"I used a 120K offer from Duke to bump my 65K offer from NYU."
you can find a helpful guide on negotiation merit aid here
let me know if there is anything else I should add to the OP! I don't expect much activity here until at least December.

ugh yeah you're right. not sure how much that will deter posting...R. Jeeves wrote:can ppl post anon in this subforum? i dont see an option for that