My rule of thumb when visiting schools was believe half of what they say. I know of one school that actually cut most financial aid for the majority of students for their senior year. Nothing that you could really do about it since you either pay up or take a leave of absence and work. Since you already have three years invested in the school where are you going to go that won’t set you back (limited number of credits transfer) and cost you more? No @gatspygirl it’s not the school that we have been talking about either.
Another school stated that if you get a good GPA freshman year, you would increase your merit aid. At the end of freshman year, it became a topic of discussion among the students. Turns out it wasn’t true. I couldn’t have been the only parent that questioned that since within a month the head of admissions decided to leave after 20 years (not retiring either).