There are informal as well as formal ways for you or your parents to appeal an award decision. Your counselor's initial response may be to request additional information, which will require written and verifiable documentation.
Counselors commonly make their decisions in consultation with colleagues.
Only documentation and data already made part of the record will be acceptable. If you are still dissatisfied with the decision, you may choose to appeal further in writing to the Financial Aid Review Board. The review board consists of a member of the dean of student life staff, a faculty member and an undergraduate student. The procedure also allows you to be accompanied by one member of the Brown community at the hearing. As in Step I, only materials and data already made part of the record will be acceptable.