About Dr. David Lang
Dr. David Lang has 12 years of experience in helping prospective college students negotiate higher financial aid packages, enabling them to attend their top-choice schools for less.
Dr. Lang is currently the Chair of the Economics Department at California State University, Sacramento, and has published extensive research on the Economics of Financial Aid. He holds his BA from Stanford, and MA and PhD in Economics from Washington University.
As a college bound, 18-year-old, David found himself with insufficient offers in hand from Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Stanford. He picked up the phone and said, "Let's Make a Deal." Dartmouth promised to consider an increase, Northwestern upped its offer, and Stanford came over the top with more than he'd thought possible.
After successfully helping friends and family members negotiate higher financial aid packages, Dr. Lang is now offering this as a service to help others develop a strategy for maximizing their financial aid.
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Now, he is ready to help you develop a strategy for maximizing your financial aid. Get Started Today With A No Obligation Consultation!
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FAQ
How much will it cost to negotiate my financial aid with Your Counter Offer?
Our interests are aligned with yours! If we are unable to save you money at the college you end up attending, the cost is $0! The fee is 10% of the increase in scholarship and/or grant aid that we are able to help you negotiate at the college you attend.
What can I expect from Your Counter Offer?
We will use our expertise, data, and experience to develop a comprehensive strategic plan to maximize your financial aid offer. We will walk you through this process and communicate with you and your parents as frequently as necessary to make this work!
How much can I expect to save from this negotiation process?
It is hard to make any predictions before we have an opportunity to see your first offers and the full list of colleges to which you were accepted. However, our expectation at the outset is to save you and your family several thousand dollars.
Can you help graduate students with this as well?
Absolutely! For graduate students, the process is similar except the goal is not just to increase scholarships and grant aid, but to try to increase fellowships and other awards that tend to come with admittance into graduate programs.
Which students tend to do the best in this negotiation process?
Truly any student who has been accepted into at least one college with at least one dollar of aid (need-based OR merit-based) is a good candidate for a negotiation. The students that tend to have the most success are the ones that have acceptances from multiple colleges and especially those interested in attending private or out-of-state public colleges.