Parents-need your advice on my school list/safeties. May be going crazy.

[Consolation]

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S2 applied to Rochester RD, got $10k/yr merit, but it was the worst FA package we received of any school to which he was accepted. I worked with another student who had real financial need and the FA package was half of what other schools offered.

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<p>EXACTLY what happened with us, down to the dollar figure of his merit award. Rochester was S’s safety, but obviously did not turn out to be a financial safety! On the other hand, since he had other choices which he preferred, we never did anything about appealing the FA.</p>

<p>Congratulations on Tulane, OP!</p>

<p>ITA with this:</p>

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If the acceptance from Tulane comes with sufficient need or merit aid to make it affordable, or you can afford its full list price, then your safety situation is solved.</p>

<p>This also means that you need not apply to any school you would not under any circumstances choose over Tulane.

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<p>Good luck on the rest. Let us know what happens. :)</p>

[treehugga]

<p>Just wanted to give you guys an update:</p>

<p>I was accepted to Barnard ED, and will be happily going in the fall.</p>

<p>I was also accepted to Michigan, and deferred from UChicago.</p>

[mathmom]

<p>Congrats! </p>

<p>And told you so! ;)</p>

[crazed]

<p>Tulane is a safety for you. Michigan and UVa are matches, I think. You’ll do fine.</p>

[mathmom]

<p>^crazed, if you’d read the whole thread you’d know treehugga has done fine.</p>