<p>This may be a long shot... but is there anyway to appeal so as to increase their offer. My parents make 340k but here's the thing, their disposable income is disproportionate to their income. Both of my parents are recent grads(as in they finished dental school less than 6 years ago) and both have yet to pay off their own school loans. They are also self-employed running and financing multiple practices. My older brother is enrolled at Duke with plans to continue on the law school and my parents pay full tuition with a loan they took out in their name. My youngest brother goes to boarding school. They are also paying a mortgage on our house and in significant credit card debt with little savings. </p>
<p>Princeton has made me a nice offer but the most generous came from Santa Clara University( about 30k a year). I don't want to risk bankrupting my family by adding more debt from undergraduate and graduate student loans. Do our circumstances warrant a reevaluation of our financial aid package?</p>