Negotiating aid while you're abroad Forum

[tmkm]

For those of you who have already successfully negotiated aid with schools before, was everything done via email, or did it require you to communicate over the phone/in person at any point?

I will be away all of April in Asia and will not be able to communicate with schools other than through email. Do you foresee this being a problem?

[worldtraveler]

This is why Skype exists.

[rackylo]

For those of you who have already successfully negotiated aid with schools before, was everything done via email, or did it require you to communicate over the phone/in person at any point?

I will be away all of April in Asia and will not be able to communicate with schools other than through email. Do you foresee this being a problem?

Most negotiations are done by email. Negotiating on phone forces schools to answer you right away, and that's probably a bad thing.

[sheepishsmirk]

I negotiated my aid entirely via email. All the schools I applied to knew I was abroad (because of my mailing address, actually, so I had already had communication with the office about emailing me PDFs of admissions documents), but I'm sure if you mention you'd prefer to inquire over email due to your locational limitations they'll be understanding. Since I was the one asking the favor I always offered to arrange a time to call if it was more comfortable for the admissions office, but they never took me up on it. Why call when emailing is so much more efficient?