When should I expect to get financial aid offers/information from the schools I applied to? Do I have to be committed first?
Assuming you completed all the financial aid required submissions on time…you should get your financial,aid award
before May 1 which is the date you must choose a college to matriculate to.
For regular decision schools, you usually get your financial aid information when or near when you get an acceptance.
You do NOT have to commit to a school to get a financial aid award but you do have to be an accepted student.
Some schools scholarships make it sound like you have to commit…but if you call them, they usually agree to not make this the case.