How automatic is automatic? My brother went to Harvard, partly because their financial aid offer was best, and I recall my father cursing the required forms.

How automatic is automatic? My brother went to Harvard, partly because their financial aid offer was best, and I recall my father cursing the required forms. He's a lawyer, so ordinary legalese doesn't phase him, but he found those troublesome. Now I imagine a family without a JD in it, or even without a BA in it, trying to fill them out...