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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a freshman. First generation. No change in grades or behavior. The previous letters do all have * disclaimer language that things can change this is estimate . . .

Haven’t called yet. We have no leverage and I feel like they’re going to be like that post above. “No . . . again, no . . .”[/quote]

So you've known about this for at least two weeks and haven't bothered to make a single phone calls to understand what happened?[/quote]

No, we only noticed yesterday because DC received an emailed about work study process. Went back and checked award history and a change occurred about 2 weeks ago. [/quote]

A change like that would typically trigger an email notification. Are you certain your son didn't receive such an email, perhaps one he overlooked?[/quote]

A significant change like that should be followed up by a letter sent directly to the student.  I can't imagine a school sending an "Oh, btw.." email about something so important right at the start of school when there is already so much to adapt to.

I would think that if the kid needs to get an on campus job OR not accept his scholarship money that should be spelled out in no uncertain terms before the start of the first semester.  Something doesn't sound right.[/quote]

Are you blaming the family for maybe ignoring 1 of dozens of generic automated emails sent over the summer and not the bait & switch so common in higher education? Even if they noticed it two weeks ago, what were they supposed to do? Not move their child in? Let him or her sit on their ass while aid adjustments were pending? Call the other colleges they turned down back in May?[/quote]

Stop with the hysterics. Unless OP has called but not updated, OP has no clue what happened. It could be a fixable error. It could be that the $3,500 scholarship was conditioned on something that OP's child didn't complete/achieve/etc. It could be a whole host of things, and we don't have the information at this point to assess the situation.

But yes, I would give some culpability to a person who simply ignored an email from the financial aid department about their award. That's just irresponsible.[/quote]

If the $3500 was conditional upon a certain GPA or whatever and the final transcript from their HS shows a dramatic drop in GPA and those conditions were not met, I'm not sure how this would be a shocker to the student or the parent.  Usually the student is the one who has their final transcript sent to the school.[/quote]

It could be that they didn't read the fine print on the offer. It could be that the kid knew his GPA dropped and was hoping no one would notice. Or the fault could lie completely with the school.

We. Don't. Know.

But to me, the fact that OP is even questioning whether she should call to inquire about an unprompted change in the financial aid award with no notice that close to the start of the school year suggests that maybe they have a better clue about what happened than she's letting on here.[/quote]

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