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<p>Ok, sorry. Have to call you out on this. You are flat WRONG!</p>

<p>How do I know. I know because my D requested a double and received a single. What happened with her grant money. Increased by the exact amount of the cost between a double and a single.</p>

<p>In fact, the day she received her room assignment I sent an email to FinAid to find out what would happen. This was their response.</p>

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<p>So who is spreading false information?</p>

<p>As for my post. I never said you had to do anything special to get a budget increase.</p>

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<p>usa dad…hmm grant aid usually isnt increased…</p>

<p>guess its on a case by case basis ;)</p>

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<p>I love my single. Not that I couldn’t handle living with a roommate, just sometimes it’s nice to be able to go to your bedroom and not have to worry about someone else being there.</p>

<p>I think the ideal setup is to have a single within a suite, but that’s just me.</p>

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<p>I do not believe it is a case by case basis.</p>

<p>This is from the director of housing when I inquired if we needed to do anything to make sure the grant aid was adjusted.</p>

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<p>I do not think there are any other circumstances where grant aid would be adjusted. I think it is only the case with housing because a student shouldn’t be penalized and have to incur extra cost because they didn’t get their choice in housing.</p>

<p>I also do not know if this is the case sophomore year or not.</p>

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<p>“we will adjust her aid accordingly to account for the higher expense.” does not necessarily mean her grant aid would increase. Loans and Employment are considered part of someone’s “aid”.
<a href=“https://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/forms/upload/Budget-Increase-09-10.pdf[/url]”>https://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/forms/upload/Budget-Increase-09-10.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Clearly states “These increases are typically done in employment or loan.”</p>

<p>But I’m done playing this di*k measuring game.</p>

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<p>ok, that’s fine.</p>

<p>But you put in a public forum. This public forum where many new freshman will be reading that “Grant Aid will never increase”.</p>

<p>And I am telling you that in our case. Grant aid was increased. There were no loans as part of her package and her work study was already maxed out.</p>

<p>So in that case, you gave out wrong information.</p>

<p>I only posted one small part of the email. So yes, taken out of context you could “claim” it doesn’t specifically state that “grant aid” will be increased. But if I posted the whole email, then it would be quite clear.</p>

<p>This has nothing to do with a game. This has to do with providing accurate information. My information comes from what has actually happened and from the director of housing and the director of financial aid. Your information appears to come from “your interpretation” of text on a pdf.</p>

<p>oh and also, you are the one that accused me of spreading false information, which is why I even responded in the first place</p>

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<p>somewhat related question: can you get placed in the townhouses if you do not request a townhouse?</p>

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<p>Yes you can be.</p>

<p>And you only get grants increase if you did not request a single AT ALL (as any of your choices). Otherwise you get loans.</p>

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<p>When we first inquired to finaid. They told us don’t worry, if she requested a double and received a single, her grant aid would be increased.</p>

<p>two days later, we received an email with information saying her grant aid would only be increased if she didn’t request a double at all, as you stated. Needless to say, we were not very happy as she had requested a double as first choice, triple as second choice and then a single as third choice.</p>

<p>This is exactly why we ended up talking to the Director of housing and of financial aid. Apparently, the director of financial aid misinterpreted the policy and her people were giving out this wrong information last year. The Director of Housing got it straightened out and my D received an increase in grant aid, even though she had requested a single as her third choice.</p>

<p>We never filed any request for the increase in aid or did anything else. They just increased it based on the list from housing.</p>

<p>Take it for what is is worth. I’m just saying what happened in our case.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t count on what usafa2011dad said. The financial aid office often doesn’t have their stuff together. I did exactly what his daughter did (put a single as my third choice, double as first) and was placed into a single. I went through days of calling everyone at Cornell that I could to figure out what to do, and they all told me that I would have to pay the extra 1000 it costs to live in a single, rather than get extra aid. I ended up being forced to switch into a double.</p>

<p>The same thing also happened to my boyfriend. He requested a double and was placed into a single. They did not increase his aid. He stuck with it, and his parents had to come up with the extra money.</p>

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<p>if one plans to be sexually active at cornell it is best that at least one of you have a single ;)</p>

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<p>If I requested a single but was only given 2000 of the 4000 for a Scholar award, would they increase the amount they give for the award?</p>

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<p>for housing do completing the forms faster give you a better chance at getting what you want? or does it not matter until may 1?</p>

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<p>there is no first come, first served. You just need to submit by the deadline</p>

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<p>hmm if I’m a girl and I requested for a single will I most likely be placed in Balch?</p>

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<p>I don’t think so because there is a spot on the form that asks if you would like a single-sex dorm. I have the believe many female students request Balch and it gets filled before they have to go to other students. I s that correct ,countryangel?</p>

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<p>I can’t say for sure, but it would certainly make sense for them to fulfill the requests of girls who request Balch before they begin to fill it with others. If you request a single and a co-ed dorm, you could easily be placed in another building. However, if you request a single and don’t specify a gender preference, you’re probably increasing your chances to be placed in Balch.</p>

<p>(The above is purely speculation, and maybe somebody can give a more definite answer).</p>