Fairfielder in Rome

Fairfielder
Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:29:14 +0000

Hey everybody, I finally got some time on a computer in Rome and the thread has been closed! Which is fine I think, what I glimpsed of it makes me feel we wandered quite a bit afield from my original question, which was how to navagate through the reconsideration process when a financial aid package is utterly impossible. I was actually about to suggest to the moderators that the thread be bumped DOWN so that only those who were sincerely interested in financial aid would stay with the thread.

I sent some more clarification to the financial aid office of the school – which I never identified in the previous thread, for obvious reasons–including an explanation from my daughter’s school as to how my volunteering there worked in actual dollar terms.

The university told me before I left for our senior trip that they wouldn’t start the reconsideration process until April first, so there’s nothing I can do from here anyway. The first few days here my pulse ran so high and my stomach was in such distress that I really wondered if I’d ever achieve normalcy again. But then I was able to somewhat let go and I’ll take care of it when I get home.

It was a shock to see how many thousands of people felt my point was worth their time. Really, I am probably the most invisible person you would ever meet. Well, at least until I spilled all my personal and financial details on College Confidential!

We are eating, shopping and walking almost continuously. Today we had a four hour tour of the Vatican. Right now the students are tugging at me to go out into Rome for an evening walk. I’d had a great time here but I can’t tell you how much I miss my gardens, my home and my own bed.

I’ll let you know how the reconsideration goes.

Best wishes to all and ciao,
Fairfielder