<p>Hey everyone, so I applied to a lot of schools, mostly small liberal arts colleges, but in order to attend my top choices, I'm definitely gonna have to appeal their financial aid. I got into a fairly wide range of schools, and I have a couple with good financial aid packages. One is ranked in the fifties and after financial aid, my EFC would be 18k. I also got into two other schools ranked in the twenties; at both, my EFC would be about 25k, which is the very most my parents can afford. One has no loans in the package, which means that if I went to that school, I would take a small loan to lessen the burden on my parents. The other already includes the standard 5.5k loan.</p>
<p>So my question is, do you think that if I appealed all of my schools, ranging from the top ten to the mid-forties, I would have any luck getting them to match at least the 26k if not the 18k offer? I know it's not guaranteed that they will increase the FA, so I'm prepared to go to one of these three options, but I know several people who have gotten a few of these schools to increase their aid, so how should I go about phrasing my appeal? Thanks for the help.</p>