<p>D was accepted into honors program and got a nice Dean's scholarship and small fin aid package (loans and work study). But it still only covers about half of the COA. She's waiting till she gets all notices from all the schools she's applied to before committing to one college. </p>
<p>Wondering how NEU is with asking for more aid. Anyone have any experience with that? Do they listen if you try to parlay another school's package against them?</p>
<p>I didn’t get any need-based aid. We asked for more aid of any kind and got a no. But it might be different for people with need-based aid.</p>
<p>I sent neu an email asking for more aid. I explained why I needed more, and they said no. I got honors + deans too 
they said that “they do not meet full financial need” It’s always worth a shot though; you have nothing to lose.</p>
<p>We were in the same boat as blinkangel44 and explained that Drexel (a college we felt was similar given the co-op) had given my daughter 10K more but also got nowhere. We were told her SAT scores (which although improved but rather low when compared with others) was the reason she didn’t get a higher scholarship. Now that she has completed the 1st semester with a 3.68 I was tempted to try again but doesn’t think it would help.</p>
<p>PROFILE OF 2009-10 FINANCIAL AID Freshmen: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY </p>
<p>Financial Aid Applicants 2,098 (74.1%) of freshmen
Found to Have Financial Need 1,653 (78.8%) of applicants
Received Financial Aid 1,632 (98.7%) of applicants with financial need
Need Fully Met 301 (18.4%) of aid recipients
Average Percent of Need Met 69%
Average Award $23,155
Need-Based Gift Received by 1,589 (97.4%) of aid recipients, average amount $18,814
Need-Based Self-Help Received by 1,360 (83.3%) of aid recipients, average amount $5,804
Merit-Based Gift Received by 234 (14.3%) of aid recipients
Merit-Based Gift Received by 663 (23.4%) of freshmen without need, average amount $12,010 </p>
<p>Need fully met = 18.4%</p>
<p>They won’t give you more aid based on merit. After receiving the scholarship money, you have to demonstrate need-based aid to get more. You should file the FAFSA and see if anything changes.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone getting an increase in merit money. Still can’t hurt to try but doesn’t seem promising. Maybe try again later in the year when more students have committed/declined and neu has a better idea of how much scholarship money there is going to be.</p>
<p>You can potentially squeeze some more money out of them by asking for work study… I was eligible for a few semesters and then when my EFC changed I lost work study money. I went to the financial aid office and they put me on a wait list, and a week or two into the semester they gave me about $1500/semester in available work study. Of course, you have to actually work to earn it, but work-study jobs are everywhere and really easy. Work-study obviosly isn’t tons of money, but it’s an easy way for students to earn some cash for living expenses or to pitch in a little for room&board/tuition payments.</p>
<p>I’ve never ever heard of people getting more merit (except for EA students who then got a Trustee scholarship after RD was released).</p>
<p>A lot of schools are more flexible with need-based, but Northeastern I’ve found is a little tight on it. They give out so much merit aid that their need-based isn’t as funded as other schools. Plus, although it’s not very nice to say, they are gaining so many applicants with better and better scores every year that they don’t really NEED to give out more aid. Of course I wish they did, since I got zero.</p>
<p>And I don’t think the whole comparing to another school would work here. Northeastern is one of the schools where it’s rumored they really want you to prove you want to go here, as opposed to just letting it the top 30%. I got a full scholarship from the top school in Florida, but I still doubt Northeastern would have changed mine if I had asked.</p>