<p>What are tyhe chances of getting Tulane to increase the scholarship from $20k if one presents an admission letter from a much higher ranked school? That school does not offer merit based scholarships.</p>
<p>That probably won’t do it, and frankly I think is a bad approach on a number of levels. I mean think about it. First of all, you are using an outside ranking system that has no real authority. Yes, of course USNWR is used by a lot of people for a lot of reasons, some very bad. In the end it is all rather meaningless anyway. A student could quite easily be very happy at Tulane and miserable at Harvard, so what does it really mean that Harvard is “the best” college in the USA? Second, if the other school doesn’t offer merit scholarships, then what message are you sending Tulane by putting it that way? “Gee, I think you are not a better value at $20,000 a year, but you are at $22,000”? That may in fact be the case for you, but I think you can see how that sounds. Finally, it is certainly possible that you will get more money in the way of grants as part of the FA package from Tulane. I have no idea what your EFC is, of course. If your EFC is high and you can essentially afford both Tulane and the other school anyway, then the argument has even less impact. If your EFC is on the low side, then like I say you might get more in the FA package, no doubt along with loans and possibly work-study.</p>
<p>I just wouldn’t go the “pay me more or I will go to this higher rated school” route. Even if that is not how you intended it, that is how it would come across.</p>
<p>Very thoughtful opinions!</p>
<p>You indicated in another thread that your stats were
. Don’t know if you shared your GPA. Tulane based its merit offer on your stats, so unless your stats change significantly or you have a larger merit offer from a comparable school, as FC said, it is not likely they will reconsider their merit offer based on an acceptance to another school.</p>
<p>That is a terrible idea.</p>