Negotiating scholarships / financial aid - how to?

uskoolfish
Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:07:51 +0000

While the theatre dept might help and try to be a champion for aid if they really want a student, often it’s out of their hands. While lots of aid/scholarships are left on the table when students turn down offers, understand that yield calculations are built into their formula for giving out $. The percent of accepted students with scholarships who turn down their offers at a particular school tend to be in the same range year after year. So unless a surprisingly high number of students turn down their offers, there might not be $ available to other students.