Emailing an admissions rep - advice needed

noimagination
Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:58:53 +0000

Hey all,

I’m strongly considering adding School 1 to my list of applications - I’m a senior - and I’m emailing my admissions rep with a question. I’m technically past their priority deadline for scholarships, but I think I’m a good candidate for merit $$$ at School 1 and I want to see whether I can get some money even after the priority date.

Here’s the tricky part: if I don’t apply to School 1, I’d probably look at School 2, the state’s other big school and a major rival. My scholarship at School 2 would be guaranteed vs. competitive at School 1. I feel like I might gain negotiating power if I casually mention that School 1 is competing* with School 2 in my email. On the other hand, I don’t want to be too obvious or have it come across as a total non sequitur.

What should I do?

* I probably wouldn’t use that term. Perhaps “comparing”?