u/CutieBunnyPrincess

I am starting college as a freshman at 23. I live with my boyfriend, and since I will now be a full time student, I will be paying my half of the rent by selling stocks in my savings account, and he covers all of our groceries. This has been my plan for a while, so I’ve built up quite a lot to be able to do this, and since I won’t have more than $48,000 in taxable income, my capital gains tax is 0%.

After some research today I am now learning that a full time student under 24 with more than $2,700 of unearned income will be taxed at their PARENTS income tax rate? I believe my parents tax rate is 32%.

Can someone explain this to me, because I’m freaking out now. I will have to pay my parents tax rate on the capital gains of my own stocks- that I have to sell in order to pay for my rent- just because I am a full time student under 24?

I have a list of boy names I like, but I don’t seem to LOVE any of them. So if anyone has any suggestions with a similar vibe, I’d love to hear. I like names that are older, and heard a lot, but not common anymore.

Names I like:
Arthur (hate the nickname Artie and Art)
Armin (nobody else likes it…)
Alvin
Archie
Louis (great, and I’ve never met one)
George (never met one under 50)
Felix
Victor
Max (I don’t like the long versions)
Otto
Dexter (the show ruins it a bit)

I have a list of boy names I like, but I don’t seem to LOVE any of them. So if anyone has any suggestions with a similar vibe, I’d love to hear. I like names that are older, and heard a lot, but not common anymore.

Names I like:
Arthur (hate the nickname Artie and Art)
Armin (nobody else likes it…)
Alvin
Archie
Louis (great, and I’ve never met one)
George (never met one under 50)
Felix
Victor
Max (I don’t like the long versions)
Otto
Dexter (the show ruins it a bit)

I’ll be 23 by the time I start as a freshman in the fall and I’m worried about making friends, are older freshmen common? I personally don’t care how old people are but I’m worried younger students might feel weird about my age, especially if there aren’t many older first years.