apply texas scholarship asks for income

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<p>i was surprised that while applying for merit-based scholarships, UT asked for MANY income-based questions including investments, and total savings.</p>

<p>My first question is why are they doing it? since this isn't FAFSA, and it's suppose to be merit-based.</p>

<p>Second, no info is asked about tax returns or anything, so how do they verify anything? Do they just want a rough estimate..something they won't care if its right or wrong.</p>

<p>The only way i can think of is if they require the FAFSA be filled to be elligible for any merit-based scholarships, yet i didn't read that anywhere either..</p>

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<p>Requiring FAFSA for merit money is not unusual at all. I wouldn’t be surprised if they requested the FAFSA after the initial application process. Many will assume you will file it anyway.</p>