****brandeis 2021 regular decision thread****

can people with scholarship post their stat pleaseeee. im applying next year trying to aaprox. how much i can get

for all those with scolarship $ please post your stats and the amount of the merit grant each year. so we all have that for reference. Would also be good to know the stats of those that are not awarded merit

D from Massachusetts, Econ major:

Dean’s Scholarship $10.5K/year
3.9 UW, 4.4 W ACT 32
Not invited to apply for LSC or QBRec, not sure why.

International student, received Trustee scholarship worth $50,000 ($12,500 per year)
SAT- 2180/2400
Toefl- 117/120
UW GPA- 9.9/10
Rank- 1/62
SAT II- 700 (Literature) and 650 (Math I)
Extra-curriculars and achievements
-Grade A in First Certificate in English Test by Cambridge University
2 Merit awards in Smart-Vocab Challenger
Credit award in UNSW Global Australia Science olympiad
2 Distinction awards in UNSW Global Australia English olympiad 2nd position in Essay Competition -organized by Steel Authority of India Limited
Consolation Prize in Young Authors Hunt 2013 organized by Max Life Insurance
Gold medal in National Essay Writing Competition
Awarded Best Reporter in ROMUN

  • 3rd position in Inter House Role Play Competition-
  • First position in Inter School Agri Expo competition
  • 2nd position in Inter House Group Discussion
  • 2nd position in Inter School Poetry Slam
  • 1st position in Inter House Hindi debate
  • 1st position in Inter House debate

Clubs and Leadership Positions-- Leader, Community Transformation Society of school-

  • Editor, School Magazine
  • Founder, Study Abroad Club
  • Conducted workshops for psychological well-being of school students
  • Reporter at MUNs
  • Active debater and member of several theater groups at school

Summer School- Brown University pre-collegiate program.
Recs- 10/10 Got an additional one from my instructor at Brown University too.

NH resident, Math major
Justice Brandeis Scholar - 17.5k/year
3.85 UW, 1490 SAT
Applied to QBReC but did not get in

ohio resident, linguistics major

(won’t put my ecs here but they’re in some threads i made)
president’s scholarship (60k, 15k/yr)
3.6 uw gpa, 4.1 w
35 act

Just got the snail mail letter
S got presidents scholarship (60K, 15K/yr)
3.8 UW 4.16 W GPA
1470 SATII

MA resident, (most likely) math major
presidential scholar - 15k/year
4.04 W / ~3.7 UW, 2300 SAT
Math II - 800, Lit - 690

WA resident, Political Science major
Justice Brandeis Scholar - 17.5k/year
4.45 W / 4.0 UW, 33 ACT
Invited to LSC

CA resident
Justice Brandeis Scholar (17.5k/year) + accepted to LSC media-politics program
SAT 2060, 3.9UW/4.3W

How many people get chosen for the LSC’s? I was accepted into the sustainability one!

TX resident
President’s scholarship (15k/yr)
Accepted into sustainability LSC
I dont know much about Brandeis, so please feel free to enlighten me!

S just notified he got the sustainability LSC

CO resident
Dean’s Scholarship (10.5 K/yr)
1360 SAT, 4.5 W GPA, 3.9 UW

MO Resident
QBReC Fellowship ($70K, $17.5K/year)
Justice Brandeis Scholar
33 ACT, 3.96 UW GPA

My son got Sustainability LSC as well.

Notified of Presidential two days ago ($15k per).

DD:

IA resident
Justice Brandeis Scholar ($70K, $17.5K/year)
33 ACT, 3.91 UW GPA
Waitlisted for QBReC Fellowship - didn’t even know this was an option

has anyone received financial aid letter yet? (not merit, but need-based)

Nothing came in the mail yet but I called the financial aid office and they said to set up your SAGE account (instructions are in the right column). After that the financial aid package should load in within 24 hours. It isn’t instant–when we looked we got an error page with a message to call IT. I called SFS again and they manually loaded it into my D’s account, but we still won’t be able to see anything for several hours.

But he did assure me they have been mailed. I’m expecting to get it tomorrow by USPS.

Also, the user name you choose for your SAGE account will become your brandeis email address forever after so don’t get too silly with it.

Can I appeal my FA and reduce/eliminate the loans included in my package successfully? I have a near full ride at BU, so could I use that as leverage?