<prompt> Human: Which I find pretty dumb, I feel like it should be based off of my income instead of what Ive been able to slowly tuck away bit by bit. I have a bit over 30k in savings, and I feel like Im going to get no financial aid because of that. Should I just not even apply? It took me forever to save that money and the idea of putting it down on paperwork like that I just find really annoying.Edit: Thanks to those who provided me advice, but theres a lot of bitter people on here also Ive learned. 30k is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, it just is to us; you can blow through that money like its nothing. Id rather not blow it on massively inflated tuition costs considering that it took me years of living in unsafe areas and living frugally to save. I guess Im just a greedy boomer who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.  <response>: The extreme case is to imagine someone with 200 million in the bank who quit their job and has no income asking for financial aid. Clearly, the financial aid system should not prioritize that person as equally needy as someone with 0 in the bank and no income.It doesnt mean theyre going to say You must give us all that money, but its still important information to have to see what might be reasonable to expect from people with different life and financial circumstances.Put another way - some of what youve been saving money for has been to afford important things like this for your life! Well done on saving so much! 