<p>Hey everyone, congrats on being accepted into the scholars program! Give yourselves a nice pat on the back</p>
<p>Just wanted to pop in and say I’m a first-year University Scholar(freshman), so if you have any questions about the Scholars Weekend in late March or if you’re just looking to ask a few questions then ask away.</p>
<p>Hi Alex! Can you tell me how this program and the honors program are different? And how many NM finalists get accepted or what they are looking for?</p>
<p>@****ymonkey0923</p>
<p>Remember you’re still in the honors program. You’re just also a University Scholar. Think of it like dual citizenship. You do all the honors events, seeing as you still live in International Village and are a member of the honors program. Except, you get a lot of non-honors and scholars only events/perks that go on throughout the year on top of the usual honors events and perks. </p>
<p>oh and financially speaking Scholars program is full tuition as opposed to Honors program comes with a 20k ish scholarship (it varies a bit).</p>
<p>Personally , I wasn’t a national merit finalist but I know there are definitely finalists who are also scholars. Whether you’re a finalist or not doesn’t make you less likely to get into the program, if anything it probably shows you’re incredibly smart and worth considering. That’s just my speculation though. </p>
<p>In terms of qualifications? Hah that’s funny because a lot of us joke that we had none and were admitted by accident. In all seriousness, everyone in the program seems really well rounded, as if they purposely picked people who had both personality and brains.</p>
<p>Yep, its in the letter. Two of my friends got in (4.7/2300s, applying to econ and comp sci, National merit semifinalists) and I didn’t (4.0/2130, PharmD). Ahh hell, can’t complain too much when they gave out good cash…</p>
<p>@FUnkymonkey0923 sorry for replying so late!</p>
<p>I think that it helped that I was really well-rounded, but with some definitely different things. I also had a really, really good essay, good recs and good test scores. If it helps, here are my quick stats:</p>
<p>GPA 4.3
ACT 35
NMSF; AP Scholar with Distinction (Bio - 5, Chem - 4, Euro - 4, APUSH - 5, English Lang - 4, Spanish Lang - 3, Calc AB - 4; this year, taking Phys C - Mechanics, US Gov, Macro, Micro, Calc BC, English Lit)
ECs: Piano (14 yrs, won state and regional competitions), Tennis (Varsity), Lit Mag (editor for third year), Speech and Debate (Leadership board), Nonprofit Camp (counselor and on programming board), GLSEN (volunteer), Intern (political campaign), Asian Culture Club (President), and then some other social clubs at school that were unique (a tea-drinking club)
Major: Anthropology (I’m thinking of switching to Sociology though, or doing the Design-Your-Own-Interdisciplinary-Major sort of thing. I dunno…)</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m not sure how/why I got it–I’m just thrilled that I did!</p>
<p>@AlexKav–how are you liking NEU so far? Are you happy with your decision, and has it been too challenging at all, or not challenging enough?</p>
<p>Can all of those who got into the program provide stats and ECAs
It will really help to get an idea of what sort if students they invite</p>
<p>My bad. People are already Doing it. Sorry</p>
<p>I was honestly shocked when I got my invite, as I don’t have any real “hooks” to my application, and my ECs are fairly run-of-the-mill. I think my main strengths were excellent test scores and GPA, as well as a very unique essay (about mowing the lawn, no less), and my role in founding a student discussion forum at my school, which I did not list as one of the activities on the Common App (the name was ambiguous and couldn’t be explained in the 100 words they gave you), but was detailed in the additional Information section. I’m still waiting to hear back from some other Early Action schools, but the full tuition scholarship is very generous and Northeastern is definitely among my top choices. Good luck to all those applying RD, and congratulations to the other accepted Scholars!!!</p>
<p>Chancesthrowaway, what were your test scores like?</p>
<p>I posted stats on the previous page, but at a glance: 2340/2540 SAT, 5 SAT IIs at 770+, and 5 Fives on AP exams. Also was named a NM semifinalist so the PSAT was good</p>
<p>My bad haha, but congrats!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who gets in !
DS is an IVY stats kid and he didn’t get into this program. Without full tuition scholarship, we have to reconsider about it.</p>
<p>Anybody have more details on the march 23 24 scholar welcome days?</p>
<p>Hey rgosula,</p>
<p>I’m a freshman scholar right now so i could give you a little information. Last year, they had our welcome weekend during St. Patty’s day so picture the craziness for a second.</p>
<p>In terms of the weekend itself, the school pays for everything. Airfare/gas money and hotel all covered. Everyone who didn’t get a spot in the dorms with the current scholars stayed in the Westin Hotel on Huntington Ave ( Walking distance from campus but they also gave us coach buses). This year you’ll definitely have the option to stay in the dorms if you choose. Last year there was a shortage of scholars who were able to host students since there was only one year of students and the program was expanded during my entering year. So definitely definitely definitely stay in International Village with a student, you’ll get to hang out with people and get to dip you feet in the lake so to speak.</p>
<p>Other events include the usual informational sessions that were as monotonous as they sound, but there weren’t many of them. The first evening of the weekend the school puts on a fancy dinner with the President of the school, all the deans of everyone college and the provosts. It’s atop some fancy overlooking the harbor and its BEAUTIFUL. Dinner was great too. We sit at tables by major and each had one or two faculty members at our table from our departments and got to talk about academics and what not. </p>
<p>All the kids changed and went over to Cabot Athletic system (think a big gymnasium) where we played these giant team games which were surprisingly a good time. That was the first day.</p>
<p>Second day we had some more informational stuff going on, took a tour of the campus and what not. It’s all a blur and it hasn’t even been a year. That’s the jist, it was a great weekend and you meet a lot of cool people which I didn’t expect going into the weekend.</p>
<p>Everything in terms of finances is covered. Try to bring a parent if you can, they’ll have events for them too. Although i don’t think airfare is covered for anyone of than students. If you decide to stay in a hotel with a parent then that’s covered too, not sure about if the student stays in the dorm and a parent needs a hotel. Definitely ask though, the school is really generous.</p>
<p>Definitely stay in the dorm!! looking forward to meeting you guys. Shoot me a pm or an email at <a href=“mailto:kavourias.a@husky.neu.edu”>kavourias.a@husky.neu.edu</a> if ya have any questions</p>
<p>@divingbells</p>
<p>Hey, my first semester was fantastic. Courses kept me busy but were definitely manageable even after placing out of a lot of classes with APs.</p>
<p>Boston is an amazing place to be, even though it sucked watching the Red Sox win the world series as a Yankees fan. Besides the point, there’s never a dull moment on the weekend. Just get out there an explored if you decide to come here</p>