 By the end of 1946, the foundation said it had raised over five hundred thousand dollars, and two months later it said it had doubled that amount.Brandeis felt it was in no position to make the investment in the medical school that would enable it to receive accreditation, and closed it in 1947.Einstein wanted Middlesex University's veterinary school's standards to be improved before expanding to the school, while others in the foundation wanted to simply close the veterinary school, which, by the winter of 1947, had an enrollment of just about 100 students.