<p>Hey, so I received my financial aid packet yesterday. Even though it is not terrible, it is definitely disappointing and would put a huge burden on my family (especially since my brother is also in college and needs to pay about 20k per year). Cornell has the financial aid appeal application online, but should I CALLthem up first? Does anyone have any suggestions? For supporting documents, I was going to submit a doc about my bros tuition and how one of my parents income is not necessarily stable.</p>
<p>did you have any success? we’re in the same situation with insufficient aid, but this is my d’s dream school.</p>
<p>Cornell gave me decent aid as well, but I will appeal and fax in the application tomorrow. And probably call them after too.</p>
<p>I used the cornell online calculator very accurately, and the EFC is about 5k less than what our financial aid packet says. Which is significant for sure. So I hope they see in my favor.</p>