My husband suddenly and unexpectedly lost his job in mid-May of my older daughter’s senior year in high school, about two weeks after she had notified a university that she planned to attend. We wrote an appeal letter but my daughter didn’t get more financial aid, for her first year or any other year. However, I considered the university’s financial aid package to be generous and I didn’t think it was unreasonable for the school to not increase my daughter’s aid.