<p>WHATTTTTTTTTTTTT</p>
<p>i applied to trustee, on the sole basis that they would still give me something if i didnt get it. </p>
<p>i had 2230 sat, 4.2 gpa, wonderful application, lots of other schools offered me tons of money. (i say this with frustration, not to be cocky)</p>
<p>i love BU, i love boston, i want to be there… but without any tuition merit aid, i’m screwed…</p>
<p>so, does anyone know if trustee rejects get merit money a little later in the mail? or not at all?</p>
<p>can someone please attempt to answer my question?</p>
<p>or how should i find the answer? i need to solve this mystery and see if i’m getting some merit money within the next week, or i’ll be screwed going to some college i dont want to, for the next 4 years. :(</p>
<p>Keshav, I can’t answer your question…but you wrote it in the middle of the night EDT. Most folks in the know (including the finaid folks at BU) were either sleeping or getting ready to go to bed on the east coast. </p>
<p>Call finaid.</p>
<p>it was pretty late, i admit to that, but nonetheless, it’s 6:51 central, meaning 4:51 westcoast and 7:51 eastcoast. hopefully readers are awake for my question this time around. Maybe another trustee scholarship can answer, who didn’t receive the scholarship… or anyone who may just know…</p>
<p>i appreciate any feedback.. thanks</p>
<p>im pretty sure if you got merit aid, youd have the link on your applicant link. thats weird you didnt get any merit though, i did and i have much much lower sats, only a 2000.</p>
<p>Keshav,</p>
<p>You might search for my post with National Merit Finalist in the title. BU offered my son with 2340 SATs a total of: ZERO financial aid. Other folks here report massive merit aid with medium scores and pretty good GPAs. I am sure the process is not random, but darn if it doesn’t appear that way.</p>
<p>I have started a dialog with BU on this and will report in that other thread if there are any interesting developments. Based on the exchanges so far, I do not anticipate a reversal of their initial decision.</p>
<p>And yes, I think whatever you gonna get is indicated in on the Applicant Link pages. Mine says: “Unfortunately, Boston University will be unable to offer you any grant or scholarship aid. Since our resources are limited, funds must be given to students with greater demonstrated need.”</p>
<p>im second in my class and I got nothing from BU, i heard that its purely need-based aid, both in grants and scholarships</p>
<p>ihopeipass08: BU aid is of two types, need based and merit based. There are several merit-only scholarships. And one of the NMF merit scholarships has a little need-based wording in the description.</p>
<p>The BU financial web pages are quite clear and accessible. But…we’re with R. Aster. My NMF son, 2260 (not as high as R.Aster’s son!), and a good GPA and great recommendations & ECs, got zero academic merit aid as well. He did get a music scholarship, which was nice, but was hoping for academic to make the high price of BU more appealing.</p>
<p>Must be a lot more competitive this year, I’m guessing.</p>
<p>Are you a transfer student?</p>
<p>Are merit scholarships just for incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>Call finaid.</p>
<p>I am currently a junior at BU. I also had stats that I felt would grant me a merit award of some kind. I also received several merit scholarships at other colleges, and yes I was accepted to NYU. After several email conversations with admissions, and the financial aid office that were totally negative, I made an appointment with financial aid at the admitted students open house for my program- COM. I had in hand a written appeal of my “financial aid” decision, but before i even presented the appeal I was informed that" Yes, we can do that for you". I was not eligible for financial aid, but my efc was not that far above the cost of BU. It seems that some merit awards are tied into financial aid at BU . I am very happy with the education and opportunities I have received at BU- but the price aaaah!</p>
<p>I am currently a junior at BU. I also had stats that I felt would grant me a merit award of some kind. I also received several merit scholarships at other colleges, and yes I was accepted to NYU. After several email conversations with admissions, and the financial aid office that were totally negative, I made an appointment with financial aid at the admitted students open house for my program- COM. I had in hand a written appeal of my “financial aid” decision, but before i even presented the appeal I was informed that" Yes, we can do that for you". I was not eligible for financial aid, but my efc was not that far above the cost of BU. It seems that some merit awards are tied into financial aid at BU . I am very happy with the education and opportunities I have received at BU- but the price aaaah!</p>
<p>lilly…how did you go about it? PM me por favor</p>
<p>I got a 2290 with a 4.7 gpa and I didn’t get any merit aid. I should be the one who’s angry</p>
<p>That is really odd. Did you fill out the FAFSA and profile? I think BU was one of the schools that required you to follow the steps for financial aid even if you were only looking for merit.</p>
<p>My daughter got merit money and grants from every school she got into , with the exception of BU.
Upon her acceptance, they requested non-custodial forms . Personally, I think they should have asked that when all the other finaid was done, but they didn’t. We opted not to send it in…if they couldn’t give her anything without it, I seriously doubt anything would come her way with it.
No problem though, she is going elsewhere.</p>
<p>my counselor called today, all decisions about merit aid have already been made..</p>
<p>had i known that trustee rejects would get no other merit aid, I WOULD NOT HAVE APPLIED… </p>
<p>there is nothing more frustrating.. </p>
<p>is it possible for me to take a semester off, do something , and then apply as a spring semester freshman? is that an option? or will schools not appreciate that or something?.. i will also post this question on the general forum if anyones interested in similar information.. </p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>I also applied for the Trustee’s Scholarship and didnt get it. However, when I was accepted (COM), the website said that I had been awarded the University Scholarship (1/2 off tuition). My stats are 2060 SAT and 4.0 gpa. I was very pleased with this considering I thought the Trustee’s was a long shot anyways. I will be attending next fall thanks to the scholarship. I’m sorry to hear about your story Keshav and others. I wish I had a direct answer to why BU gave out what they did but I don’t.</p>