I have to agree with the earlier post above me. The cost of a BU education is absurd and they don't care. As a married military veteran in my late 20s, with parents in special circumstances, I would be counted an independent student anywhere in the world (on multiple counts) except apparently BU because i am not over 30 years old. Because i cannot get my parents tax info, i am excluded from any BU financial aid. I've applied and been denied 2 years in a row, appealed and told "tough luck" or "its policy". Its absurd. If they really cared about making BU accessible, the administrators would treat their students as more than cash machines to be pumped dry. If i hadn't literally moved myself and my husband cross country solely to come here, i would have gone somewhere else once i found out that "official policy" overrules all reason. I like BU for the most part, but I'm certainly not going to recommend it to others as worth the price it costs.