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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Call.  See what they say.  They know they changed things at the last minute.  It is a negotiation.  Let them know you know it is a negotiation.

If DC has something they want to do this fall that is based on the fact they didn't have work study, let them know.

But remember, it really is a negotiation.  You can probably scream and get it back to what they offered.

But if you scream, not only will DC be doing work study the next three years but they will drop the next 3 years awards to even things out.

Maybe what you want to work toward is splitting the difference so DC doesn't have to work study this fall but has $1750 in the spring.

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It's a negotiation?  Really?  A negotiation is when both parties give and and take and reach a compromise.  What, precisely, is OP going to give?

"We'd like the $3500 to be a grant, not work study."
"No"
"Please?"
"No."  
"Pretty please?"
"Again, no."
"If you return the $3500 to a scholarship, we'll . . . say thank you?"
"Sorry, no."
"I can't believe this!  If you don't return the $3500 to a scholarship, we'll . . . "
"You'll what?"
"Hold on, I'm thinking."
. . . 
"Thank you for your time."  [/quote]

You do have the ability to go public i.e. media with such a complaint.  If other parents are aware they don't live up to their commitments then they may not accept their offer for their child.

Finances are a parent's responsibilities for college, thus the reason for checking a parent's finances before offering the package.  You, not your child, should handle this.  I job on top of beginning college is not what a freshman should be doing who is figuring out how to navigate college as a first generation college student.  [/quote]

Wow.  So much nonsense here.

First, this is not a freshman, it is a returning student.  College students work all the time.  And financial aid packages aren't guaranteed year to year, and the form in which the aid is provided definitely isn't guaranteed.

Finally, if your idea of a "negotiation" is "I will go whine to the media that although my kid's substantial aid package totals the same this year as last, this year $3500 is a work study, not a scholarship!  It's an outrage!  My kid shouldn't be expected to work!"  I expect you will be told to go for it.  They may actually give you CNN's telephone number.  [/quote]

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