I thought I had to apply the FAFSA for my daughter’s Freshman year for Merit scholarships for Engineering. Ended up not needing it at all for merit based scholarships. Didn’t apply for it the next 3 years and each year my daughter obtained bigger merit based scholarships. Note a lot of these merit scholarships are not direct from the University, but alum groups or corporate sponsors… they choose the recipients, not the University.
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