If your child got merit money at northeastern, what were there stats?
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Anonymous
| Thank you! Trying to figure out how likely it is to manage expectations a bit about affordability. (And please, northeastern hater, I know you think the place is a scam for miserable idiots so need to chime in!) |
Anonymous
My kid, who applied last fall and is now a freshman, had 3.98 GPA, a 4.53 wGPA, and a 35 ACT score. He was awarded the Honors scholarship, which is $32K per year |
Anonymous
| 4.0 UW ; 1480 SAT. Applied early action I think. |
Anonymous
Good thread. Obviously a number of high stats kids from the DMV applying. |
Anonymous
| Well, two anyway. |
Anonymous
| Anyone test optional get any merit? |
Anonymous
| Mine applied EA last fall and is loving their freshman experience. 4.7 weighted GPA, 33 ACT, from MCPS. Received dean’s scholarship of $12,000/year. |
Anonymous
| Child applied ED to Ivy was deferred. Applied EA to NE and was deferred to Spring decisions. In Spring was admitted to one of the abroad programs w/I think $12,000 scholarship. Upper 1500 SAT, unweighted close to 4, weighted maybe mid 4 and 5s on APs. I think the scholarship was given make starting abroad more appealing since they had wanted Boston campus. I think NE had close to 90,000 or more applicants last year. Our kid was lucky to get an offer because so many great students from this area were rejected. If your child really wants NE, demonstrate your interest. In the end our student chose a different school that was smaller. Students we know at NE, including those that started abroad, are very happy there. Good luck. If your kid likes NE and Boston, consider BU. They have an honors college that looked good. |
Anonymous
I guess you need to work on test prep if interested in merit |
Anonymous
So Northeastern pays for just for high test scores instead of high GPAs and elite ECs? |
Anonymous
True of merit everywhere. |
Anonymous
High GPA is a dime as dozen .. |
Anonymous
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DD had a 1490 SAT, 3.95 uw /4.64 w gpa, accepted for NU In though. HoCo schools. Was offered $15k-ish merit per year
She went elsewhere though |
Anonymous
| What percentage of Northeastern first years and the first year study abroad spring admits get merit? |
Anonymous
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Must read if you are hoping for merit at Northeastern-
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/your-money/college-early-decision-northeastern-merit-aid.html |