@Yankeefan20 this kid is applying to transfer for fall 2021. So…I doubt any financial aid has been offered yet?
To the OP…Why is your kid transferring?
You mention BU has that name recognition. I have a kid who is a BU grad, and he got a fabulous education there. He loved the urban lifestyle…Boston was his campus. But I can’t tell you how many people…to this day (he graduated in 2007) ask him why he went to a public university not in his state.
I’m curious how the OPs son chose his first college, and what went wrong with that decision making process. It might help to know that to help guide a second college search.