Yes, you are correct. Because we haven’t had a full financial aid package prepared (let alone heard from FA in any capacity, at any of these schools that have accepted him) I don’t think these are need-based awards? I can see that they downloaded our FAFSA but that’s it. No other indication FA has even involved to this point.
I should also note, none of these are CSS schools. All the schools he is waiting on (including the ED) did require the CSS, and we HAVE heard from their FA offices about a correction to our CSS, all in the last two weeks or so. But the non-CSS schools, we’ve heard nothing.