Do finances sometimes affect merit aid awards?

northeastmom
Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:14:46 +0000

Absolutely, you are correct as to how it often works. BTW, my older son got a very similar “leadership award” for about 7k. I was expecting a higher academic award, or an academic award plus leadership. I felt that leadership hurt him bc I felt that might have gotten the academic award if he did not have a lot of leadership qualifications. He did not attend that school, bc there really wasn’t any additional financial aid. He got much better packages elsewhere. I was kind of sad about it at the time bc I felt that this school was a good fit.