Fiancial Aid Review?

Beamom712
Fri, 03 May 2013 00:10:58 +0000

We did appeal and even met with the FA officer on admitted students’ day. She was actually quite encouraging and asked for some more documentation. However, first thing Monday morning (we spoke with her Friday afternoon), DD got an e-mail saying, “so sorry.” We never even got to submit the extra letters.

So yes, she is going elsewhere. She was really 50/50 between the two schools, but the visit had moved her over to wanting American more (especially when she found out that the School of Public Affairs was more selective than she’d thought). However, we got to the decision and basically had to tell her that we didn’t see an option, unless she spent all summer going for these outside scholarships. Next year, my husband will hopefully have a disability rating from the VA, which makes her eligible for more scholarships. If he’d gone a year ago (when he should have), or she had applied for several essay-type scholarships and tried herself to raise money, then our response would have been different. She won’t be UN happy with Seattle, too, especially after she found out her boyfriend finalized U of W.