Financial Aid, Brandeis in particular?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi all!</p>

<p>I posted this in the Brandeis forum with no real luck or responses, so I'm posting it here too... if anyone knows anything about Brandeis, please help a girl out here!</p>

<p>I'm applying to transfer to Brandeis for the spring, but I have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer who has some know-how about Brandeis.</p>

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<li><p>Is Brandeis need-blind re: transfer admissions? Probably not, but hope springs eternal...</p></li>
<li><p>How is Brandeis with FA? Can anyone tell me if their needs have been met? My issue with FA at my present school is this: my family's income/est. contribution is always juuuust high enough to prevent me from being eligible for certain FA and because of that we end up in hard times. My school has 0 understanding about this, though the school is also struggling financially, so it's not entirely their fault (since they don't have as much $ to distribute) but we're still hurting because of that.</p></li>
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<p>I don't want to come to Brandeis if it's just going to hurt my family's wallet, so to speak, more than my present school is, but I adore Brandeis and hope someone can give me some helpful input! </p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>See this question:</p>

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<p>Thanks entomom. Doesn’t help me at all with #2 so I’m hoping someone will be able to tell me something about that, but answers #1.</p>

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<p>Brandeis is excellent with FA. My family is really poor, and Brandeis was very accommodating. As in, they met 100% of my FA needs. I turned down Carnegie Mellon because Brandeis literally doubled CMU’s offer.</p>