Another is that students who want to compare financial aid offers cannot afford to pick one college.

Most are upper-class whites; other students may not know about the option or want to compare financial aid offers.

The purpose of this "overlap meeting" was to agree to uniform financial aid offers.

There are conflicting reports about how early decision affects aid offers.

Some of you are reading this with aid offers for your high school seniors in hand.

Because the college cannot rescind admissions or aid offers, the worst thing anyone can say is no.

But to his surprise, Rensselaer reduced its financial aid offer just after being told of the additional scholarships he had won.

That is one of the reasons we have seen such disparities among financial aid offers.

Then he went further: An initial financial aid offer was not the last word.

Tell us how we can improve the way schools communicate financial aid offers.