Never hurts to ask. If there is a change in your families financial dynamic they will usually work with you.
Would you recommend contacting the Office of Admissions, Financial Aid, or Ross? Also, should we attach our Kelley offer to the email so they can compare?
I answered it above but sure why not. BUTā¦ Michigan will not care about your other offer. They have 10 kids waiting (probably a lot more) to take your sonās spot. But again, it never hurts to have an open and honest conversation with the financial aid office. This is actually the time to do it.
One thing we asked for but not at Michigan but at a small Lac for my daughter was help with the housing costs. This was when she maxed out of her merit. They threw in a few thousand more. So it never hurts to ask.
I think this year is differentā¦ yield strategy/calcs are based on historical data. We are now in unprecedented times.
Sounds like you disagree. Time will tell.
I agree with you. My husband lost his job in early February and it was brutal. Luckily he landed back in consulting recently but it wasnāt ideal. We appealed at a few private schools but they typically want to see 6 months of unemployment to move the needle. Depends on the school. We are chasing some additional merit and itās going well. We know of about 6 people newly unemployed. Outside of Boston. Lots of recent conversations about college/costs etc. Granted this is our first time through the college cycle but things feel more uncertain for many.
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Sounds like your family is on the ball, I wish you the best.
Lots of denial going on, it will take some time for many - especially those who currently feel well off - to realize the extent to which times have fundamentally changed, in a cascading way.
The question my family is dealing with at the moment is how much extra value will a degree from the most expensive schools offer 4 years from now?
Most of the justifications we had for spending the extra $s are now being called into question.
Some tuff decisions will be made in the coming weeks.
As Knowsstuff said to another poster above, there will be plenty of people willing to take our place, but that just reinforces my point about this being a year of extra waitlist potential.
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Iām curious if all this uncertainty will result in a greater percentage of kids being taken off the waitlist. The last couple of years itās been about 5% and the percentage of Visas being revoked seems like itās a pretty small number compared to the total number of students.
Itās hard for me to see if this would move the needle much if at allā¦.
My kid is on the waitlist and weāre hopeful but realistic at the same timeā¦..
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Iām curious about how much tuition will go up over the next 4 years, what services will go away, how many fewer research opportunities there will be?
But first, when will my child be chosen from the waitlist?
At Michigan.
Call the financial aid /scholarship department and they should be able to give you a primer on how much yearly tuition goes up.
As far as the other questions itās a wait and see at all schools.
But as I stated my friendās daughters PhD (in her second year) is being fully funded. A month ago there where questions about that.
But all great questions for the AO or just call admissions. If you find out anything useful please let us know. All school are heading into uncharted waters this year.
Thanks
Howās the parking situation on campus?
My kid didnāt even have a car for all 4 years there. For us, A2 is eminently walkable.
There are parking structures and street parking around Central Campus.
Maybe @DroidsLookingFor can give you a more current update on campus parking.
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The droids are bringing a car next year (2nd year) bc they have quite a few tournaments and performances scattered all over the place, as in 2 - 10 hour drives (!) The teams/groups typically wind up carpooling and caravanning, hence the car. Itāll āliveā at one of their houses (theyāre both in houses next year with friends). I doubt theyāll drive on/around campus in general. Maybe the occasional run up to the chicken taco truck on North 
But as for parking, weāve used the structures while visiting. Some on campus like the one by South Quad, others more downtown.
There seems to be some sort of color coding for the lots and structures on campus, and I gather that students apply/pay for e.g. a āgreenā sticker or whatever in order to park in a given location. We havenāt had to figure that out bc the kidsā houses have parking, fortunately.
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Even the Universityās hospital is a 1 mile walk from Central Campus for all you prospective premed students.
The apartments and townhomes around Central Campus where D18 resided had their own parking too.
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Plenty of parking. But your student doesnāt need a car. Very walkable campus. Many never use their cars.
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