I had asked them to see if they can match offers from other competitive schools.
and some colleges will do this for peer schools.
Based on just income, we should qualify for more, but our real estate assets, 2nd house, was the factor and schools must have used different formula for that.
*yes, there are varying formulas.
The OP hasn’t mentioned peer schools as a reason for a financial aid reconsideration. They say that their income etc would not probably make them eligible for (much) need based aid…if I read their post correctly.
This is what the OP wrote…