<p>Eyeball:
I hope you knew or attempted to have CMU make another offer for financial aid.
It is their published policy to be competitive for students that meet their current needs and criteria. You only had to submit the offer from the other school which CMU considers a peer, which JHU does qualify. We got $5000 (approx 18% of tuition) from $0; 4 years, no GPA requirements. We/DS gave up $14,000/yr (50%) in scholarships for the $5000 CMU grant.
JHU was a rejection.</p>