<p>Did anyone else get a correction e-mail recently, changing the tuition amount on their financial aid award letter? It looks like two numbers might have been accidentally transposed, but tuition just "went up" about $900 for us!</p>
<p>Yeah, at first I was all excited, then I was like, “Oh…”</p>
<p>Sad face.</p>
<p>But, whatever… 56k, 57k, same thing. :C</p>
<p>Same here, same amount (if I remember correctly).</p>
<p>had the same thing.</p>
<p>900…900 dollars is a substantial increase? Try 12,000 and then tell me 900 is substantial. Mind you we were completely honest in both the FAFSA and the CSS profile and have no inconsistency in our data apart from the fact that inconsistent questions were asked and we were given an inherently misleading initial estimate. One has to also consider that because we found the given estimate reasonable and Stanford was my definitive dream school, I did not feel the need to apply to other schools’ scholarship programs. In retrospect, this wasn’t the best course of action, but family income actually decreased between profile and FAFSA due to the economy, which actually left us expecting a change for the better. <em>/bitter</em></p>
<p>I saw that as well. I got really excited and thought they were going to compete with WashU’s offer, but alas.</p>
<p>applicannot, I hope that change isn’t insurmountable and that you will still be able to come to Stanford. Can QB students make specific appeals in these cases? Seems like a good idea but I confess little knowledge on the subject.</p>
<p>Read the posts again–no one ever said the change was substantial or even problematic. In our case, they increased the grant by the same amount.</p>
<p>I did read the posts again, and I see sad faces, one poster who seems to be saying his contribution went up 12K, a sad face…so those sound problematic for those individuals.</p>
<p>Umm, read again. Posts 1,3, and 4 contain no affect at all–just factual comments. In post 2, it seems to me that Zombie at first thought he was getting MORE money, not less. When he saw he wasn’t, he was disappointed–hence the sad face. He’s not sad because it was such a HUGE tragedy, and in fact he admits there’s not much difference to him between 56k and 57K. Besides, he probably got his grant increased like the rest of us, since I think this was basically a typo.</p>
<p>So then in post #5 l337toast says “900…900 dollars is a substantial increase?” as if he’s offended that here he’s the one with the real problem and we’re the ones complaining. Only we didn’t. That’s what I meant, not that his problem isn’t serious because it seems to be. But 1337toast’s trouble is not even related to the situation this thread is discussing. </p>
<p>Zenkoan, you seem to have nominated yourself the defender of all things Stanford, judging by all your recent posts. You can relax–Stanford has many people who will step up in her defense if you ease up a bit!</p>
<p>Well, I’ll respond to several of those comments made. First off, I apologize for coming off as rude and almost disdainful of everyone else’s situation. Naturally, I’m rather distraught right now given the circumstances and as a result, lashed out. However, in light of your comments declaring that the trouble delineated in my post is in some way irrelevant to the nature of this thread, I’ll have to respectfully disagree. In part, this thread pertains to the revision of financial aid statements and as you referenced–“In post 2, it seems to me that Zombie at first thought he was getting MORE money, not less. When he saw he wasn’t, he was disappointed–hence the sad face,”-- the delivery of unexpected news (both Xombie and I both thought were getting more money when in fact we did not). Whether or not my post is entirely pertinent to YOUR original post is almost a non-issue as there are still other posted statements somewhat in line (though of lesser degree) with my own situation, thus giving me an opportunity to interject and add my own voice.</p>
<p>@theCFG on your words for Zenkoan: I feel that throughout THIS thread, Zenkoan has been entirely calm and civil and concerned for the welfare of the posters and in no way reflects this emphatic “defender of all things Stanford” role that you mention. More importantly, you mention yourself that this behavior is observed in OTHER threads. Hence, these words are themselves rather irrelevant to this thread. In fact, I see few other reasons for posting this other than to somehow patronize Zenkoan and lower his/her credibility here through some variety of unrelated ad hominem attacks. Just my two cents…disregard if you will.</p>
<p>Back to the original thread purpose: Once again, I understand that you might be discussing a sort of error/typo in FA statements as opposed to substantial elevation of costs, but I feel that me posting this here is not entirely out of place and IMO, is advantageous to creating an entirely new thread.</p>
<p>^ Was the tuition cost number on your FA corrected upwards and were you notified of this by e-mail? In other words, were you originally given a FA offer that specified an incorrect tuition cost, which in your case would have been around $45,000? If so, it’s the same topic. Or rather were you originally given an offer that required you to contribute $12,000 less toward the COA? If so, it’s not the same topic. But I’ll concede it IS related, I accept your apology, and have no problem with you posting about it on this thread.</p>
<p>It would seem to me you could definitely appeal this package, since obviously it greatly impacted your decision-making.</p>
<p>Zenkoan seems to be a nice person. However, in his great eagerness to defend Stanford here and everywhere, he’s starting to answer posts that weren’t directed to him as though they were, and with erroneous conclusions to boot. I obviously wasn’t talking to him in post #8 because he hadn’t even posted yet on the thread. I was talking to you. So IMO, Zenkoan was like someone who butted in on a conversation, and then since he hadn’t been privy to the whole discussion, he says something that isn’t on target.</p>
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<p>There’s actually no issue with Stanford’s financial aid. More than I could ever ask for. It’s just that I got more than I could ever ask for +$4000 from WashU.</p>
<p>That’s good to hear, applicannot–thanks for replying.</p>
<p>@GFC: My question was plainly addressed to applicannot, whose posts I recall from some other threads (and who courteously replied to my question)–not to you. Moreover, I don’t consider myself a “defender” of Stanford, but rather someone who knows a considerable amount about the university as a result of first-hand experience. Several people on cc have sent me private messages asking me for additional insights, in fact, so I gather my input is appreciated. You, however, are more than free to disregard my posts if you like.</p>