Denied Financial Aid

ExieMITAlum
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:02:59 +0000

@Learnermom said

but the reality was that they were not willing to offer her any financial help of any kind even though they knew she needed it.



That’s not the case - she’s waitlisted for FA because they didn’t have enough funding for to cover your daughter. That is different than the OP’s issue which is being “denied” for FA.

In the latter case the student can attend if they come up with all the funds on their own (including many parents on the boards for whom tuition is 100%+ of their annual income). The school doesn’t intend to fund the student whether they need the help or not.

In your case it means the school wants to fund your daughter if enough students with FA turn them down freeing up those funds.