<p>Is there any way to secure a scholarship after you’ve been accepted? Brandeis offered me some money from the trustee scholarship, but in the end, we still have to pay beyond our means. If I do well my freshman year at 'Deis, is it possible to be offered more scholarship money based on aid? Or is this it?</p>
<p>:( Higher education is so expensive.</p>
<p>If you feel that your package is not the right fit for your family, then you should call/write to student financial services. You have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>how much did you guys get for scholarship?</p>
<p>is $30,000 per year a decent amount scholarship?</p>
<p>You got Trustee Scholarship (=tuition free) and you are complaining!
Are you kidding?</p>
<p>I feel like I kind of got shafted for scholarship money. I'm a current freshman and I got 24,000 a year from Alumni and Friends and 6000 from the government. However, what was left over just in official costs- not counting transportation, books, and emergency money- was more than my family had made in the past 2 years. Now my mom is supporting my family of 4 on less than $20,000 a year and I don't know what I will get next year for scholarship money, but I'm concerned. I tried to appeal but I was ED and didn't have much leeway.</p>
<p>I got 19k from the trustee scholarship and then 3k stafford loan. That's nowhere near full tuition. :(</p>
<p>Should I call them now or wait a week since by then more people will have chosen/rejected Brandeis' offer? I honestly want to go to Brandeis, but my family can't afford to pay 25kish a year.</p>
<p>When I do call up, how should I ask for more financial aid, without seeming too annoying/greedy?</p>
<p>Sorry, I was thinking of Trustee Scholarship from BU, that gives full tuition. Equivalent, full tuition scholarship at Brandeis will be "Justice Brandeis Scholarship".</p>
<p>The Justice Louis Brandeis scholarship is merit based and provides full tuition (currently $34k) for 4 years, but does not include room/board. It also includes special events, activties, and seminars.</p>
<p>The Martin Luther King scholarship is merit and need based, and provides full tuition plus room/board.</p>
<p>There are several other scholarships (Annenburg, Nation Merit Finalist, etc.) that provide up to full tuition, depending on circumstances.</p>
<p>Interestingly, you need to apply for financial aid to qualify for the scholarships, even if you do not qualify for the aid itself. We filed a FAFSA / CSS set of documents even though we knew my daughter would not qualify for any needs-based aid (last year was the wrong year for my company to have a good year). My D was stunned when she received a JLB scholarship. Kicked BC and Tufts right off the table.</p>
<p>More information here:
<a href="http://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/financial/scholarships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.brandeis.edu/admissions/financial/scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>I know Brandeis is generous with its gift aid for prospective students (high school seniors), but what about afterwards? Will the scholarship money offered your first year decrease or increase depending on your academic performance?</p>
<p>Also, should I call the finaid office now to ask for an adjustment to my package, or wait a few days. I'm thinking if I wait, there'll be many people who've already made their decisions either to attend or not attend Brandeis. For those not attending who were offered scholarships, that money would go back into the fund. So... that would increase my chances of getting more financial aid?</p>
<p>I know the JLB and MLK scholarships are for 4 years. Some of the others are as well. YMMV.</p>
<p>I can't speak to negotiating now or negotiating later. Gut feel (and the gut has been getting larger of late) would say to start pressing now to show interest, but I have no idea if that's the right strategy or not.</p>
<p>I spoke to brandeis admissions this week and they said all merit awards are given out. There is something sophomore year you can apply for and prob. some other scholarships through departments. If your financial situation changes at all though call fin. aid and they will appeal your decision!</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure some people are still going to refuse Brandeis' offer though, if they received a better one. That should mean that within these few weeks more merit aid money should be sent back into the fund, right?</p>
<p>Could you elaborate on the sophomore thing? Thanks</p>
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<p>I would not assume that this means that more merit award offers will therefore be made. I do not know about Brandeis specifically, but I know at another college's info session (one that also gives a number of merit awards) they specifically said that rejected merit awards are not reassigned -- they take projected refusals into account in making offers, just like they take them into account in making admissions offers -- they know not everyone accepts -- the offers are designed to encourage those they most want to accept, but they know that it doesn't always work. </p>
<p>And think about it -- logically, why would any school turn around and offer merit money to people who they didn't originally think warranted the "bribe" of a merit offer? It the admissions office said that all merit money is gone, I would go by what they say, rather than making assumptions about more money appearing. </p>
<p>If more money (aid or merit) will make the difference in whether you accept or not, call them up and ask -- they are the only ones who are going to be able to give you a definitive answer as to whether that is a possibility or not.</p>
<p>info re scholarships for current students (ie after you are already a student -- NOT part of admissions):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.brandeis.edu/as/scholarships/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brandeis.edu/as/scholarships/</a></p>
<p>click on links at left for more specific info. (this includes info on both internal - ie brandeis-- and external scholarships)</p>
<p>but i really think that accepting an offer of admission on the assumption that you will get one of the scholarships offered to current students once you are there is not a great idea -- way too speculative.</p>
<p>A lot of the money used for merit scholarships comes from endowed funds which have stipulations regarding their use. Granted there may be more students who meet those criteria than there is money, but the typical practice is that money unused in a given year goes back into the fund. The folks who manage those funds would much rather see a healthy surplus than run on the edge.</p>
<p>yeah... i talked to admissions about that and they said that any money not accepted by prospective students who turn down Brandeis is carried to next years students. :(</p>
<p>FYI-
Valedictorian son with great ACT-33
13 AP's
4.0 unweighted avg
Great honors/extracurriculars </p>
<p>OFFERED A DISAPPOINTING $15000/ year. Not bad but not what we expected them to offer.</p>
<p>You should expect very little new financial aid to be available to existing Brandeis students. So if you feel that you need, or deserve, more merit aid, you need to make a strong case for it now. And the sooner in the month the better.</p>
<p>Got into Brandeis and just toured it! Unfortunately, I found out that I don't get any scholarship ... we have to pay full tuition and everything! We talked to admissions about whether I can receive a scholarship sometime later, but they basically told us that I get what I was already offered in my admissions letter ... nothing. Very disappointed - is there any way to apply for a merit based scholarship at this point?</p>
<p>Anyone know if there are any monies available to transfer students? Need based and/or merit scholarships available?</p>