<p>I got into the ED round! I'm an international student and I got aid but it couldn't cover what I could pay. I want to appeal for more fin-aid, like for them to review my application. Has anyone done this before and did Cornell increase the aid. I also see Outside Scholarship as part of the total award. But that is not from Cornell at all, its a grant from my moms employer, so why is it part of my total financial aid award? Do they have a certain formula they used? Cause it didn't work out for me.</p>
<p>Yes, you can appeal your aid, but it doesn’t mean they will give you more. Outside aid is considered part of total award. They calculate cost of attending Cornell, subtract out your total contribution (EFC plus outside scholarship), what’s left is covered by FA. Cornell’s estimate of your financial contribution (based on a formula) may not match what your family could necessary afford.</p>
<p>But is it possible or not likely I get more? My mom wants me to go to Cornell so much she told me not to apply RD despite the FA and if my grant is part of the FA which means my Award is about $6000 lower. That sucks big time.</p>
<p>It is worth a try. All they could say is no.</p>
<p>Ok I found out the problem. I made a mistake in filling out my form. I put $100000 assets and this is my current home not other assets. We also made random errors in filling out our expenses and missed out on important things like tithes, service charges and money paid to help relatives. My mom is also a single parent. We were in a hurry when we were filling the form because we were trying to fill it before the deadline. I know this might sound careless but we were looking for scanners to scan the documents and it took us about an hour, we also had to race through filling because the scanner operator was waiting for us. This just caused some stupid errors. I’m asked to pay $27000 but all I can honestly pay is $15000. If they don’t accept that does that mean I’m not going to college next year?</p>
<p>They are willing to review your info with the corrections. They actually want you to attend. Stop worrying, send in the corrections. Good luck.</p>