Re: scholarship letter

Steve,
    Thanks for the answer.  I do plan to talk to the enrollment services
office today.  We have ordered the transcript necessary to verify the
numbers he reported on the SAT forms. It should be there just any day, if
not already.  I don't see a problem with their qualifying an offer by saying
they have to verify his report.  Those forms that the kids fill out to take
the SAT, are not binding in any way.  I can see many scenarios where a
student might mis-report his class rank or GPA.  In Matthew's case, he was
accurate on his form, so I don't foresee any problem with that.  Also, I saw
another correspondence that was misplaced until yesterday, that referred to
the scholarship committee meeting in December, so we should be okay in that
regard. We are going up on Monday for a visit.  I think there will be
further opportunity then to nail this down.
                    Thanks again,
                                     Ann
"Steve Blank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Ann,
>
> The letter was from the enrollment office but you were given an answer
> by the scholarship office that was unfamiliar with it? Sounds like you
> should ask these questions of the enrollment office itself.
>
> Since they have two big "if's" in there - confirmation of self-reported
> information and getting in before the money is gone - make sure that you
> do both quickly and request a confirmation letter when the scholarship
> is definitely yours.
>
> --
> Steven B. Blank
> College Financial Aid Consultants
> 29 Ives Hill Court
> Cheshire, CT 06410
> (203)250-7761
>
> Ann in Houston wrote:
>
> > We received a letter from a major university, which we did not apply to.
It
> > is for a full, four-year scholarship.  Of course, we had to submit an
app,
> > and we did.  Now, I am afraid we read more into the letter than we
should
> > have.  I called the scholarship office to ask them outright, and had to
read
> > the letter to them, since it was sent from their enrollment services
office.
> > The lady said that based on the language I read to her, it sounded like
a
> > firm offer.  It was based on SAT scores, which are indeed excellent (800
> > verbal 680 math) as well as class rank and GPA. The letter said that the
> > offer depended on the verification of his self-reported statistics and
upon
> > the money supply not being depleted.  But, "Based on last year's
criteria,
> > you are eligible for an academic honors scholarship".  Is this
double-talk,
> > or legalese?
> >
> >
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