<p>I had submitted my FAFSA and it has completed processing. The problem is, I realized that family’s income will be seen by the college I will be going to. I plan on going to UTD. I’m worried that my academic scholarship might be affected, since my family income is high.</p>
<p>Will they consider my income when they select my Academic Scholarship? I know that they look at my grades, my GPA, AP classes, etc. I am a good student, but I hope that what I will receive will not be lower due to the FAFSA information.</p>
<p>It depends on the selection criteria. Some endowed scholarships do specify there must be financial need but many do not and are based solely on merit. Ask the school what their criteria is if you can’t find the information on their website. Generally, those that have a need component require students to file FAFSA or other financial info to be considered.</p>
<p>It depends on the academic scholarship, some do not take need into account, others use it as one factor among many, and others require that the student show need in order to be considered for the scholarship.</p>
<p>Have you looked on the UTD website to see the scholarship descriptions? If the website doesn’t explain them well enough, give the college FA office a call.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help everyone! Here is what I found:</p>
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<p>They say “positive weight may be given to…socioeconomic background…” Does that imply that there will be no negative weight if my socioeconomic background is high?</p>
<p>I don’t think it implies anything negative as in you get points against you, just that you would have greater consideration if you are from a lesser socioeconomic background, which you said you are not. All other things being equal, another candidate in that position might have the edge.</p>