Appeal
Should You Appeal Your College Financial Aid Award?
You have received financial aid award letters from your colleges, but the award from your first-choice college is less than you had hoped. What can you do? Should you appeal for additional assistance? Maybe your award does not reflect your current financial situation, or a recent scholastic achievement, or perhaps you have a more generous…
5 Tips for an Effective Financial Aid Appeal
Is the award letter from your favorite college not what you’d hoped? Enough to wonder if it’s even possible without taking on an enormous loan? Don’t panic! You DO have the power to up the amount by thousands by opting for a financial aid appeal. At this point, you’ve tallied the net amounts for your top…
To Appeal or Not To Appeal
Whether or not to appeal financial aid award offers is a question many students face this time of year. Maybe the award offer was not as much as you anticipated, or perhaps your circumstances have changed since you filed your application. There are several factors to take into consideration when deciding whether or not to…