xferring between GLADCHEMS & Financial Aid

dodgersmom
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:13:19 +0000

wayne22:

Didn’t check FA box for better shot@admission



This wasn’t a misunderstanding - it was a deliberate decision to delay disclosure of financial aid need in order to give the student a “better shot” at admission. And it worked.

The two parents on this thread who have found themselves in this situation are not uneducated and unsophisticated. They are successful, probably well educated adults earning a high enough income to be able to pay the ~ $50k cost of boarding school for at least one year. Signing an enrollment contract at a boarding school is a commitment like any other . . . why would they think that if they change their mind about paying the tuition sometime down the road, the school would just cover the difference for them? Would they also be willing to buy a house knowing they could only pay the mortgage for one year? I don’t think so.