CSS Profile Explanations/Special Circumstances (ES)

AlohaTM
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:06:17 +0000

I just wrote a two-page special circumstances letter from me, the mother, and sent it by email to one university which replied that it needed six pieces of documentation. One of the documents they asked for was a letter from my daughter, explaining the the situation and asking for an adjustment. So I’m thinking it may save writing extra pieces by having the letter come from the student. According to the financial aid guidebooks, you should write and format it as a standard business letter, making sure you have the student’s name and social security number (or other university ID number) in the first paragraph so that the financial aid office won’t have trouble matching the letter with the student file.