Helpfulness of financial aid office

saintfan
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:21:21 +0000

I have made several calls to FA offices at different schools over the last week trying to get a sense of how they assess some different income and asset situations. I found the St. Olaf office to be less friendly than others in contrast to my other contacts with the school which were universally warm and positive. I’m wondering what kind of experiences others have had with FA at St. Olaf.

Could that finally be midwest Lutheran “frugality” showing its face? I felt kind of scolded when I asked about recent unemployment and future income/asset balance (income will be stabilizing and increasing but assets are low after 2 bouts of unemployment).