DD got accepted to Yale along with Cornell. Yale gave us a better package than Cornell by about $13K with our estimated contribution being $52K. It would be very difficult for us to pay that amount. She did get into other great schools like BU, Emory, Bowdoin and Middlebury with some scholarships and the out of pocket contribution being between 25k-35k. We have some 529 savings and can comfortably pay about $25K/year without breaking our back.
Anyway, we appealed the package since I moved to a new job that pays about $10K less and now have to support my elderly parents as well. We provided the paystubs to show the difference of income. What is the chances of getting more aid from Yale? Is there anything else we should do to convince them to give us more aid?