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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I don't think you understood my question.

If you are an admissions officer at a private college, please chime in.

Did I make a mistake by not applying for Financial Aid at the private colleges that offer Merit Aid? I filled out the FAFSA, which showed we were not eligible for Financial Aid, so I didn't apply for Financial Aid.

There is no application for Merit Aid at the private colleges DD applied to.

My understanding is that Merit Aid is given on the basis of academic achievement, not financial need.

Should I have sent the FAFSA to the private schools? Should I have filled out the CSS?

Anyone know?

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Every school handles merit aid differently.  For some schools, yes, in order to be eligible for merit aid you would need to complete the FAFSA form.  As PP pointed out, this is to ensure that Federal money is not left on the table.  While you would like to think that need aid is completely separate from merit aid, colleges often view it as the Offer Package.[/quote]

So, in other words, I did make a mistake by not sending the FAFSA to the colleges. I filled it out, but couldn't think of a reason to send it to the colleges since it said our EFC was 90K.

How could Federal money be left on the table with an EFC of 90K?

Is there any way to remedy this? Can I send it to them now and ask them to reconsider? Or is it just too late? [/quote]

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