<p>^ I’ve heard of a $0.40 per $1.00 factor; for every dollar of income increase from estimate to actual, aid drops forty cents. Is that even close to what happened?</p>
<p>That sounds pretty close. She has a sibling in college too but her financial aid is stable for four years as long as she does well, so the only change is with tuition increases.</p>
<p>I just wanted to pop in here and say that NO, we were not a bait-and-switch victim! We just got D’s award for her second year at Brown, and were happy to see that it has remained consistent. I was just a little concerned about what would happen this next year, because the original offer from Brown last year was quite a bit less (but then after seeing an award letter from another Ivy, they matched that much higher award). Thank you Brown!</p>