<p>Well, we were a family who appealed one of my S’s top choices with no results. We were encouraged to appeal and followed their suggestions promptly for the appeal - while we did not have dire circumstances (job loss, etc.), the gap was quite large. Still, not a penny more.</p>
<p>So while I feel a little empathy for these fin aid staff, I also would encourage them not to give families false hope, AND I would like to hear more about :</p>
<p>Sometimes we can do a lot, she added. Sometimes we cant. </p>
<p>So how do they determine the lucky “a lot” people???!! And perhaps change the second part of that sentence to “most of the time we can’t”. :(</p>