Great Qualifications Little Merit Money

<p>White male
2270 SAT(800M 740R 730W);
SATII: 760 Bio, 800 Math II;
3.93/4 GPA,;
4 AP; 5 in Bio, rest pending
Capt Varsity Soccer, Captain Math team, RPI Medal, etc.
Not more than 15K merit anywhere…Brandeis, Rochester, RPI, WPI, BU (10K) , Babson (Zip), PC.
Any insight? Parents make too much? Bad economy? School doesn’t weight grades or give class rank … just top 10%.
No Financial Aid either.</p>

<p>You should not be surprised about the lack of money from Brandeis; they made national headlines about having to sell their art museum due to investing with Bernard Madoff. See: [Brandeis</a> on the Brink - Page 1 - The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-28/did-bernie-bankrupt-brandeis]Brandeis”>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-28/did-bernie-bankrupt-brandeis)</p>

<p>BU gives money strictly based upon GPA and test scores: [Boston</a> University - Office of Financial Assistance - Applying for Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/finaid/apply/incoming_probability.html]Boston”>http://www.bu.edu/finaid/apply/incoming_probability.html)</p>