Do finances sometimes affect merit aid awards?

fireandrain
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:08:38 +0000

Since different colleges have different policies and procedures, and institutional objectives, there’s no across-the-board correct answer to this.

This article, from Atlantic Monthly, explains how some of this works: [The Atlantic Online | November 2005 | The Best Class Money Can Buy | Matthew Quirk](http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200511/financial-aid-leveraging)