Should I apply to other schools?

skieurope
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:47:20 +0000

I assumed Harvard’s aid was the best, in previous post, but apparently not

Not always.

when they tried to get Harvard to match them were told, “Congratulations! Have a wonderful life at Penn.”

A bit of semantics, but Harvard (or Yale, Princeton, etc.) will not “match” aid. They will, upon presentation of another offer from a comparable school, review their own aid calculations. As I said before, it may result in more aid, or it may not. But at least the student and family can make an informed choice.