<div dir="ltr"><div>Several years ago we took the Cost of Attendance "clear components" off of our "Award Letter" as it lead to people thinking they were going to have to pay us that much money for the year. Students can still see the total Cost of Attendance when they log into their account but we haven't included that breakdown in several years and it has cut way down on confusion.</div><div><br></div><div>Wonder who the Dept visited with before making that recommendation?<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span> <p style="background-color:white!important;margin-left:10px;margin-bottom:5px;padding-left:15px">
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<a href="https://www.wosc.edu/" style="float:left;margin-right:14px;padding:12px 9px 12px 0px;border-right:3px solid rgb(0,112,0);border-bottom:medium none!important;width:102px" title="Open the WOSC Website (opens a new window)" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.wosc.edu/img/W_icon_gold-white-green_sm.png" alt="Western Oklahoma State College Logo" style="max-width:100%"></a> <span>Myrna Cross</span>, <span>B.S.</span><br>
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Check out this link to see the new guidance the Department of Ed issued regarding Financial Aid "Offers" to students. (You'll understand why I have "Offers" in quotes after you review the link.)
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