<p>It is ok to do?</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>School A offers me $42,000. School B offers me $38,000. I would much rather go to school A.</p>
<p>Me: "Hey, School B, I really like you but School A offered me $42,000. Can you do better?"</p>
<p>School B: "Sure! Have an extra $6,000"</p>
<p>Me: "Hey, School A, I really like you but School B offered me $44,000. Can you do better?"</p>
<p>School A: "Sure! Have a full ride!"</p>
<p>Me: "Yay!"</p>
<p>I was just wondering that as well! </p>
<p>I asked this question a while back and received contradicting answers. Two of my college counselors said you can’t do that but my ex-admissions officer as well as my Dartmouth alumni interviewer said you can with certain schools.</p>
<p>I wonder… hmmm…</p>
<p>It’s not as simple as you described.</p>
<p>Some schools refuse to consider what other schools have offered.</p>
<p>Many schools won’t care that you got a better offer from a lower ranked school.</p>
<p>If your stats aren’t very high for the school, then a school may not care that you go somewhere else.</p>
<p>Some schools just don’t have the money to give.</p>
<p>What schools are you considering doing this with?</p>
<p>What are their packages?</p>
<p>And what are your stats?</p>
<p>Leave that part to me. All I need to know is whether it’s an ok thing to do or if it’s some sort of big no-no.</p>
<p>There are ways of asking that are a big “no no,” and ways that aren’t.</p>
<p>In what sort of case is it a “big no no”? Care to give an example or two?</p>