Have you heard of anyone being granted the waiver? And if so, what were the circumstances? What school?
I recently heard of one kid at Occidental with a combination of four attorney parents; the kid was awarded half off of his 60k tuition (need based) because his mom has an enormous mortgage and 70k in consumer debt. So if that type of awarding is going on, then my truly need-based single-mom circumstances should merit some financial aid…