BU does give merit aid to some transfer students. There are many schools that give merit aid to transfers. Often it is not as much as one may have received freshman year though.
BU meets 100% demonstrated need for transfers. So, their NPC should work for transfer students too. Of course, one might confirm that with the FA office.
Here’s a link to the NPC
wouldn’t also have more research opportunities that would pay as my child would be in 2nd year? I am surprise to hear that they even extend the offer to junior. If they do so, the cost of two years can become more affordable with jobs relating research at school itself. don’t you think.
You would have to chat with BU about getting a paid research gig as an undergrad. I expect there are far more unpaid research opportunities.
There are several new nontraditional pathway options this year @BU (still cgs & guarentee transfer, but also spring admit w or wo verso abroad; delay admit for the following fall(. Weird how many people seem excited about those
If your kid didn’t get a standard admission offer, they are not competive for the very little merit aid BU gives out (to, typically, the top 1% of any given cohort). Merit aid is given at freshman admission (though there may be exceptions to that now).
BU had a paid UROP program, but as an incoming student would likely not have the connections to make those opportunities happen (the application literally cannot be filled out with a mentor).
Hopefully your student will be happy where they end up for freshman year.
I am also hoping that my child would be fine where she is going. BU offer is hard to ignore. We will relook at this later.