Is Wellesley worth ~10k more than Wesleyan?

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<p>I’m a rising sophomore transfer, and after 2 weeks of nagging Wellesley’s FA office, just got Wellesley’s FA letter. It looks like the net cost is going to be roughly 10k more than Wesleyan (total, all 3 years combined). Is it worth it? I had just begun to slightly lean toward Wellesley because of its proximity to Boston, alumnae strength, and the strength of its Econ program. Wes is already a huuuuge stretch for me. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Also, the timing of this whole thing is a bit insane. Wes’s deadline to respond is June 1 and they won’t offer me an extension, while Wellesley has until June 3…does Wellesley reliably match award offers? If the awards were the same, I’d go to Wellesley, but they are not (and I’d be happy to go to Wes). If Wellesley guaranteed award-matching, I could wait until Monday and contact the office, but then I would be losing Wesleyan.</p>

<p>Any experience with tuition increase or FA in general with these schools? </p>

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<p>I don’t know of any school that guarantees to match another school’s award offer. Wellesley may come down . . . or it may not. If they miscalculated your award in some way, they’ll certainly correct it, but different schools calculate need differently, so it’s entirely possible you’ll never get the same result from Wellesley that you got from Wesleyan. </p>

<p>You should proceed as if there’s going to be no change in the award . . . and if you choose Wellesley, and your cost ends up coming down a bit, consider yourself lucky!</p>