That totally makes sense…and I really like BU for a number of reasons, but I am curious, do they find BU “chill” and “laid back”?
genuine question…
Did you consider URI, It seems very chill, really new engineering building and your kid sounds like they would be up for decent merit there, though not sure exactly how much obviously. I think they have a new STEM scholarship too. I think my OOS kid got 15K (by memory) last year in pure merit, and I would bet your kid has much better stats. Ended up at RIT. chill in different ways.
Also, U of Scranton gave a lot of merit..seems a different vibe, but I got sense they were trying to build up engineering.