<p>I agree that the timing was awful, but I disagree that the solution would be to honor the prior scholarship levels for some, but not all, of this year’s applicants. That would mean that an applicant who received her letter of acceptance on Tuesday would get a full ride, but an identical applicant who didn’t receive notification until Thursday would not. That hardly seems fair.</p>
<p>Legally, UAH is probably under no obligation to do anything. The scholarship matrix for 2012-13 (which is still posted on the UAH website) states clearly that it is for this school year only. It also states that award levels “are subject to change.”</p>
<p>On the other hand, an argument could be made that UAH has been saying for six years that the scholarship levels were “subject to change,” and, during that entire time, they never changed. Perhaps, under these circumstances, UAH had an obligation to provide some additional notice that this year, the scholarship levels really were going to change. Especially if UAH had reason to believe that prospective applicants were relying on the posted scholarship matrix, notwithstanding the disclaimers, and also knew that the applicants’ reliance could result in their not submitting timely applications to other colleges.</p>
<p>Certainly, this year’s applicants have reason to be upset . . . and I’m starting to agree with m2ck that perhaps they should be calling UAH to complain.</p>