<p>Am I able to negotiate with Drexel to increase my merit scholarship offer? I was offer a half-tuition scholarship to Drexel, which effectively puts Drexel out of the running for schools due to cost, and I've heard of people negotiating better merit packages. How do I do so?</p>
<p>I'm just wondering because in my financial case if this, along with a small-amount of need-based likely to come soon too (though small, since we're middle class), I might as well throw this acceptance package away because there would be a 0% chance I can attend Drexel...and I don't want to do that =(.</p>
<p>i'm not exactly sure how you would negotiate a merit scholarship. i know its been done in the past but not sure how or if those people had some connections. it would definitly be easier to appeal on basis of financial aid though. eg: write a letter with your financial circumstances and asking to appeal your financial aid and they might give you an extra grant or something like that saying thats the only possible financial way for you to attend drexel which is #1 on your list and other schools offered you a better financial aid package. send resumes, personal statements, anything that would help.</p>
<p>I didn't negotiate, but somehow my merit scholarship went to a presidential scholarship (full tuition). I do have connections though and I was complaining to Drexel kids about my merit scholarship. Other than that, I don't really know.</p>
<p>FutureLawyer, any updates? I’m in a situation similar to yours.</p>
<p>Am I able to apply for more scholarship after my freshman yr @ drexel??</p>
<p>They said that they didn’t have my transcript.
But 2 days later, they made their decision and I got accepted. But with a small scholarship.
Did they made the decision without my transcript?
Should I ask them? Becoz my transcript is the only good thing of my app.
What do u think?</p>
<p>Yes you can negotiate more merit aid. After I was accepted, my father wrote a well-worded letter to the school, explaining this was my top choice however the decision was riding on me getting more money. They bumped my already substantial scholarship another $5000 dollars.</p>
<p>Do you guys think it’s better to have the letter coming from the student or from the parents?</p>
<p>I can see pros and cons either way…</p>
<p>student definitely…</p>
<p>We have a family friend that works as one of those college planning & admissions advisors. He recommended it comes from the parent. (Hes worked with hundreds of students over the years to help them get into the schools they wanted and get them the most aid/scholarship possible.)</p>
<p>You have to remember, colleges don’t want to give you money, or even accept you, if they think they are just another safety school in your eyes. That is why you might see some kids with extremely good highschool statistics turned down from schools ranked lower than the ones they were accepted into. The school assumes you are going to go somewhere else, so why waste an addmitance spot on you when they could give the scholarship money to someone who is actually going to use it. If you show them that you are truely interested, they will try to work with you to get you to go there. </p>
<p>Occasionally, a student may write a letter that Drexel is their top choice and they want more scholarship money to go there. However, Drexel does not know if they are just saying this in an attempt to convince a parent to send them becauyse the parent actually has no intent on paying for the kid to go there regardless. However, when a parent writes them a letter saying they’re ready to cut a matriculation check but the only stipulation is a couple grand more scholarship…Drexel will almost certainly give you what you ask. If its coming from the person who will actually be paying the tuition its going to me a more effective proposition. That is the reason i’d say that it is better coming from a parent.</p>
<p>I’m sure you can get the same result with a student-written letter, you just have to be very careful with the wording.</p>
<p>Zackdude… how can you say “Students definitely” if you didn’t even know you could negotiate these in the first place? You know need to be informed before you can give “information”.</p>
<p>I was told by the admissions recruiter and two other people in admissions/fin aid and scholarships offices that the letter really, really should come from the student.</p>
<p>Well all I know is whatever my Dad wrote got me an extra 5k. I know several students who wrote letters and got 2k. Like I said…its all in the wording.</p>
<p>deepee, i’m a student. i dont know how you could say that i didn’t even know if i could negotiate in the first place… since i was the one who negoatiated my financial aid when I was a senior in high school and got an appeal grant. What I meant was I don’t exactly know the process on how to negotiate a MERIT scholarship, but I do know its possible. Yes your parents can negotiate for you. however, for me, my parents weren’t going to pay or ever pay a dime for any of my tuition so the scenario you gave wouldn’t apply. I don’t know everyone’s situation and I’m not going to give you a “drexel” answer. if you want their official answer, give them a call or e-mail them.</p>
<p>I want to negotiate my fin aid.
Can I do the negotiation via e-mail?
I’m an international student.</p>
<p>amraa_kaze
I am an international student and i just got 5k more (even though my initial amount is not that much)
but yea, I did the negotiation via e-mail~</p>
<p>I got appealed too, 5k</p>
<p>How do you receive notification of your appeal?</p>
<p>F~~~.
i got only 2500.
to G Fresh
via email and ups</p>