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First, many members of the student body agree with a need blind admissions process. Need blind admission is not only a hallmark of our admissions process, but it is one of the general principles of the University: Equity. Need blind admissions is altruistic, as well as expensive. When looking at this tuition increase, we must “put our money where our mouth is.” We cannot be proponents of this policy that we all agree is important, and on the other hand gripe about an increase in tuition. For all intents, the only students who feel this increase are students who are not on financial aid. Since student’s estimated family contribution (EFC) and estimated student contribution (ESC) do not change much from year to year if you do not have a drastic change in income (meaning the equation for calculating how much you and your family can pay normally is very static), it means that those with very high EFCs and ESCs will pay for the increase. In effect people who already receive financial aid will not have to pay or borrow more than they do now. This means that those who can afford the increase will pay for it, and those who cannot afford the increase will not have to pay for it. Secondly, since the mid to late 1980s many more Wesleyan graduates have pursued careers that may not have been as financially rewarding as their counterparts at comparative universities, therefore giving the university a pool of people who may have less to give than the graduates of comparable universities. Some of our peer institutions are known for graduating a higher percentage of students who go into lucrative professions, so they can raise and donate more money. It is not our opinion that Wesleyan graduates should go out and choose high paying professions because what we give to society may be more than what we could have reaped financially in another industry. But we must take into account that we must pay a certain price because of our decisions.
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