I go to a school of only 1,600 and the president of my school is a female. The school is very big on giving aid and friends of mine have done the same thing (wrote to the president) to appeal their financial aid package. The tuition of the school is 27,000 dollars a year and I get about 8,000 in aid. When I graduate, I will be making payments of about $400 a month to pay for it. The reason I am appealing this is because numbers can't show everything. Most students at my school have their parents paying for it and it is just not possible in my family for my mom to take on that kind of debt. A friend of mine who has a 2.0 had her entire college paid for but lost one scholarship but still only pays $5000 a semester if she lives on campus. Her family makes the same amount or a little more than my mom and she gets all her college paid for because shes from that state? I think that's a little ridiculous. My GPA would be higher but there is no such thing as a B+ C+ in the school, if you have a B, no matter if its a 89 or an 80, you come out with a 3.0. I DO know that writing this letter can't hurt. They won't take anything away from my financial aid package, they can just say no. I'd rather write this letter and be told no than sit on my thumbs wondering if i could have recieved more aid. I'm also sending a letter to the dean and the financial aid office. Thanks for your help!!