[XXXNoahXXX]

My mom is a world-renowned financial aid office battler, and has left every school myself or one of my siblings has attended in her wake. no matter what they give, she writes letters and calls and ends up getting tons more.



My favorite was this one though from undergrad.


fin aid- "We're sorry, we are given strict guidelines when giving out money do to federal subsidized stafford loans. as long as they subsidize, our hands are tied"

mom- "Well what if you switch his stafford to unsubsidized?"

fin aid- "well then we wouldn't have to follow their guidelines"

mom- "ok....and will you then be able to give noah more financial aid?


fin aid- "one second.....if we do that, there are some available funds, and we can increase his need-based aid by $7500....per semester."

mom-"So he gets 15k extra, and all he has to do is pay the interest on the stafford?"


The interest, even deferring until after law school is like a few hundred bucks at most. Think my mom got a pretty good deal on that one.