<p>If schools such as Swarthmore or Amherst were offering me 6k more in aid
than Penn, would Penn match their offer?
Or would it have to be a fellow ivy league school?</p>
<p>if it’s need based, im pretty sure they will. If the aid is merit based, no.</p>
<p>It doesn’t have to be another Ivy – only from another school that they feel they need to sway you away from. Can’t hurt to ask regardless. Good luck</p>
<p>^ Agree with both posts above. If Penn views the other schools as academic peers (which both Swarthmore and Amherst certainly are), and the additional aid is need-based, Penn almost certainly should match, just as it would for other non-Ivy peers such as Stanford, MIT, Duke, etc.</p>