<p>Hofstra gave me 26k (after an appeal)
Adelphi gave me 27.5k</p>
<p>(this is all merit aid, I'm ineligible for any financial aid)</p>
<p>Adelphi covered full tuition, for Hofstra I'd still be short 6k.</p>
<p>Are these universities similarly ranked enough to garner more merit aid from Hofstra? I am looking for as much as I can get. I already appealed at Hofstra and received 3k more, but I didn't bring up Adelphi's offering, and 26k is still a bit low.</p>
<p>Hofstra is rank 139 on US News, and Adelphi is 159.</p>