<p>when can we apply for financial aid and when will we get to know that we got scholarships? i know that that uiuc app is a way for the admission counselors to decide for scholarships as well. any ideas anyone?</p>
<p>For financial aid, you need to submit FAFSA and should plan on doing that as soon as you reasonably can after Jan 1 and by no later than March 15. Aid and scholarship decisions usually come about April. For most merit awards you do not have to submit separate applications but check for particular program you are in because there are some separate apps, e.g., for no particular reason materials engineering (but not any other engineering) requires a separate app to qualify for its outside party scholarship funds.</p>