Student Financial Aid

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Okay, I have money stored up in a savings fund from a case I won for a car accident and when I turn 18, the check will be at my front door. Will this sum payment affect how much I get for FAFSA for college? I want to know, just in case so that I wont get in trouble in the future. I was told that FAFSA can only be affected by income my parents and I earn, but will this money sitting in my bank account affect my FAFSA?

Okay, well, for the last ten years of my life I have lived alone with my mother. Are income is very low and when I filed for FASFA they paid for almost all of my tuition because of the little money that we make. I took out two small loans to pay for what they didn't cover (these loans did not require a co-signature). So, now this is where things get messy. My mother got remarried for the millionth time in her life and now we have twice the income. I am in the process of filling out my taxes and FASFA again and it dawned on me...because of my mother's remarriage i will probably get less money offered to me and will have no other choice but to take out a larger loan. However, there is another problem, i need a co-signature and my mother has HORRIBLE credit( I have excellent credit by the way and I am only 21). I was wondering if anyone knew of a place or a students loan that did not require co-signatures? I will also be filling out applications for scholarships during the summer and I need info on that too. There should be a place I can go to where all they do is help students with scholarships. I live in Chicago, Illinois...if that helps.

I registered to go to Lincoln Tech for medical assistant in Aug. I havent applied for financial aid just yet but I will in June. Now if i dont get full financial aid I dont plan on attending because I am not going to get stuck paying thousands on loans. Is it possible to transfer whatever aid I get to another school? or is it only for the school I applied to?