<p>So I've gotten accepted to the college of my choice and received my financial aid package from them. They expect me to pay $20,000 out of my pocket. How can I go about appealing? I have a college that offered me a significant amount of aid, where I would need to pay only $12,000 out of my pocket. Can I use this college to leverage some sort of adjustment? My father also was unemployed for 4 months, so I can provide proof of that as well. I'm just looking for suggestions on the best way to approach this.</p>
<p>Some colleges will discuss their financial aid offers and others will not. Some colleges will consider the offers of other colleges if the other college is considered a PEER school…in other words, a school that is similarly competitive. If the school that gave you a lot of money is not a peer school…the other school really won’t care. Re: your dad’s unemployment…is he unemployed now? If not, that likely won’t matter either.</p>
<p>But go ahead and ask…nothing ventured, nothing gained.</p>
<p>bump… any other responses?</p>
<p>Nothing more to say. Thumper is right.</p>
<p>There really isn’t a different response.</p>