Some colleges, including my D’s, required a FAFSA to be considered for merit aid, even from not-going-to-qualify-for-any-need-based-aid families, like we were. Something to think about. We also don’t like to share financial info unless we absolutely have to (in this case we didn’t HAVE to, but she got over 15K per year so it was worth it!)
Our college counselor also explicitly states that she does not know/will not do financial aid stuff, she even mispronounces it as FASFA (much to my chagrin LOL). She brings in a fin aid guy for one parent meeting.