<p>Hi! I'm just wondering if anyone had any info on changes to Northeastern merit scholarships?? I applied EA and got the deans scholarship of 22k first year, then 11k the rest? I had previously thought the max was 20k so I'm wondering if this was a mistake, since thats what is also said on their website.</p>
<p>And I noticed that they decreased scholarship amount to NMS finalists/semifinalists to only 30k. I wonder what caused this change??</p>
<p>You got 22k the first YEAR and then 11k per SEMESTER afterwards. Read the letter again, I got the exact same thing.</p>
<p>@epicdude17 I’m well aware of what the letter said… I wasn’t asking about that. The website says “These scholarship awards range from $5,000-$20,000 for the first year. In future years, amounts are awarded on a per semester basis, ranging from $5,000-$10,000 per full semester.” </p>
<p>Clearly our award amounts are above the max… I was wondering if it was a mistake or if they had changed the max amount.</p>
<p>Also confused. I got 20k/year and thought I received max Dean’s Scholarship, but I’ve seen 22k and 25k on here.</p>
<p>This page on the school’s website was just updated - note it has the new amounts - also no longer says NMF can get other merit aid - only other financial aid:</p>
<p>[Scholarships</a> | Admissions](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/costs/scholarships.html]Scholarships”>http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/costs/scholarships.html)</p>
<p>Merit Scholarships</p>
<p>The Deans Scholarship is a prestigious award that honors select students within the top 25% of freshmen admitted into Northeastern. Recipients are awarded between $5,000 and $25,000 annually. All fall freshman applicants for undergraduate admission to Northeastern are considered. The application deadline is January 15.</p>
<p>Northeastern National Scholarships</p>
<p>Students who are admitted to Northeastern and are recognized as National Merit Finalists<em>, National Achievement Finalists</em><em>, or National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars</em>** will receive a $30,000 merit based award and may also be eligible for financial aid.</p>
<p>Northeastern National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholars will also be invited into The University Honors Program.</p>
<p>@kiddie thank you!!</p>
<p>The new info makes it sound like it’s a one time $30K payment, not yearly. Is that accurate?? Geez, that’s a pretty massive cut. </p>
<p>As for why the National Scholarship amounts declined, there’s been speculation among the honors freshmen (which means it’s probably not accurate, but still) that it’s partly because too many of them ended up attending. Colleges throw out more acceptances and scholarships than they can house/financially accommodate under the assumption that only a predicted % will actually accept the offer. However, the Honors program is much bigger this year compared to last years (the staff said almost double) because way more people attended than they expected. That’s 300 extra people getting big awards (which are promised not to be reduced over their 4-5 years of attendance).</p>
<p>Also, cutting PSAT scholarships is a move many schools make when they go up in the rankings (something Northeastern’s been particularly good at). </p>
<p>It’s kind of disheartening because a lot of us have senior friends and younger siblings who want to attend, but may not be able to anymore.</p>
<p>The number and quality of each year’s applicant pool keeps rising, so there is no need to give massive scholarships to National Merit Scholars. 30,000 a year is still a hefty number. Northeastern is giving money to people who are in the top 25% of the applicant pool and cannot give as much to the top 5%.</p>
<p>Who knows if Northeastern will drop merit scholarships in the distant future and just give financial aid, like the top tier colleges do.</p>
<p>Would a 33 ACT superscore, 95/100 GPA unweighted, strong essay, strong ECs, and solid recommendations be good enough to be accepted and get a merit scholarship?</p>
<p>Applying regular decision</p>