Chance of AU increasing merit aid?

MitchKreyben
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:23:21 +0000

Cautionary anecdote. Do read fine print of your offer. My D at another school was given a small merit schol that had every look/feel of four years. Much to our surprise in paying tuition for year 2 “poof” it was gone. We went to the major college (where the schol was from) and appealed, because the schol was offered in a personal phone call to us (which I was on) and there was no indication of one year only. On one of four different pieces of paper there was an indication of “freshman year”. We actually received that after my D accepted, and we also missed reading that disclaimer. So shame on us. The school ultimately said that they would honor it during my D’s Junior year, but she’d have to re apply for sr year. Thus our believe is that we’ll get two of the four years of money. Avoid our mistake! Read and ask questions.