How can I get financial aid for college?

I want to go to college, but my mom wont pay for it. How can I file for fafsa alone so I can get financial aid?

• I need a pell grant. I heard that there's a certain amount of time to file your own taxes without your parents claiming you. This is the information that I have from the website: What if I am unable to provide my parents’ information, their income information and signature, due to special circumstances? Under Federal law your family is primarily responsible-to the extent they are able-for paying for your college expenses. To determine how much your family can afford to pay towards your college expenses, we must collect your financial information and if you are a dependent student, we must also collect your parents' financial information. Under very limited circumstances, an otherwise dependent student may be able to submit the FAFSA without parental information due to special circumstances. Before you proceed to skip the parental section of your FAFSA, consider the following: Examples of special circumstances where you may be able to submit your FAFSA without providing parental information include: Your parents are incarcerated; or You have left home due to an abusive family environment; or You do not know where your parents are and are unable to contact them (and you have not been adopted). Not all situations are considered a special circumstance. The following are situations that would not be considered a special circumstance: Your parents do not want to provide their information on your FAFSA; or Your parents refuse to contribute to your college expenses; or Your parents do not claim you as a dependent on their income taxes; or You do not live with your parents. Does anyone else think it sucks that you can live on your own, not be claimed by your parents on their income tax, be broke as hell, but they still wont give you any money!?

• Answer:

  of course it sucks. alot of things in the real world suck but there is nothing you can do about it. why should they let you file as independent? do you know how many people would try to "refuse" to pay their kids tuition so that they recieved aid? its about protecting the tax payers money to some degree. and there is nothing you can do about it. if your mom doesnt want to pay, by law she does not have to. but you can look at alternative ways to pay.