So, your senior has been accepted into their college, you've done the FAFSA and gotten back a Financial Aid Letter from the Office of Financial Aid at the college, and you are struggling with the offer that they have made. Don't you just have to accept it and be thankful for what they have offered? Maybe not! Below is a link to some great adviceFrom the author of a book that we highly recommend, The College Solution (linked on the right side of the Guidance Blog), Lynn O'Shaughnessy which details haw to handle an appeal to the Financial Aid folks.
http://www.thecollegesolution.com/appealing-a-financial-aid-or-merit-award/
