Sorry all, its been awhile since I've posted here, but with the wedding and honeymoon its been a hectic couple of months to start this year. I thought I'd pipe up here because I have some recent experience with this, in my own way. I have already been lucky enough to be awarded a good scholarship to Emory, but looking at my financial situation after the wedding extravaganza, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask if there were any additional funds available. I called a contact in admissions, let them know that I had "other opportunities" that were better financially. I let them know they were definitely my top choice, but asked if there was anything that could be done to help with the financial burden. I was required to send an e-mail reiterating what I had said in the phone conversation. My case was then reviewed by adcom and I received an additional $6K. Not a ton, but for nothing really changing in my application status, that was very welcome. And, it proves to me again that Emory is where I belong. If the school really wants you, I think they will at least make the effort to try to increase your scholarship if any funds are available.

So, basically, I did not name any other schools, or competing offers, I just let them know that the financial aspect was important in my decision making process.
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eschn3am,

Did you get admits in Harvard and Wisconsin? Or you are a Wisconsin undergrad going for a Harvard MBA? I am just curious about your avatar.

I'm still a few years off from applying! I'm finishing up my undergrad this semester and working for 2-3 years in between.

My original plan was to apply to Wisconsin alone, specifically their real estate program which I believe is #3 behind Wharton and Haas. However I'm getting more and more interested in HBS for general management so if I do well enough on the GMAT in ~5 weeks (which is looking promising) I'll be applying to UW and HBS as my only two schools

At other schools, such as HBS and Stanford, scholarships are need-based. You submit your financial information (assets, liabilities, salaries history) and they determine how much you'll get.

L.

good discussion, and I'm sure some of the GMATClubbers will need to know this also. I will link this to the knowledge vault.
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I would be careful with that - you don't want them to think you're playing the two schools off each other.

I want to get this back up to the top. Anyone got an answer to kryzak? Has anyone done this? What was the result?

good stuff.

they must really want you. but I think UE and E schools are not that easily pushed towards handing out more money.