Has anyone successfully completed a financial aid appeal with a competing offer to the University of Delaware? We just recieved the FA award today and it is a bit out of reach. It is my daughter’s number one choice so I want to make an appeal. I am concerned it is late in the game, but we only recieved her package today. Any advice from btdt families would be appreciated.
Are you instate or out of state? Was this need based or merit?
What other college do you think UDel will compare with?
The other school is Villanova, which all need based. Udel is merit with a small amount of need base. We are OOS. It is a direct admit program with a grad school, Villanova and Udel being the undergrad.
Dd was accepted at UDel and Villanova, Villanova was her top pick, but no merit with some need based aid vs. a lot of merit and no need based from UDel. Villanova is definitely a no go. Dd was going to file an appeal at Villanova, but next year she won’t have a sibling in college and my husband received a very generous bonus, so I doubt she’d get any need based aid at Villanova next year.