Interesting conversation with Admissions Office

OperaDad
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:57:32 +0000

Son declined a school, primarily based on Financial Aid, or lack thereof. Son dutifully sent in the “no thanks” card. Son got a call from the Admissions Dean, and they chatted a little. Then Son calls me at work and says the School wants to see the Financial Aid award letter from the other school. I called the Dean, and explained the situation - We had individual awards, but not the Financial Aid Package from the other school yet. Based upon the awards we knew about, the School was too expensive. I also said we returned the card because we knew the school was out of the running due to $$$'s, and we didn’t want to take a seat and financial aid from another potential student.

This is where it got interesting.

He said that it is a common misconception that Son was taking a potential seat and financial aid away from someone else. He also said that they view financial aid grants more as a “discount” [vs an endowed scholarship?].

I said we would forward the info as soon as we get it. He said he would take it to the Dean of Financial Aid to see if there is anything else they could do.

Note: I’m sure that many of you can figure out which school it is, but I’d like to keep their name out of any discussion.