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I think you have to remember that when they are making the financial aid packages, they primarily look at a formula and take little consideration of special circumstances. 185k a year for a total family income is a lot, and there are families who apply to colleges with much less than that. So the average financial aid package you see in college books like Fiskes, is just an average, and I think they'd be more likely to give people who really can't afford college the 20k.
I really hate being a finaid pessimist, but the school I got accepted into ED (Barnard) gave me hardly any financial aid either, and my family's income is slow low that in high school I was getting reduced fee lunch.
Maybe you should try getting them to reconsider the package, because you have leukemia. But if that doesn't work, and you're still concerned about the financial aid, I'm pretty sure you can choose not to go to Wellesley. Though, that might be a tricky situation if you haven't sent out other apps or you already withdrew your other applications.
Anyway, I hope everything turns out well:]
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