Hi everyone, thanks for all your help on my last question but I now have another question.
Background:
1. Yale has told me that my family's EFC is $46,000 (they gave us about ~$20,000).
2. My parents filed their income changes for the National Association of Independent Schools (my siblings are in private school) and they determined that our EFC is $31,000 for all students at any school that has tuition.
3. I was just accepted to Washington and Lee and received the Johnson scholarship which is a full ride but it also said that if I didn't receive the Johnson, my family's EFC would be $31,000.
I know Yale calculates financial aid differently than NAIS and even different colleges but does this sound like a situation in which we should appeal for more aid or ask Yale for our packaged to be reviewed?
Yale's financial aid was an estimate because I applied and was accepted SCEA so the final decision should be coming soon. I've heard that Yale often lowballs SCEA admits but I can't imagine that it would be this severe.
I know that W&L is not necessarily a peer school so Yale might not match them but I'll be getting an acceptance from Duke on Thursday and I'll see which school Duke's financial aid is closest to.
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