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Filing a Financial Aid Appeal? You May Not Get an Answer by May 1.
Northeastern University is behind in responding to appeals this year. Keep asking for a better deal — at any school — and more time to make up your mind.
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If you were admitted to Northeastern University but were hoping for more financial aid, the school may have recently told you this: Your appeal could take up to eight weeks to process.
Given that the school’s deadline to decide — and pay a deposit — is generally May 1, this is a problem.
Northeastern is facing simultaneous challenges, ones that are likely to affect other popular schools in the future if they do not already.
A growing number of students with multiple admissions offers are asking for a better price. Sometimes, they want more merit aid. At other times they think they qualify for additional need-based aid. Some people ask for both.
Northeastern
claims
to meet students’ full financial need. But its definition of need may not match a family’s feeling about what they can afford.
Federal law requires colleges to hear you out if particular financial circumstances of yours have changed. “No institution of higher education or financial aid administrator shall maintain a policy of denying all requests for adjustments,” the Higher Education Act
states
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