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That's exactly the way most people who want merit and won't qualify for need treat the filing, psych. I can understand the benefits of requiring a FAFSA filing before awarding merit. Why give a full tuition scholarship, paid with precious endowment funds, to a kid with a 0 EFC who qualifies for federal and state grants? I think it's perfectly reasonable to expect the lower income kid to take advantage of those grants first, coupled with a lower merit award, and save the university funds for those who will not be eligible for other aid. The schools that do this are often not the ones with the "instant merit" awards, but are generally the ones that do offer some very high value scholarships.
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