<p>My dtr was admitted early to Yale 2014, but waited to hear from the other schools to accept the offer. She’s got wonderful choices and she’s leaning toward Yale. None of the schools offered her FA because we received a large lump of family income last year, a one-time event that will not be repeated. We projected 2010 income at normal levels and included a detailed Statement of Special Circumstances, but that seemed not to matter.</p>
<p>My concern is this. We have the cash to pay full load this year. We won’t be able to pay full load for future years. Should she start at one of the Ivy’s, when we know she won’t be able to stay unless they come up with FA in future years? I spoke with a very nice FA adviser at Yale, who says that they re-consider applications for FA each year, but it is rather scary to me.</p>
<p>Questions:
+ Has anyone received a significant increase in FA?<br>
+ Has anyone gotten financial aid in years 2,3 or 4 when they didn’t get aid in year 1?</p>
<p>PS. Her non-Ivy options are UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego (Regent’s Scholar).</p>