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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As long as you do it politely, you definitely have nothing to lose. Depending on the school, they may come back with additional merit funds. I had one young lady offered an on-campus job with a stipend (not work-study) in a situation like this. I've found that it works better at smaller liberal arts/private colleges.

I'd also encourage your DD to look into applying to as many smaller outside scholarships as possible! It's incredible to me how many students don't apply to scholarships in the $1000 range, bc it doesn't seem to make a difference- but can really add up or at least  make a dent.

(Former college counselor)[/quote]

Thanks for your insight. I'm a new poster. We are hoping for need-based as well as merit aid as we're a single parent family. So far my DD has heard back from six of her eight schools, and has been accepted by five of them. Two SLACs have offered fairly substantial merit aid, one $6,000 more a year than the other. Is this the time to try to negotiate with the school with lower aid or should we wait until the spring when aid packages are finalized?[/quote]

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