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AquafiNa · Post by **AquafiNa** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:02 pm

mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!

Congrats!! That's awesome!

commandercup · Post by **commandercup** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:23 pm

mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!

I need some more of them juicy details!

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:30 pm

mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!

impressive!

JuanitaFromTheDiner · Post by **JuanitaFromTheDiner** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:02 pm

commandercup wrote:
mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!
I need some more of them juicy details!

Lurker emerging from the shadows to DITTO this. Saw you had a previous post about using Notre Dame money to negotiate...did that end up working? Wondering because I'm a bit of a splitter, but I've gotten $$ offers from schools 15-20. Didn't know if schools in T14 only considered "peer school" offers. In any case, congratulations!

mina_ami · Post by **mina_ami** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:17 pm

JuanitaFromTheDiner wrote:
commandercup wrote:
mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!
I need some more of them juicy details!
Lurker emerging from the shadows to DITTO this. Saw you had a previous post about using Notre Dame money to negotiate...did that end up working? Wondering because I'm a bit of a splitter, but I've gotten $$ offers from schools 15-20. Didn't know if schools in T14 only considered "peer school" offers. In any case, congratulations!

I sent an e-mail to admissions, which they forwarded on to financial aid. Explained why I loved Michigan, how money was really the only thing holding me back (which is complete truth), presented them with my offers from Notre Dame and University of Illinois ($120,000 and full tuition respectively). They told me they only review files once, so make sure all your offers are in. From my first e-mail to admissions to today was one week! My stats are in the spreadsheet on the admissions thread if anyone is wondering that, other than that I was just really polite and asked them to reconsider me!

Also, thanks so much to everyone, I'm super excited!

Winston1984 · Post by **Winston1984** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:24 pm

mina_ami wrote:Successfully negotiated from nothing to $60,000 deans!

Mind sharing deetz? What are your stats, and what did you use to negotiate?

pylon · Post by **pylon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:00 am

Wow, very impressive - congrats!

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:02 pm

Negotiated up, pm for deets

owlinentertainment · Post by **owlinentertainment** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:26 pm

The scholarship turn around is def quicker now- got the scholarship email before the acceptance packet/email. If I didn't check the status checker obsessively I might have found out I was in from scholarship info!

AquafiNa · Post by **AquafiNa** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:30 pm

Mack.Hambleton wrote:Negotiated up, pm for deets

Grats!

theramblingfool · Post by **theramblingfool** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:31 pm

pylon · Post by **pylon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 12:39 pm

theramblingfool wrote:If you don't get any scholarship offers, do you just never receive an email at all? Or should I expect to eventually see an email explicitly telling me I'm receiving no scholarship money?

I could be wrong, but I believe there have been people who received an email explicitly saying no $$.

Edit: Actually I think that was Chicago. Sorry, not sure!

wonka · Post by **wonka** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:03 pm

Congrats on the monies!

Anyone going to the ASW next week? How are you planning to get to Ann Arbor?

giantswan · Post by **giantswan** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:08 pm

theramblingfool wrote:If you don't get any scholarship offers, do you just never receive an email at all? Or should I expect to eventually see an email explicitly telling me I'm receiving no scholarship money?

Pretty sure there is just never an e-mail.

theramblingfool · Post by **theramblingfool** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:13 pm

Octavius · Post by **Octavius** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:22 pm

You can always just email the admissions/financial aid office and ask if you qualified for any merit-based aid. Take some stress off the waiting!

theramblingfool · Post by **theramblingfool** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:29 pm

wonka · Post by **wonka** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:32 pm

theramblingfool wrote:
Octavius wrote:You can always just email the admissions/financial aid office and ask if you qualified for any merit-based aid. Take some stress off the waiting!
How long after acceptance do you think one needs to wait for that not to be perceived as pushy/annoying?

On their website they say that they try to get merit awards out within 2 weeks. So I think if it's been longer than 2 weeks, you'll be fine. Just be polite and friendly and I'm sure it's nbd.

Winston1984 · Post by **Winston1984** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:27 pm

mwonka wrote:Congrats on the monies!

Anyone going to the ASW next week? How are you planning to get to Ann Arbor?

Me! Will be flying in.

wonka · Post by **wonka** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:34 pm

Winston1984 wrote:
mwonka wrote:Congrats on the monies!

Anyone going to the ASW next week? How are you planning to get to Ann Arbor?
Me! Will be flying in.

I'm flying to, but I meant from the airport! Shuttle schedule isn't great and that cab fare. . .

pylon · Post by **pylon** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:36 pm

Roughly how far is the airport to campus?

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:38 pm

pylon wrote:Roughly how far is the airport to campus?

like half an hour

lnick93 · Post by **lnick93** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:38 pm

pylon wrote:Roughly how far is the airport to campus?

It looks like it is approximately 45 minutes (via Google Maps)

lokikoala · Post by **lokikoala** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:39 pm

I land at DTW Thursday at 2:45pm if people wanna meet up to cab it.

wonka · Post by **wonka** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:42 pm

lnick93 wrote:
pylon wrote:Roughly how far is the airport to campus?
It looks like it is approximately 45 minutes (via Google Maps)

Yeah, it's about 45 mins and cabs look to be $50-$80, depending on who you call.

lokikoala wrote:I land at DTW Thursday at 2:45pm if people wanna meet up to cab it.

I'd love to share a cab but I'm getting in early - 9:15 AM. Any more early arrivals?

edit because can't quote.

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