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View ways to support Wesleyan's commitment to need-blind admission.

Find out how financial aid at Wesleyan made a difference for one alumnus.

6. Guarantee a Wesleyan education for those with the greatest potential, not the greatest advantages. "So many people before us contributed in so many ways in order that we could get this education. Now we have to give back. It's not how much you make that counts. It's the kind of mark you leave on society."

-	David Batdorf '51

Wesleyan seeks students with exceptional promise and drive. We are national experts at spotting academic potential. We accept fewer than one applicant in four, and enjoy one of the highest graduation rates in the country.

Need-blind admission empowers us to take a clear-sighted look at every individual's potential and to choose the best. Our commitment to need-blind admission does not end at our front door. We want to promise students from all economic walks of life that their future won't be overburdened with loans if they choose Wesleyan. We're launching the Wesleyan Campaign with a firm plan to make good on that promise.

SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR YOUR GIFT

	A $300,000 endowment gift names a Wesleyan Scholarship that will cover one student's full need every year.

	A commitment of $15,000 a year for four years through the Wesleyan Annual Fund names a Wesleyan Scholarship for one student.

	A $500,000 endowment gift names a University Scholarship, providing scholarship support and a research stipend to a select student each year.

	A commitment of $25,000 a year for four years through the Wesleyan Annual Fund names a University Scholarship for one select student, and includes a research stipend.

	A $100,000 endowment gift names a fund that supports financial aid in perpetuity, and can be designated for students who are among the first in their families to go to college.

ONE ALUMNUS' STORY

Ron White, Class of 1973, never considered himself a college-bound student. He had dropped out of his Philadelphia high school, but when he returned, his advisor urged him to apply. He won a full scholarship to Wesleyan.

At the beginning of his first semester at Wesleyan, Ron, who had been asked to read only one book in its entirety in high school, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, was assigned 20 books for just one course. "My first night I sat down with Homer's The Iliad, read the first page, and thought, maybe this isn't for me. But I took a break, listened to some music, started reading again, and found the book really interesting."

Ron graduated with honors in just three years. At Wesleyan, he met his wife, Aruby, who had come from Mississippi to pursue a graduate program in biology and teaching. They were soon married and their daughter Simone was born in Middletown.

Ron and Aruby's children grew up listening to stories of their parents' early years together and their Wesleyan friendships. When Simone was in the 11th grade, she accompanied her parents to a reunion. She remembers walking around the campus and feeling "that I belonged, that this was the place for me. I applied for early admission." Simone's sister Santi followed her to Wesleyan.

Today Simone, Class of 1993, practices law with her father in his thriving Philadelphia law firm, which specializes in corporate and municipal finance law. Aruby, a psychiatrist, is medical director at Magellan Behavior Health in Delaware County, the largest behavioral health organization in the nation. Santi, class of 1997, has inherited her father's passion for music and is pursuing a musical career.

Reflecting on his family, Ron says, "Wesleyan made such a difference to me. My wife and I were able to break the cycle of poverty and to send all three of our children to college without needing any financial aid." In recent years, he and Aruby both wanted to honor their larger family-their Wesleyan family-and have endowed a scholarship at Wesleyan.

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