If the parents don’t want to pay…that is fine. If the family feels money is tight…that’s fine. If they have other financial obligations that take all their $20,000 a month or so take home pay…that’s fine. But appealing to Cornell for more aid based on these things isn’t going to get this family anywhere.
The net price calculator on the Cornell website would have been a decent indicator of what Cornell expected the family to pay…full price.
If the family can’t or won’t pay the cost to attend Cornell…then the student needs to choose a less costly school.
And really…the student can get accepted to medical school as a UT graduate. I have two doctors that did their undergrad at UT. They went on to medical school, and fellowships elsewhere.
This kid does NOT have to go to Cornell to get into medical school. Actually, I’ll go a step further than that…going to Cornell will not guarantee acceptance to medical,school at all.