<p>And from the reports here, "showing interest" might mean checking the right box on the survey with the PSAT, SAT or ACT in terms of your ethnicity or proposed major. </p>
<p>I think the real "showing interest" qualifier is that Brandeis has received some sort of information that makes them feel that the University would be interested in having that student attend. If your name ends up in their database from any source, including data they purchase from College Board it might be enough "interest" -- they probably enter in the criteria they are looking for and then generate a list of names from there.</p>
<p>whoo! in!! dean's scholarship too- $15,000 but no fin aid. :(</p>
<p>from cali- and yeah, they give the ribbon app to ppl from all over the us</p>
<p>congrats to all those who got in!!
for those of you who got deferred/wait-listed-- don't give up hope!! show interest in their school- write an essay, write them a letter... all that good stuff</p>
<p>I got in too, but not with enough money. Is there a chance that they will be awarding more merit-based aid in the coming months?
If not, I'll be working super hard over the next few months for outside scholarships.</p>
<p>swallow -- before you spend too much time on outside scholarships -- if any of the money you got was need based, not merit, make sure you know how the school will factor outside scholarships in to the mix -- this is something to look at for any school. sometimes outside scholarships won't reduce the efc, they'll affect the aid given -- i have no idea how brandeis handles this. but it is wise for you to make sure you know. again - i am talking about NEED based aid here, and from your post, i'm not sure it that is an issue for you or not.</p>
<p>Swallowed, if you really want to come to Brandeis but money is an issue, don't be afraid to let them know that. Colleges use merit money strategically with the idea of maximizing the value of the dollars, by figuring out how much they need to offer in order to get someone to enroll. If they give $10,000 to someone who would have come anyway, without the $10K... that's $10K that is lost to them -- it would be better to have used that money as part of $20K given to an attractive candidate who would not otherwise have come.</p>
<p>Wait until late March or April when you have other offers in hand, and if Brandeis is a top choice, start negotiating with them. Make it very clear then that you really want Brandeis but that you will have to attend elsewhere if there is no merit aid -- you can make your parents out to be the bad guys forceing you to choose College X which has offered you a big fat scholarship.</p>
<p>But wait until the end of admission season to do this. You are already IN Brandeis so you don't have to convince them that they want you. After all the RD admission letters go out, the focus of admissions will shift toward maintaining yield -- that is the time that the pressure will be on them to avoid losing applicants. So you should expect to be doing the heavy negotiating in early April.</p>
<p>Hell yea I got in...but i recieved it Feb. 2nd (Good timing on their part :p). Also got the full tuition scholarship--Justice Louis D. Brandeis Scholarship.
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