am9799, You are absolutely right, it is not “about the same price”. What I should have written was that both schools were within our budget. UMass is less expensive but not by enough of a margin (like we originally thought before finding out D’s scholarship was less than we had originally thought) for us to take it based on price. Sorry, I’m not great at explaining numerical things! But yes, you are right, UMass is not “about the same price.”