<p>Would someone please explain to me the perils/advantages of applying ED in reference to merit aid? We are out of the running to receive any need-based aid (at least until his sister starts college the next year), but would it be a disadvantage in any way for my son to apply ED? What should we be doing now to try and drum up any merit aid? Only the schools he is not interested in are offering scholarships.</p>
<p>Here is a thread I found in this forum using the search function. It’s a discussion that has been ongoing here since I’ve been reading.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/761081-ed-financial-aid.html?highlight=financial+aid[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/761081-ed-financial-aid.html?highlight=financial+aid</a></p>
<p>For merit aid I would look in the sticky at the top of the forum:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/63770-best-schools-give-most-merit-based-aid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/63770-best-schools-give-most-merit-based-aid.html</a>
There are some great recommendations in there.</p>
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<p>Depending on the school, and the scholarship, your son may need to write some specific scholarship applications for merit aid. Fall semester can get very busy, so if your son has not done so, he should look carefully at the procedures for applying for merit awards at the schools he might be interested in and get started on the essays.</p>
<p>There aren’t too many other ways to “drum up” merit aid that is awarded by schools.</p>