<p>Yes - that article reflects my 2010 son’s award package. He was accepted, but must not have been a student that they really wanted. We had an EFC of $6,000-9,000 (can’t remember), and they awarded him $28,000 in need based grants, leaving them the second highest out-of-pocket cost ($28,000) on my son’s list of acceptances. (Interestingly, they were second only to Northeastern, also in Boston).</p>
<p>They can come up with any system they want - that’s fine - but I don’t understand why they don’t care about their yield at all. They even say it in the article - they accept kids that they are pretty sure won’t come due to cost. What’s the point? I guess it felt better to my son to be accepted rather than rejected, but the end result is the same.</p>