<p>i got a letter today from the financial office saying that they have selected me for review of financial information, telling me to send in tax forms and what not. it says it has nothing to do with admission, yet in the letter it says that i should return it within two week so that they can have the financial aid package done before the SIR date of May 1st. would this be considered a likely letter?</p>
<p>You probably got it. Ameer...are you from La Quinta high school in Garden Grove?</p>
<p>Hmm... I got that letter too yesterday and was wondering the exact same question.</p>
<p>I applied for engineering and my admission statistics aren't exactly spectacular when you compare them to other engineering applicants.</p>
<p>Though it is somewhat interesting: why would they care about my financial information if they were just going to reject me?... unless they like additional stacks of papers.</p>
<p>we received an e-mail from berkeley about a month ago regarding financial aid requesting tax returns, etc. maybe the same thing?</p>
<p>You most likely got in. I got a similar request from Santa Cruz a week ago. A few days later, I got my acceptance package. I think Berkeley will probably do the same.</p>
<p>Hmm... I haven't recieved a request like this from the UCs I applied to, whether I was accepted or not. Did get a follow-up questionnaire from Cal though. Didn't fill out the FAFSA yet, but I would have thought that would make me more of a likely candidate to get financial information from.</p>
<p>vega07, no im not from garden grove. im from rancho cucamonga. im so excited that this can be considered a likely letter, itll ease the pain of the rejection im about to get from mit in about an hour. i didnt get a questionaire.</p>
<p>I got this letter yesterday, and my forms were completely soaked. Anyway, I wouldn't put too much hope on this as a likely letter, mainly because the letter explicitly states that the request is not related to admissions. LMJSF has a point though about Cal wanting more stacks of paper.</p>
<p>ameer: Did you get rejected to Caltech too?</p>
<p>yep rejceted from caltech and just recieved rejection from mit too.</p>
<p>Wow. I feel for you. (I got rejected from Caltech as well, but didn't apply to MIT)</p>
<p>Got rejected from MIT. Meh.</p>
<p>I think this is wishful thinking...admissions office and financial aid office should be separate...hmm don't want to get my hopes up.</p>
<p>If it states that it is not related to admissions, then it shouldn't be related to admissions..</p>
<p>I don't think they are same. I'm disqualified from any grant (assets/income over cieling :p), so I didn't recieve any letter..</p>
<p>dude u guys, stop this! just because you recieved a letter does not mean you're getting it. I got the same letter a few days ago, and it clearly says that the letter has NOTHING to do with your admission status. Chill out. just CHILL.</p>
<p>YEAH CHILL OUT! WONT YOU GUYS FREAKING JUST CHILL! LIKE ME! SEE! I'M CHILL! OKAY!</p>
<p>If you couldn't tell, that was sarcasm. Dripping with sarcasm. I think the whole point of having a good "chill out" command is to NOT sound un-chilled-out yourself. Frazzled much, masha?</p>
<p>uh... lol... i think i just need to stop going to this site for the rest of march and/or april ... or possibley the rest of my life. lol</p>
<p>We don't qualify for need based financial aid but got an e-mail awhile back.
What does "chill" mean?</p>
<p>Financial offices are completely different from admission offices at schools. I recently went to a seminar put on by the financial department of berkeley and they made it very clear that they never collaborate with the admissions office before decisions are made.</p>
<p>oh man.. darn :)</p>
<p>I wouldn't exactly say that they don't colloborate...i mean paper costs money in bulk. The financial aid office knows who did and didn't make the administrative cut, and then the ones that are in for sure, the ones that they don't know about are the in-between ones. Like, they know who the regents are, they know who was selected to be interviewed for regents, etc etc. So in that sense, they do "collaborate"</p>