> The steps of the financial aid application process are:
>      1. A student applies for admission before the admission
>  application deadline.
>      2. A student applies for financial aid in accordance with stated
>  deadlines, but as soon as possible.
>      3. The admission committee meets and grants admission.
>      4. The college or university financial aid office reviews the
>  application carefully, first to judge whether need does, in fact,
>  exist, and second to determine how much aid should be offered.
>      5. The financial aid office, after determining how much aid in
>  various forms is available for distribution, awards packages of aid to
>  applicants according to need and within limits of the resources at
>  hand.
>      6. Candidates are notified by the admission office of acceptance
>  and, either at the same time or shortly thereafter, by the aid office
>  of its award.
>      Or
>      The student could just create a free profile at http://ShowRoute.com/FinancialAid/
>  and wait for the colleges with Financial Aid to contact them back.