How do you ask someone to give you money?
That is what I have to do.
Fortunately, I haven’t had much practice at it. I say fortunately because I have not needed to ask for money very often.
Drexel is offering to give my son $23,900 in grants and scholarships. That is fantastic. No one offered me anything when I was shopping for schools.
The problem lies in the fact that one year of school costs between $44-51,000!!!
Oh, I forgot…
He also qualifies for $5,500 in loans. That means that we only have to come up with $15,000! … for next year!!!
So, I have spent the past 5 hours writing a letter of appeal to the Financial Aid Committee at Drexel.
I have decided against the “Since the adjustable rate mortgage on our 8,000 square foot summer home in the Hamptons has gone up, we can barely keep up with the payments on the two Mercedes and the yacht” approach. That would be lying…
I’ve decided to just tell the truth, but…
I’ve got to be informative yet not self-indulgent, involving yet not give too much detail, state our case as strongly as possible yet remain brief and succinct. I have to throw myself on the mercy of the committee without throwing away my dignity.
Professional writers charge a pretty penny for something like this. I think I am just going to garnish my son’s wages for the rest of his life if this succeeds!
