Financial aid is income based. If you are not satisfied with the amount of financial aid you are receiving then you of course have the right to appeal it. Follow these 6 steps to format a financial aid appeal letter. 1. adress it to the correct person 2. thank them for the aid they are giving, let them know you are grateful, but also explain that you will not be able to attend the school due to
. the inability to come up with the differnece 3. lay out your case, if they are going off of your parent's information explain that your parent's can't come up with the difference 4. explain the situation, here is where you want to talk about your other financial obligations ie medical, mortgage, car etc. 5. once again thank them for the funds and explain that you cannot attend the school because you can't come up with the difference 6. keep it polite and use spell check!