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>>I don't think this is any different than the fact that something like 60% of the students at Brandeis, which was founded by the Jewish community because of quotas on Jews in most colleges, are Jewish. Anyone can apply, but more Jews tend to.
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>I can testify to what you said as a proud father of a child who is currently at Brandeis :). And we (my family) turned down an Ivy League offer (Cornell) and a full scholarship (merit) offer (BU) when accepting Brandeis.

In my view, Brandeis is the best school in the country that offers academic scholarships. Several of our young friends have gone there or are there now. We looked at it with both of our kids, but they ended up elsewhere (Amherst and Yale, respectively).

Tamar