<p>AU is not guaranteed NM money. GW offers a guaranteed $15k, don’t know what the cutoff date is for the student to specify them as first choice. Northeastern is competitive full tuition, ditto about cutoff notification date. U Mass-Amherst is in-state full tuition competitive, Brandeis is capped at $2k. </p>
<p>superorange, I’d call the AU office directly and ask them for info on the stats of their past winners relative to the amount of money awarded. See if your GPA and SAT/ACT scores are comfortably in range.</p>