<p>Understandable that accepted students not satisfied with any merit aid award would be disappointed. I believe Brandeis has allocated plenty of funds to merit aid, so I doubt it is the 'Madoff Scandal" that folks repeatedly are referencing. Brandeis’s endowment has rebounded nicely with the stock market rebound and fund raising has been geared to financial aid with millions raised. Also, remember that Brandeis had no funds invested with Madoff, although some of its traditional donors did. Other schools, Tufts for one, did lose money with Madoff.</p>