Be sure to haggle bc there’s always going to be someone like me who can’t stop asking. It’s a good thing to know how to do.
I wish we could haggle but at state schools they don’t have anything to haggle. Maybe a lifetime supply of school pens with acceptance? Lol
Best wishes and congratulations to all the newly minted music majors out there, whether you’ve made a decision yet or are about to. Now the real works begins, but take a moment to enjoy the fact that all those years of hard work are starting to pay off!
Best wishes and congratulations to all the parents as well who weathered the storm of the last 12 months or so. You all deserve credit for the years of support, moral and otherwise.
And best wishes to everyone’s bank account, well, just because.
I don’t have a problem wheeling and dealing for some things, but it just doesn’t feel right when it is your child’s education and happiness at stake.
It took some mulling over for me–I’d say about a week. I had to chew on the $24-32K more we’d be paying to choose top choice over two that were essentially the same. Then I had to read up on how to approach the FAO. Then psych myself up. The FAO was really nice, though. If you don’t make the call and decide against your top choice without presenting your dilemma, the college doesn’t have a chance to make it workable for you. Maybe that’s the way to think about it…
@hornet I 'm a little bit confused. Since your S had to make his decision before the deadline, why two schools offered him more scholarships after then? When did you pay for the deposit?
Final Decision
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Music for a MM in Piano Performance, with out-of-state tuition waiver and accompanying assistantship!
Congrats @iluvpiano Such a fantastic offer!
Good for you, iluvpiano.
I don’t think I can take any more twists and turns with this journey. After several meetings it turns out that like the Ivy’s, school A does not offer any merit aid to speak of no matter what other offers you have. Just when we think we now have a very difficult decision to make, my daughter receives an email from school B stating that the letter about the scholarship was sent in error, a data entry mistake. Aside from how devastating that could have been had she actually wanted to go there, the problem is solved. In what world could we actually be relieved about not getting a 20k scholarship? I wonder how many others this happened to as well. On the up side, after her day at school A, she is absolutely certain that it is the right place for her and she had some great lessons.
Hi Steinways,
My wording with the post about my son last year may have been confusing. I mentioned that all of his financial offers had been made by March 15th. With this, I was referring to the scholarships/assistantships that the schools offered, not S’s final decision. From March 15th until shortly before the 4/15 deadline, he got a lot of back and forth discussion with the teachers and a dean about increases. He made his final decision shortly before the 4/15 deadline. Unlike undergrad, I don’t think he had any money to deposit since he had a full tuition scholarship and, being a graduate student, was not involved in student housing.
Congratulations iluvpiano. Great choice for a MM. UNC-G has a wonderful school of music. Nice offer, too!
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Oh my goodness @intune! All’s well that ends well, but what a roller coaster! I’m so glad that it only served to clarify her original choice.
@intune - what the freak? “Oh, sorry, we didn’t mean to send you that letter with the $20,000 scholarship in it…” That’s downright emotional torture in my book. I realize that mistakes happen, but that sure is a big one. If I made a $20,000 mistake on a proposal for one of my clients, I’d be updating my resume the next day.
At least it helped to clarify your decision without the money factor to contend with. But hey, money can be a pretty nice factor… somehow I imagine you had already spent that $20k in your head.
I am too, saintfan. I am also glad that her excitement about her choice is no longer dampened by guilt about wanting to go to school A at significantly higher cost. I really hope there are no more surprises lurking in the days before May 1.
While we’re on money Saintkid had the happy news this afternoon of an outside 4k scholarship. The money is sure nice padding, but it should also lead to some good connections and possible opportunities in the future. He went back and forth about what direction and focus to take in college and it was a nice confirmation of his choice. I jumped up and down and squealed like a little girl. I’m afraid I frightened the dog.
Congrats again saintfan!
Congrats I luv piano!
And for PR reasons school B should at least given a slight increase for scholarship. That is ridiculous. I used to do sales, and while I couldn’t guarantee a huge mess up like 20k, I personally would have done something to reassure my client of my dedication and competency and offered something in return after taking away such a huge sum. Don’t they realize people talk?
Hornet please share how you went about finagling. We have not found success with it.
@hornet I get it now! I see you mentioned teacher and dean. Who were you talking to about this matter? Studio teacher, AO or staff at financial aid office?