<p>My daughter was accepted to RISD this spring; unforunately the FA package was 1/2-1/of packages from other schools (BU, Trinity,Fordham) she is most interested in. Can anyone else share their FA experience this year with RISD , and does RISD ever respond requests for additional aid? Thanks</p>
<p>Design/art schools are notoriously bad with aid. Usually because they really just don’t have the money. They just don’t have the network in place that helps build endowments and such.</p>
<p>While RISD’s endowment is large for an art school, it is small compared to other colleges. They may be able to increase it a bit after May 1st when they know what students will be attending. Then some money may free up, but don’t expect a lot more.</p>