change in decision to apply for financial aid

ESAmin
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:24:11 +0000

Hi,

My son applied for under grad. at Johns Hopkins, initially we didn’t apply for financial aid as family friend who recently graduated from there suggested we will not qualify. When he submitted application form, he selected “NO” for the question for financial aid if we intend to apply.
Later on we found in order to apply for merit base, it’s same process. We have to apply for need base. Is it ok to apply now although initially he denied in the application form? Should he inform admission officer after applying for financial aid ?

Please advice,
Thanks