Dean's Scholarship?

Hello all!

I am an applicant to BU CAS for the Class of 2019, and am hoping for a Dean’s Scholarship. I think my stats make me competitive for it (ACT 34, GPA 3.92 UW, Many honors and AP classes, pretty good ECs) but I am a little concerned about the financial need component. My family doesn’t qualify for any FA, and it seems like that is who the Dean’s Scholarship is for, but I just found out that our EFC substantially exceeds the COA at BU. Has anyone ever gotten the Dean’s even if their EFC was pretty far above BU’s COA? Or am I disqualified now?