Asking for larger merit package

higgins2013
Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:57:07 +0000

A school that offers merit money for enrollment management is also accustomed to phone calls from accepted prospective students’ parents, seeking more merit money, conversation done with specific regional admin staff person who administered student’s application review. I was surprised by how open LAC admin reps were to us in regards to merit money discussions at on-campus open house school visits, proffering probable award amounts before any applications were even prepared. And yes, I did call 1st choice school after acceptance letter, to confirm merit award intentions, and was very pleasantly surprised (relieved) when adjusted confirmation letter was immediately delivered. If you don’t ask, then nothing will be done. But if you do ask, you’ll know you at least tried. When college costs are so prohibitive, all opportunities should be checked.