Scholarship offers without application?

<p>Just wondering...do scholarships only get offered from schools after you have applied to them? Is there any way that schools know your test scores and GPA if you haven't sent them? I am only asking because I know with the PSAT many schools receive the results - you don't specify which schools to send them to.</p>

<p>It makes me wonder how to figure out which schools to apply to...ie which will give the most merit aid. (Or do we send ACT scores to a bunch of schools?)</p>