My son was fortunate enough to be admitted to IU, Hutton Honors College and direct admit to the College of Arts and Sciences. He would likely be entitled to a good amount of merit aid based on his scores/grades, but unfortunately we didn’t determine his interest in IU and apply until after the 11/1 deadline. According to an email from the scholarship office that’s a “hard” deadline and it appears there’s very little merit aid available if you miss it. While IU is attractive, being out of state we likely have better financial options at other schools if no aid is forthcoming. So my question is . . . does anyone know of any instances in which that deadline could be re-thought by the school or other merit aid of similar substantial amounts that IU might have to offer? We have asked the school but the answer wasn’t very encouraging.
Thanks very much for any advice.