Financial Aid Leaveraging

MusicNut07
Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:04:21 +0000

I recently read what I thought to be an odd urban legend. It went something like this: a girl was accepted to her dream Ivy school with little financial aid and to her safety school with alot of financial aid. She then sent documentation of the generous offer to the Ivy school, and the Ivy matched the offer. Can this actually happen? Would it work only with need based, or would merit-based aid be included? Has anyone else heard of this very tantilizing possibility?