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LETTER TO THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE:
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123 South Adam Street Denver CO 80222
Director of Financial Financial Aid Aid Financial Financial Aid Office University or College Name Street Address
City State Zip E-mail Address
Dear Director I I am am writing to you you on on behalf of of my family at at the suggestion of of Jane Smith with whom I I have recently become acquainted through a a a a a a a a a a mutual friend who attended your university My daughter Jennifer has has been been accepted to to attend attend your your college college in in fin the the fall of o of 2010 and has has been been offered a a a a a a a a a a a a a a $3 000 scholarship While your your college college is is is her her first choice to to to to attend attend attend after completing our our our portion of o of o the the financial aid profile we we have discovered that we we need additional assistance in fin in order for her her to to to be able to to to attend attend I wanted to inform you you of some circumstances that that may not have have been clear from the material we we submitted The first is is is that that we we also have have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a son who who is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a very bright and talented young man who who will be be going to to to to college in in in in fin three years We need need to to to to continue to to to to prepare for his needs while simultaneously assisting Jennifer to to to the best of our financial abilities Both of of our children aspire to further their education beyond an an undergraduate degree which we know will require additional funding funding Since funding funding options for for for graduate graduate and professional schools are not abundant we we want to to preserve some of of the the the the money we we have set aside for for for for them them for for for for these years as as opposed to to using them all for undergraduate school By the the time our son finishes his his undergraduate degree I I I will be close to to to to 60 years old with retirement not far off With this fin in in in in mind and given the the fact that I I I am self-employed I I I need to to to to to continue to to to to to contribute to to to to to my my retirement plan as as well as as to minimize my my debts The The one other school that Jennifer is is considering along with the the U U S A College is is North University They have offered her her $10 000 000 per year in in in scholarships and $1 $1 000 000 in in in work-study aid We realize that that that every school’s tuition and criteria are are unique so so we we are are certainly not asking that that that you you match what North University has offered offered In fact we we we we appreciate that that that you you offered offered Jennifer some aid However in in in order for us us to to to be able to to to manage her her attending U U S A College we we we would need a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a total package of approximately $8 000 per year Is there any way in in in which you could help us?
I will call early next week in order to discuss this matter further We appreciate whatever consideration you can give us Sincerely John Smith