<p>No … admissions documents go to one office, financial aid documents go to another office. There are two completely different systems in place. </p>
<p>In fact, the only one a student actually is an official financial aid candidate is by submitting the proper documentation to the Financial Aid Office prior to the deadline. Answering the “financial aid” question on the Admissions application has little to nothing to do with applying for financial aid. All that answering that questions does is allows the Admissions Office to inform the Financial Aid Office of the students who are **interested ** in applying for aid, so that the Financial Aid Office can follow up with those students.</p>
<p>If a student checks no on their admissions application regarding financial aid interest, and then goes ahead and files the complete financial aid application – they are a financial aid applicant/</p>