This mostly confirms what I thought.
I could probably try to call BU but I don’t really count on anything. Statistically he must be in the top < 10 percent BU applicants but didn’t have a chance to save the world yet 
We all do care about the thinking part of education. Maybe not Bentley then. Need to find out more about the cross registration. On the other hand, some of Brandeis required classes would be of no benefit to him. He read Spengler’s Decline of the West in 9th grade out of curiosity.