As a future medical student, you're independant no matter what your parents are willing or not willing to give you as far as the feds are concerned. But individual schools have their own loans/grants/scholarships, and most require parental info, either on FAFSA, or on some other form, in order to asses your eligibility for it. You don't have to put your parents' info on FAFSA, but if you don't, you won't be considered for all the aid that's out there. There's no downside to putting it on there. The feds will ignore it, and the schools will either look at it or not, according to their policies. I've been told by lilycat that each year at her school, merit scholarships go begging, because the "rich kids" don't bother to apply. The MSAR is full of information about financial aid, including all the school codes, plus a helpful chart that lists what each school wants where and when. All of this has been discussed at great length on SDN in the past month or so (except for my ASTOUNDING discovery tonight, that all the codes and that wonderful chart are in the MSAR!!!). Do a search for FAFSA, and you'll come up with tons of helpful information.