<p>We did it not-so-discretely…</p>
<p>We reiterated that we felt strongly their school was the BEST fit for our daughter but were troubled by the discrepencies in cost compared to other offers. We pointed out that tuition, room and board at each of her top choices were similar (quoted the numbers without naming the schools) then simply closed with something like: </p>
<p>“Please consider this humble request for re-evaluation. We hope you find it is possible offer additional grants/scholarships to narrow the $XXXX per year difference we’re facing during our dicision process.”</p>