<p>is there a list somewhere?</p>
<p>Nearly all schools use the FAFSA. Here is a list of schools that use the profile (typically in additiona to the FAFSA). SOME schools have their own forms in lieu of/or in addition to so be sure to check each schools website.</p>
<p><a href=“https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet.srv[/url]”>https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet.srv</a></p>
<p>I think the above post means that nearly all schools use (at least) FAFSA for financial aid. </p>
<p>However, it’s not true that nearly all schools use FAFSA for merit aid consideration.</p>
<p>Both my boys received merit scholarships for about 6 school each, and we have never filled out a FAFSA. Certainly there are some schools that require a FAFSA for merit consideration, but it’s not nearly all…it may not even be a majority.</p>
<p>I don’t know if there is a list of which schools require FAFSA (and perhaps CSS) for merit consideration. It might be hard to have such a list since scholarships and requirements change from year to year. A family just needs to check the details on any considered school’s website.</p>
<p>I agree, I would think you would need to check this with the schools you are interested in. I have never heard of such a list.</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters that there are a significant number of Us that require NO financial info regarding merit awards. My S has received merit awards from 3 Us, ranging from full-ride to >1/2 tuition; none of us has ever provided ANY financial info.</p>
<p>My younger son received merit aid offers from every private college to which he applied. No FAFSA or Profile was required.</p>
<p>My older son, however, was asked to submit the Profile around the same time as his EA application to one college in order to qualify for merit aid.</p>
<p>My son had offers of merit aid from a collection of OOS publics and good private schools, and none required filing financial aid forms. However, one private school did state that they had one particular merit award that was reserved for those who were not eligible for need-based aid, and in order to be considered for that one, you had to prove you were not eligible for f.a. by filing–which struck me as weird. That was a few years ago.</p>
<p>However, one private school did state that they had one particular merit award that was reserved for those who were not eligible for need-based aid, and in order to be considered for that one, you had to prove you were not eligible for f.a. by filing–which struck me as weird. That was a few years ago.</p>
<p>LOL…that does seem weird. I have seen that on a website before. I wonder if they want to just make sure that they aren’t using institutional funds on a child who would be qualified from getting state and federal funds.</p>
<p>I know Brandeis requires FA forms to be filed for merit consideration. We knew we did’t qualify for need based aid. D was awarded a generous scholarship. I think it was to have been bait.</p>
<p>One of the Us my S applied to asked us to complete FAid forms. I told them we were not interested in FAid, only merit awards & asked for clarification as to whether we needed to file FAid forms. They reluctantly agreed we didn’t need to complete the forms. The U he attends has never requested he file any FAid paperwork & he has received generous renewed grants for his 4 years.</p>