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The Appeal Package — $1,999
Done-with-you appeals & award strategy · One student · Up to 3 schools
| ✓ | The Award Letter Decoder. Every offer on the same footing. Loans out of the aid column. Four-year totals, not one-year headlines. |
| ✓ | Your appeal, written for up to three schools. We pick where it has a real shot. I write each letter. You read every word first. |
| ✓ | Coaching for the phone call. Who to ask for, what to say, and what never to say. We rehearse before you dial. |
| ✓ | One follow-up round, included. A school counters or asks for more. We go again — that's in the price. |
| ✓ | How to pay the bill. Payment plans, federal vs. Parent PLUS vs. private, and a four-year cash flow so year three doesn't ambush you. |
Your FAFSA — and CSS Profile where your schools require it — needs to be already filed. If it isn't, close this tab and book a fit call instead.
A real family. One letter.
$27K → $55K
in gift aid, after one appeal
Same kid. Same finances. Same school. The only thing that changed was that somebody asked — in writing, on the right grounds, to the right person.
Appeals run on a clock, so we don't wait around.
| Today | You're in. I send your document checklist and a link to book our first call. |
| The decode | Every offer on the same footing. We pick which schools get a letter, and on what grounds. |
| Before deposit day | Letters written, reviewed, and sent. Follow-up round if a school counters. Then we plan the bill. |
If we're not a fit, you don't pay.
Full refund on our first call, before any work begins. If I read your letters and don't think an appeal is worth your time, I'll say so — and refund you.
And nothing goes to a school until you've read every word and you're satisfied it's true.
It doesn't always come back that big
Two more real appeals. $6,323 and $25,000. No averages — there's no such thing here.
★★★★★
"We appealed the offer and received an additional $6,323 in grant money — bringing the grant to almost $69,000 and leaving us with a net cost of a little over $21,000."
— Ron K.
★★★★★
"So we wanted to share it with you, one, because we wanted to thank you, and two, we just wanted to check that this was real."
Shared after a successful $25,000 appeal grant they described as "crazy."
— Matt C.
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You work with me. Not a call center. Hey — I'm Michael Korch. The first appeal letter I ever wrote was for my own family. The school matched it in three days. I read your letters, I write yours, and I'm on the phone with you before you call the school. |
"Could appealing cost us the admission?"
No. Financial aid and admissions are different offices with different jobs. Schools have a formal process for this — appeal, special circumstances review, professional judgment. It's a door with a handle on it. Walking through it politely doesn't offend anybody.
"All our schools are in-state publics."
Then be honest with me on our call. Publics have less room and less reason to use it. If nothing's changed since you filed and you've got no competing offer, I'll tell you the odds are low and refund you. That's not a sales line — I'd rather you kept the $1,999.
"We already sent the deposit."
You can still ask. You're just asking with less in your hand. And if something's changed since you filed — a job, your health, a divorce, a medical bill — schools will reopen the file mid-year. That door stays open.
"Can you promise we'll get more money?"
Gosh, no. Nobody can, and anybody who does is selling you something. What I can promise is that the letter will be built on real grounds, aimed at the right person, and that you'll never wonder whether you left money sitting there.
And if you'd rather talk before you buy — that's a fine instinct. Close this tab and book a free fit call. I'd rather have the conversation than have your money.
The letter in your hand is a first offer.
Don't walk this path alone.
Appeal decisions rest entirely with each college. We do not guarantee any specific financial aid amount, appeal outcome, or admission result. The Appeal Package requires that your student's FAFSA — and CSS Profile, where required — has already been submitted. Per U.S. Department of Education guidelines, FAFSA preparation and submission is the responsibility of the family, and FAFSA prep is not part of the charged services. Appeal letters are prepared for your review; you or your student submit them through each school's own process.
