college help: I’ve been offered a full ride to a college that I do not want to attend, but my parents found out and are trying to make me go there. - Help.com



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I’ve been offered a full ride to a college that I do not want to attend, but my parents found out and are trying to make me go there.

Is there any way that I can ask the college that i DO want to go to if they can like make a competitive offer, and how would I go about it?

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littlenick offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 126 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (3 minutes after post)

Depending on what you want to study and if the other college actually wants you to attend there and if the college can afford it in their budget to give you the same ride. However, don’t let the offer of the college that wants you there expire. Otherwise, you will be left with not college.

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EmilyRI offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (11 minutes after post)

Contact the Financial Services department from the school you want to go to…set up an appointment with someone to discuss your situation.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (15 minutes after post)

couldnt hurt to ask. but its rarely the case that a college will be so hard up for admissions candidates that they’d renegotiate the offer they made (at least not based on merit).

as an alternative strategy, you could probably squeeze plenty of useful grant/loan information out of their recruitment and counselling staff. theres a lot of free money floating around out there trying to find a home. and all you really have to do is write a couple compelling essays.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 week, 2 days after post)

You might be able to get a little more money at the college you want to go to, if not a free ride, simply by writing a letter about how desperately you want to attend, except that it costs too much as is. My aunt did this for my cousin and she got 4000 more a year, making the loans she would be getting much more reasonable. You have to be able to convince them that you need it though.

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