Financial Aid questions!

<p>So I am extremely interested in Duke and have a question about their financial aid..</p>

<p>I looked on their website and they say they determine the award by Cost of attendance minus the EFC, is that all the financial aid package is determined by? Since that will not really help at all..my two siblings who are in college had a high EFC and it only went down by 1k whenever the other went into college so i am not sure our EFC will go down much at all when i enter college..so are there any merit scholarships available? although, i bet those merit scholarships would be much to difficult for me to get! </p>

<p>any insight into this would be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>thanks!</p>