<p>DS applied EA to Stanford. We’ve crunched the numbers and he won’t qualify for need-based aid, so is there any reason to file the CSS Profile?</p>
<p>Some schools (don’t know if S is one of them) require you to file every year if in the future your financial situation changes and you are eligible. </p>
<p>Also, just from personal experience, two years ago, our official Profile EFC was higher than the COA for HYP, but all three still gave us FA (in grants & WS) of 10-15k/yr. At the same time, other schools with slightly lower endowments gave us zero FA. So although colleges all get the same Profile information, each school seems to use it in a somewhat different way. There have been other posters here on CC who have had very consistent FA awards from different colleges, so as always, YMMV.</p>
<p>I would put S in the HYP camp as far as FA generosity, so it might be worth the effort to fill out the forms.</p>