Appeal financial aid package?

S0ad
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:34:40 +0000

I should have gone to the post office but honestly had no idea. It was my first apartment, and I should have known to do that but it just never dawned on me.

I live in really cheap apartments which subsidizes a great deal of the gap but because of a little money here and there (like the decreased 2k in aid, increased 2k in living, summer, etc) My cheap cost of living isn’t enough…

I already contribute at least 2k a semester on my own. They have work study as 2400 for the year and I far exceed that (though not with on campus work).

I did complete the fafsa and the efc was far below their estimate, but I can’t guarantee I did it absolutely correctly because my family has a business (not a very successful one) and it gets very confusing to fill out, though I’ve never had this issue before.

My actual estimated cost is 58k. I don’t need that and don’t expect them to give me 58k. But I would at least expect them to give me the same as they did last year, but maybe thats unrealistic for some reason.

Anyway I talked to my dad and the guy who does his taxes used to be a FA person so he said maybe he can help with some insight…

ETA: I’m a senior.