Originally Posted by
marinkitty
Coming back to say that my DD applied to mainly SLACs and almost all of them required it even though we checked the box that we would not be seeking financial aid. We had ZERO chance of qualifying for need based aid from anyone. She received merit awards from all of the schools (except one that gives no merit aid to anyone), all upwards of $50,000 (and some well over six figures) over the four years despite our lack of need. They all required FAFSA and some also required CSS Profile, so we had to fill out both. So IMO it is totally worth it to fill it out annually regardless of your situation, and as others have said, the government already has all that information anyway.
This was my understanding too although I'm a year away from dealing with this.
Mine won't stand a chance of getting any aid, but I'm certainly not going to turn down the chance for merit money...
Mama to my boys (04,07,11)