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<p>Why??? Because some schools simply have the policy that ALL students must complete the finaid forms even for consideration for merit aid.</p>
<p>Re: EA/ED…Well…DD applied EA to two schools. One school required that the Profile be filed BEFORE November 1. The second school required that the FAFSA be filed as a will file on January 1. That second school did NOT send out EA notifications until very very late in January. In both cases, DD got an ESTIMATED finaid award either with her acceptance or very shortly thereafter. HOWEVER, her finaid was not finalized (including merit aid) until after the finaid forms were finalized…and in one case the award went down by $6000.</p>
<p>Re: merit aid. I would say that music performance awards are merit aid that do not at all deal with finaid applications or need. They are clearly awarded based on the audition. PERIOD…and every school website I have read for music says that…very clearly. BUT DS was REQUIRED to complete both the FAFSA and Profile to be eligible for a performance award. It was the school policy. So we did it…because it was the school policy. BTW…we had NO financial need.</p>