<p>Yeah, that has been discussed many times before.</p>
<p>Well, Wellesley’s financial aid didn’t entirely fail me, after all. We appealed the package and Wellesley gave me $10,000 more in grant aid! </p>
<p>Just putting that out there to give anyone else who is appealing some hope.</p>
<p>Yeah I know exactly how you feel. Wellesley was one of my top schools but the financial aid office failed me too. My parents flat out said that they cannot afford to send me there and I do not want to be paying this off for the rest of my life. It sucks that I cannot even consider Wellesley now because of money 
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<p>Phanatic how did you appeal?</p>
<p>My Dad will be writing our appeal tonight… Wellesley is my dream school and I know that my parents want to make my dreams come true more than anything, but it just won’t be possible with the aid (or rather, lack thereof) that Wellesley is providing. I’m getting absolutely nothing…</p>
<p>The rich can go to college and the poor to go to college, but what of the middle class? Do I have to wait for the next generation when I’ll then be needy enough, having graduated from a sub-standard state school, to afford my kid a full ride? I know I’m being dramatic, and I know that I’ve been given opportunities in my life that I will be forever grateful for, but this is the big opportunity that is just out of my and my parents’ reach. The voice in my head tells me to shut up and accept how lucky I’ve been so far, but I can’t help but feel it’s unfair that I won’t be able to go to the school that sent letter after letter in the mail advertising their “highly generous” financial aid program, getting up the hopes of my entire family.</p>
<p>I wish I could defer my enrollment for a year and work my ass of, but I don’t think my parents would be too supportive of that. I feel like there’s absolutely no hope that this will work, and all of my aspirations have pretty much been crushed. Thanks for admitting me, Wellesley, just so you could throw my dreams you’ve so carefully cultured through assorted papers and pamphlets down the drain.</p>
<p>Ahleesawn, I submitted an appeal to the FA last week for my daughter. Of the 3 “we meet 100% of demonstrated need” schools, Wellesley’s financial aid package was the smallest in proportion to total expenses.</p>
<p>I have not yet gotten a response to my appeal, but I doubt they will be able to meet the best FA offer we received. Obviously, “demonstrated need” means different things to different schools…</p>
<p>It would have been nice to choose a school solely on where she wanted to attend…</p>
<p>I didn’t receive any financial aid from any of my other schools but Wellesley. I got loans and scholarships from other school, but not one cent of grant at any of the other 7 schools i got into. Wellesley is giving me $22,050 a year in GRANT! what a package. At least for me, the financial aid turned out to be reallllllllly great.</p>
<p>@woohoo333: We called them and explained, calmly but firmly, the basics of our situation: Wellesley’s version of our EFC was far beyond the government’s calculated EFC; my father’s business forecast was not good because he services mostly manufacturers in a state whose manufacturing industry is struggling; and one of Wellesley’s peer schools had offered a package that was $10,000 more than what Wellesley gave. I made sure to add that I was very interested in Wellesley, but my attendance would be impossible with those finances. </p>
<p>A little over a week and a half later, they e-mailed me a revised statement. </p>
<p>Good luck to you if you’re going to attempt an appeal! I wish you the best of luck. Same to you, Ahleesawn.</p>