<p>D got accepted two weeks ago, still no aid package. Other schools either included the aid letter with the acceptance or it followed a day later. D has already gotten excited about the other schools and forgotten all about USC. Perhaps we’ll never know what their aid would have contained, because her “decline” postcard will arrive before the aid package is posted. I know there’s no shortage of applicants trying to get into USC, but I wonder how many other accepted students they lose this way?</p>