I have had students that have requested to meet with financial services before admissions to get a price of the programs without actually going through the GEP.  Normally it's pretty easy to take control and get these students on board with our process, but sometimes the student might be extremely persistent to the point of them getting angry.  I have seen with these types of students that a wall begins to go up with them and our refusal to do it "their way" only lends to their belief that "we might have shady practices".  I will generally tell a PGE, "We have an admissions process that we must follow and that meeting with financial services is part of that process.  However, we need to go through the process in the format that the school has instructed."

    I'm interested to know how some of my peers would handle this same situation...????