My Name is What? and other tales

[Bradester]

In my family, the girls tend to keep their maiden names, along with their married names. But it's never Hyphenated. The Girl's middle names are dropped and their maidens are kept.

Say my sister, Evil Queen, got married. Pretend her full name is Evil Little Queen. She gets married and her name changes to Evil Queen Bee.

Isn't that a hoot?

My sister-in-law did that when she married my brother.

I love my last name, and I don't know if I could change it upon marriage.

[AdminAssistant]

Once I turn 18, I am an adult and I have my own place, why does my parent's income have anything to do with financial aid? I don't live with them, they don't give me money. Hell I knew people that didn't talk to their parents, yet their finances were held against them.
Yeah, I am a bit bitter, I managed to pay my way, but a little help would have been nice. To be denied because my parents made too much bugged me.

If your parents don't claim you as a dependent on their taxes, then their income should have no bearing on your financial aid. I didn't have to enter in any of my parents' info on my FAFSA (which is good, because I don't have their SSNs).

[When I'm Gone]

My Name is What

This woman's legal name is First Maiden-Married. She signs it First Maiden-Married, but when asked to write 'last name, first name' she writes it Married-Maiden, First. Naturally, the legally-binding document that is crucial to getting her loan has the two names on it (IE gonna cause a lot of problems with the loan). I send her letters, saying we need the corrected name, even track her down and have her fill out a new one. The new form she did was the same problem. She had Married-Maiden, First, and signed it as First Maiden-Married. I have her correct it, so she signs it First Married-Maiden instead of fixing the problem. *Facepalm* I finally get her to sit down, and am forced to dictate to her HOW TO SIGN HER OWN NAME! WTF?!

I don't understand what's happening :/ She can't have the two names because it causes a problem with the loan?

[Bieshmahaw]

Fianacial aid at community colleges always baffled me. There seemed to be so many irrelevant factors that were being considered.
Once I turn 18, I am an adult and I have my own place, why does my parent's income have anything to do with financial aid? I don't live with them, they don't give me money. Hell I knew people that didn't talk to their parents, yet their finances were held against them.
Yeah, I am a bit bitter, I managed to pay my way, but a little help would have been nice. To be denied because my parents made too much bugged me.

Even though you may be living independently of them, the Feds say that you are dependent until you turn 24 or get a Bachelors degree, whichever comes first. The financial aid office has to go by this, so we're stuck making your life miserable. It's not that we want to, trust me!

[Ironclad Alibi]

I don't understand what's happening :/ She can't have the two names because it causes a problem with the loan?

The problem is she doesn't sign her name the same way every time. Sometimes it's Sally Smith-Jones, other times it's Sally Jones-Smith. She's inconsistent.

[PhotoChick]

Even though you may be living independently of them, the Feds say that you are dependent until you turn 24 or get a Bachelors degree, whichever comes first. The financial aid office has to go by this, so we're stuck making your life miserable. It's not that we want to, trust me!

You can also get you to have your parents declare you independent but in order to do that you have to prove you have enough money to survive/pay for college.

[AccountingDrone]

Except me, i was a legally emancipated minor=) I was on my own at 16. My income was my own,my tax bill was my own, my uni bill was my own and I got my own scholarships and grant money. I think not living in the same state sort of pointed out just how separated I was. Simple application and appearance with a judge, and I was on my own.

but then again, emancipation is pretty drastic...

[Tigress]

First, I'm probably going to get yelled at, but I hate people who hyphenate their names. My belief is change it or don't.

When I got married, almost every ditz paralegal, HR rep and administrative flunky automatically assumed that my name was now Tigress Middle Maiden-Married. I actually dropped my middle name (which I never particularly liked) and made my maiden my new middle, signing my marriage certificate as Tigress Maiden Married (no hyphen).

What strikes me as funny in an "epic fail" sort of way was my boss's boss and her assistant raising a minor stink because I started signing my documents Tig Married and not Tigress Maiden-Married. Now, if it was because of the Tig part, I would have seen the issue. (I hardly ever go by my real name and sign everything but government and personal financial documents as Tig Married.) But they raised a stink because my last name was Married and not the hyphenated Maiden-Married, which they thought looked more "professional", even though that isn't my last name. And they didn't do this until about a year after my marriage.

Second, many college students, especially new ones, are intelligent but not smart. I think of smart as street smart/cunning/common sense. They're not mutually exclusive, but seem to be an extremely rare mutual occurence in many students.

I think a lot of the cluelessness has to do with parents oversheltering their kids and high schools not letting students have a hand in taking care of their own stuff. I know a lot of kids starting college now that don't even know how to set up a bank account or fill out an application. Mommy and Daddy fill out their applications for them and manage all their money. YMMV.

[BlackIronCrown]

The people who meet the above are more likely to not pay back their loans, hence the denial for more loans. Income doesn't factor into who I deny.

Ah, cool, cool.
I asked because here have been a few cases of Employee Vigilantism in the case of approving/denying FA at some community colleges.
And I KNEW I wasn't reading what I thought I was reading.

[Jadedcarguy]

My Name is What

Slim Shady



Three pages, people. Three, and no one picked up on that. You're slipping.

[Sableonblonde]

My feelings on whether I would change my name or not (if I ever get married) had to do with whether I liked my boyfriend/fiance's last name better than my own. I'm OK with my last name, but if I got married to a guy with a better one, then I'd take it. I would not have taken my ex-boyfriend's name, it was too long and clunky and didn't go with my first name at all. I WOULD take my current boyfriend's last name if we married, I think it sounds good with my first. That's all I go on.

[Rapscallion]

Three pages, people. Three, and no one picked up on that. You're slipping.

Not really. I just have musical taste.

Not saying what sort of taste, mind, especially since I had a colleague recently insist on driving me to the canteen instead of me driving her, based solely on what's on my car stereo...

Rapscallion

[Jadedcarguy]

Not really. I just have musical taste.

So do I.

I was just stunned that with the number of teens and twenty-somethings lurking around here, someone would have picked up on it.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Slim Shady



Three pages, people. Three, and no one picked up on that. You're slipping.

DIAF. :flamethrower:

I got TASTE, Jaded. Don't turn the dial in my car. Jimmy Buffet's playing.

[Shangri-laschild]

Ah, the joys of working in a college. The students very much seem to often need their hands held. I also work at a community college and have stopped being amazed at the people we let in. I could probably never do your job so I have to stay, I'm impressed