<p>Boston University does not guarantee to meet the full need of all accepted students. They are very up front about that. </p>
<p>What made you think your daughter would get $30K-$40K in aid from BU? There are some very highly competitive merit awards that give full tuition, but most students don’t see that amount of aid.</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest that your daughter look at the schools that are affordable to you. BU doesn’t sound like they have given you enough money for her to attend. </p>
<p>The other schools might have packaged her aid more preferentially OR included merit aid because she was higher up in terms of the stats she presented in their applicants.</p>