| 24k isn't a huge gap for an education that has a >160K sticker price and is valued at ~500K (in terms of annual spending per student)... particularly since it can be easily paid back with a low interest loan within a year of earning an average post-brown salary.
that being said, in past years, these offers were matched--my guess is persistance will pay off. it is, however, possible in light of the huge financial aid hikes at HYP that brown is being more conservative towards schools it typically wins matriculants from anyway (dartmouth, penn, etc.) |