Asking for larger merit package

novicemom23kids
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 03:43:48 +0000

THank you everyone, we have a lot to think about.

@carachel2 - This school is not Pitt. D17 was accepted to Pitt (instate) and did have issues with her school going back to rankings after not ranking for a few years. This did cause her to miss out on any merit there even though her test scores and GPA would get her merit $ if her schoo did not rank.That was frustrating but she moved on and has taken Pitt off of the list for other reasons. Interestingly enough, they were willing to negotiate on merit and directed us to request an appeal from the scholarship committee since her ranking out of the top 5% would not get her an automatic merit review.

D will be talking with her GC this week and hopefully she will do some inquiring. Beyond that, she is interested in revisiting the other 2 schools at the top of her list that have offered better financial package to determine if this school would still be #1. If after revisiting the others she still feels that this school is her front runner we will have her ask about the possibility for more merit money since she will not be able to attend without it.

Thank you again for the advice.