The government does provide an independent student designation for students that can convince their financial aid office they are truly independent. Criteria for filing as an independent student. To complete a FAFSA as independent student, however, you must meet some pretty specific criteria. You must.
Theodore Roosevelt Sr., (1831-1877), was the father of President Theodore Roosevelt. During the Civil War, he paid a substitute $300.00 to fight his battles!! Harvard educated rough rider Roosevelt actually has his face carved on Mouth Rushmore next to President Lincoln.
A biography published by the Miller Center at the University of Virginia concludes, Faced with the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt guided America through its greatest domestic crisis with the exception of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign crisis.