<p>I was admitted to both Wesleyan and CMU and Wesleyan offered me around 56k with loans/grants while CMU offered 37k with loans and grants. Even though wesleyan isn't a peer institution, can i try to get CMU to match wesleyan's financial aid? If so, how do i do it and how often does CMU match the aid of a non peer institution?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I’m in a semi-similar situation. I was offered a better aid from Oberlin. I am not hopeful though, they say on their site that if a campus is considered “rural” they will never consider it a peer institution.</p>
<p>It’s doubtful, because those are primarily liberal arts institutions, which CMU doesn’t really consider to be peer institutions. However, it’s always worth a try. The worst they can say is no, right?</p>
<p>well, wesleyan really isn’t in a rural place. It is in middletown, CT</p>
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<p>observe the word semi…</p>
<p>completelykate: I don’t even know what a peer institution is, but NYU offered me $5000 and CMU matched that, so it’s possible for smaller amounts, at least. (I’m in H&SS.) Then again, NYU’s more well-known than Wesleyan.</p>
<p>NYU is also more on the level of a peer institution. Olin and Wesleyan are great schools, but they’re a little bit under the radar. NYU, on the other hand, would be worth a bargaining chip in the humanities.</p>
<p>My son was accepted by tulane, getech, auburn and cmu, do you think cmu will match any of these school’s fin aid?</p>
<p>I’m fairly certain Georgia Tech is a peer institution,</p>