Our kids sat with us while we together completed the financial aid forms…both FAFSA and Profile. And yes, this means they saw our tax returns and assets.
We did this with them in undergrad school…and they were then easily able to do them for grad school themselves.
@tdy123 are you saying parents applied for outside scholarships? We had nothing to do with that except to proofread for spelling and grammar errors. Kids applied for,scholarships. Not parents.