<p>Anyone else dissatisfied with the financial aid package they got? Penn is expecting me to pay twice as much out-of-pocket as Vanderbilt is. It's really making me reconsider. (I'm posting this so late because I'm a transfer)</p>
<p>^ Have you asked Penn to match the Vanderbilt package (assuming it’s all need-based)? Of course, Penn won’t match any merit-based aid.</p>
<p>I am dissatisfied. I’m getting no financial aid (Penn says I can contribute 84,000 a year), while Amherst offered me 10,000/year. But I think the investment is well worth the expensive cost.</p>
<p>Well, I agree that it may be worth. May. But there’s no way to be sure, and going into considerable debt isn’t very appealing to me when I have a full scholarship and stipend at Ohio State.
And yeah, I called Penn today to see if any of it could be reconsidered (I cited my Vanderbilt package as an example) and the woman was very unfriendly and told me no.</p>
<p>^ Are you sure you spoke to the right person, and not just a member of the support staff? I can’t imagine a FA officer–as opposed to a receptionist or secretary–being unfriendly or rude under those circumstances. You may want to email a written request for reconsideration–again citing your Vanderbilt package–or call again and make sure that you speak to someone in authority (if you haven’t already):</p>
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<p>Yeah, I talked to an assistant director or something. But I sent an email, since the woman I talked to seemed mad about something. Probably the amount of calls they were receiving; I had to wait about 20 minutes just to talk to her, so I know she was really busy.</p>
<p>Penn’s administration seems really impersonal to me, so I’m not surprised. They never responded to any of my emails, while all of the other schools I applied to did. Whatevssss</p>
<p>^ You should send an email directly to Furda about that. I’m sure he would not be pleased to know that applicants were not receiving responses from his staff.</p>
<p>Did anyone not receive their package? I didn;t.</p>
<p>It should be online with your acceptance. Go to pennplan online or whatever it’s called and your award should be listed there.</p>
<p>All I get is “Thank You, Please remember to logout” that’s it.</p>
<p>That’s strange. Maybe they’re still coming up with your aid.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what kind of people work at the Financial Aid office?? Apparently they cannot keep track of the items sent to them. I just received a letter stating my FAFSA and CSS were not sent… I call them and they have my CSS but not my FAFSA. Wow…</p>