April 24, 2011
When Families Ask Colleges for More Money
An inside look at the subjective process of financial-aid appeals
David Zentz for The Chronicle
From left, Sally Stone Richmond, Maureen McRae, Brett Schraeder, and Robin Thompson, student-aid and enrollment officers at Occidental College, review appeals from families who hope for bigger awards.
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David Zentz for The Chronicle
From left, Sally Stone Richmond, Maureen McRae, Brett Schraeder, and Robin Thompson, student-aid and enrollment officers at Occidental College, review appeals from families who hope for bigger awards.
Los Angeles
April should bring a sigh of relief to seniors with college acceptances in hand. But for some students and their families, the fat envelope isn't the end of the road.
Take the family of a baseball player and strong student who's been accepted by Occidental College here. After the family poured all of its money into trying to keep its construction business afloat, the business went under. The family is starting over, but its new business won't turn a profit in time to pay the baseball
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