Contact FA office to explain why not asking for need based aid, but need merit?

blueberriesforsal
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 22:07:17 +0000

Thank you for your input everyone! Here is a small update:

My S23 had sent an email (concurrent to sending in the pre-read form to the FA office) to the regional AO that included notes about their curriculum for 12th grade and asked if they might pass on any details to the Financial Aid office that they felt were relevant, or to let him know if there were any further questions about the senior year schedule he could answer. (The pre-read form asks for your transcript, optional SAT/ACT scores, and your upcoming 12th grade list of classes).

After reading everyone’s input here at C/C, I was going to call the FA office today, but the AO officer wrote back to S23 this morning that they will be the ones doing the pre-read for merit.

While as a parent I feel comfortable talking to the business office, I don’t feel it’s right for me to contact his actual AO - communication needs to be between student and AO alone as the student’s the one applying.

So I’m going to sit tight and wait until the AO makes their pre-read decision so as not to insert myself into the admissions process. If the number feels low, I’ll call, otherwise without a wall between financial aid and admissions, it just feels inappropriate to reach out now.