<p>If a merit award will do it for you, that’s great. Not so for us.</p>
<p>BTW, OP, I haven’t compared the COA at these schools, but if you can afford any of them with just very basic aid, then you are NOT going to have justification to refuse Stevens on financial grounds. To reiterate, unless Stevens is actually your S’s #1 choice–and I find that VERY hard to believe–change the application to RD. Now.</p>