Asking for larger merit package

twoinanddone
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:30:35 +0000

If it is merit, it is the admissions office, not FA. My daughter asked me to handle all the financial aid stuff as she was too confused to do it. She did not know the NPC amounts, she didn’t know my income or taxes or how much her sister’s school cost, how much I contributed to a 401k. I called the FA office and they referred me to admissions.

I called and said I didn’t understand why the NPC said she’d get $X, and the offer was $5k per year lower. Oh, using the wrong scores to calculate merit aid. Easy fix, didn’t have to promise to go to that school, didn’t have to compare it to other offers.