment from my financial aid was only 500 dollars and I did spend it on the necessary items required for my classes. but I never paid it back. I do receive letters from the college saying I owe that amount so I am pretty sure it wasn't part of any of my grants. Anyways, now that I have got my panic disorder under control, I wish to got to college again. The college of interest is different than the previous college and I do not know if that affects this issue. I have applied to FAFSA again but I have not received any decision yet. Because of my age, I am considered dependent though, I'm 20. This means I have to provide parental information like my parent's financial situations and how many times they wipe their *** a day.. Even though I don't live with my parents, they are still responsible for some monetary assistance because it's the government's way to provide less money. You have to be born on or before January 1st 1986. (22y.o.) My mother is a **** ***** who refuses to provide any of her info because she hates me and my father was never around, divorced my mother (don't blame him) and never paid child support, doesn't have a job etc. Anyways I have to provide a SSI award letter and a detailed letter stating and describing my current living situation and specific details of why I can't provide parental info. Pretty much I have to tell them my mom hates me and refuses contact with me of any sort and my father is a worthless drug addict that I haven't had contact with for a very long time. (I can't just say my mom refuses to give her info because they will still force her to provide info because the gov is a tight wad. They'll contact her personally and state so) Blahhh!! Now that you know all the necessary information needed, I will finally get to the question. If I owe 500 bucks to the previous school from part of my financial aid I received, could I still get accepted by FAFSA and awarded my money and they can just take 500 dollars out of the sum I receive and give it to the college owed for me? Or will they refuse me payment over a messily 500 dollars out of my thousands I know I will get because I am in the the same situation as I was when I went the first time and saw the full amount I am eligible to receive because I am a nervous wreck to the point of receiving SSI? Plus now that Obama is president things could of changed since then, when Bush was president.

• Answer:

  This sounds awfully complicated, you should contact your financial aid office but I would say no, that's not how FAFSA and the monies they award work. You can contact your previous college to make payment arrangements if you need to.