<p>I think it’s becoming more common, the ‘shopping’ aspect of it. With D1 back in 2004, it was almost unheard of, but with D2 in 2008, I found that a school that really wanted her kept upping the ante with every phone call, $500 here, $750 there, asking where else she had applied. Completely one-sided. Of course, she ended up attending a school that gave her nothing as an incoming frosh, although she’s gotten a couple of departmental scholarships since then.</p>