<p>Actually, I don’t think CMU ever really offered to match FA. They were just known to do so. But I couldn’t find out what this meant until we actually got our offer so I make it a point to pass it along. </p>
<p>There are no guarantees and the process is indeed slow. My D was accepted very early but we didn’t hear about FA until we visited campus a couple of weeks before we had to make a decision. </p>
<p>But their offer to us was generous and the school is great. So I have no real complaints.</p>