Do finances sometimes affect merit aid awards?

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

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