For those with questions about mid-year admission, I would strongly suggest that you join the Brandeis Parents Facebook group (Brandeis University Parents Community | Facebook). There have been several threads on the mid-year experience in recent years that you can find by searching the group (“mid-year” yields more hits), and there are many active parents of mid-years on the group who would be happy to answer your questions. From what I have seen, thoughts on the mid-year program have been very positive.
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This is HUGE! One of their most generous scholarships that comes with a stipend and extra advising. CONGRATS!!
My son is thrilled to have the opportunity to travel abroad. He plans to sink into his studies fully when he is on campus so this provides the study abroad he would likely miss later.
It’s typically a practice used by competitive schools with a highly qualified pool. It started at Cornell as a way to admit more students and create flexibility in housing. It’s a bit of a numbers game. Applicants are evaluated with the same standards.
@PandiMo , did you receive any scholarship information for the entire 4 years? We have the cost for the spring semester.
I called and asked this very question- the estimate for the spring should be the same for the next academic year as well.
That’s good to hear. Is your child considering study abroad in the 1st semester?
I think so if she chooses Brandeis. She’s hard to read - we are going to the virtual panel on Tuesday and are planning to go to the open house later in April. How about yours?
Same it’s hard read her too 
. We’re currently on a trip to visit few colleges here in Philadelphia and Massachusetts. Though we officially have not planned a tour, just thinking of going around the campus for a feel of it and attend their virtual meeting later. She also has similar spring admit at GWU so trying to work out both the options and few other state flagship schools. I don’t know which she chooses eventually.
Good luck to your son! What’s his major?
Can anyone provide Brandeis self guided tour map? I think they also have a driving tour from some old posts. Anyone has information on that?
For the record, we went on admitted student days at both Brandeis and GWU last year. The Brandeis day was really warm and fuzzy and you got a lot of opportunity to talk to students - while the GWU day was kind of cold and boring. I’d go to the official admitted students day if you can because that made all the difference in my daughter choosing Brandeis (and she loves it!)
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A driving tour of Brandeis is just driving around the main circle. It will take you maybe 5 minutes and you wont see much - just the backs of buildings.
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Interesting, these two are on my son’s short list too! Not sure we can make the trip to Brandeis but maybe should try to make the effort. We have a visit to GWU for admitted students day planned. He visited Brandeis in the fall and loved it but didn’t do the official tour. I haven’t been pushing Brandeis all that much because its a bit of a reach for us financially and am sort of hoping that he’ll fall in love with a more economical option (not that GWU is much better). I’m finding it fascinating to see which schools overlap on students’ short lists…
Daughter- she’s thinking of education studies. Good luck to your daughter too!
Hi,
I don’t know if you already made your visit, but there is a very nice campus map at https://www.brandeis.edu/about/visiting/images/directions/color-map.pdf. I would suggest that you park in the Admissions Lot and start with the Admissions Center (L24) if you visit when they are open. Then I would suggest these highlights (in rough order of appearance), and as you walk between these points, you will see a large portion of the campus.
L6 - Rose Art Museum (check hours)
L17 - Shapiro Campus Center (includes the bookstore)
L13 - Sherman Dining Hall (one of two)
Massell Quad - one set of first-year dorms
Libraries - U21, U 22, U23
Usdan Student Center - includes the second dining hall on lower level and food court on upper level
North Quad - the other set of first-year dorms
All of the athletic facilities are across the street; there is a walking bridge (A1) to crossover.
Note that the campus is very much built on a hill. The lowest point is the athletic facilities. The main campus area goes uphill from the admission lot. The campus is not large; walking straight it is probably just 10 minutes from Admissions Lot to the North Quad. But it is all uphill.
Hope this is helpful.
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