Negotiating...twice? Forum

[mist4bison]

Has anyone ever renegotiated a school's scholarship negotiation increase?

For context:
I received 30/yr from a T20 school. I emailed to negotiate, but didn't attach award letters and mainly discussed need based aid. They came back with 32/yr.

I feel like I should've attached my (larger) scholarship offers from similar schools . I'm also waiting on $ from one other school, which I expect to get a decent bit from (based off of LSN offers, at least).

Should I just accept this as my last offer, or should I ask again to negotiate and attach PDFs of my other offers? I'd wait to do this until my the offer I'm waiting on comes in.

Note: Hopefully this is specific enough. If not, let me know and I'll just go ahead and list schools.

[personofinterest]

Can't stop won't stop negotiating. I'd suggest you wait a week or two to email again, but it is definitely a good idea to try again IF you have new information to give the school. It sounds like you do, so email them with your 1 or 2 best offers (combo of rank + amount of $) and ask again. In my experience, you do not need to attach a PDF of your other offers unless they ask for it. [NOTE: never ever lie about an offer from another school].

[EzraFitz]

As a 0L I had one school increase my scholarship twice. The first was by only 5k a year, and the second by only 2k. Also didn't end up attending that school. But it could feasibly happen. Especially with specific (higher) offers from other schools. Lay all your cards.

[mist4bison]

thanks!! Appreciate all of the advice. I definitely plan on waiting until I get my last scholarship offer and then I'll go ahead and send another negotiation email. Glad to know it's not a faux pas!