@4kidsdad did she take it? If not, did she go to another univ with similar award?
Absolutely agree with @4kidsdad^^^^. My OOS daughter got a full ride/merit aid at UB but couldn’t maintain the 3.5 in engineering 2 years later. It still was a great package and it helped a LOT with her college fees. UB has a lot of donors related to previous alumni.
I have a student who is in a similar financial situation as OP (almost full Pell, full Tap, 1300 SUNY tuition), is in the top 10% as a CS major (which covered the balance of his tuition ). Won the Acker scholarship at UB ($5000/year for 4 years) which brought his out of pocket cost down to the $3500 Sub loan level
@jugger seems to have left the building