<p>If I call up the admissions office or the financial aids office and ask them to match Boston College's package of 40k a year, will they do it? Or is Boston College's rank too low compared to CMU's to be considered it as CMU's "peer"?</p>
<p>Diggz, there is no harm in asking? However, I would be surprised if they considered BC a "comparable" school.</p>
<p>Definitely try. I think they promise to reconsider, but do not promise to match.</p>
<p>I sent the financial aid review form w/ my 41K offer from Case Western Reserve University.. they said it can't harm my financial aid so just try it...</p>
<p>I will probably get my financial aid package today or tomorrow. Will it come with a review form or do I have to personally call? I also saw an online form, but I don't remember the link.</p>
<p>mizera, I got the same offer from Case (when I applied last year) and almost nothing from CMU. I appealed, but they didn't change anything.</p>
<p>To everyone: CMU does not have a lot of money on their hands, so they are not very generous with financial aid unless you're an URM (under-represented minority).</p>
<p>Darn.. I guess I just gotta get more loans..</p>
<p>Ditto on the Case issue. Our son got $20K per year ($80K total) for study at Case/CIM. When we appealed, CMU only offered a small fraction of the Case offer. Sorry to have no optimistic anecdote to offer.</p>
<p>Is Lehigh a comparable school?</p>
<p>Will you just send in the info already instead of asking about comparable schools. It can ONLY help, so just do it. </p>
<p>We don't really respect Case anymore for some reason but my floormates have had a great experience with CMU's financial aid. A lot of them, including one who got 30k in grants, were happy with their aid and got it by appealing/asking and talking with the office.</p>
<p>I didn't get my financial aid package yet so I can't really send anything. They mailed it last Monday and I guess it should be coming soon.</p>