<p>How competitive is the National Merit scholarship once you've been accepted as a National Merit finalist? Do the vast majority of those that apply earn the scholarship or is the percentage somewhat low?</p>
<p>If you’re referring to the full tuition scholarship for National Merit Finalists, it’s not competitive. My son is a Finalist and he received notification that as a Finalist he would receive the scholarship. He was also admitted into the honors program due to his NMF status. IMO it’s a pretty great deal!</p>
<p>Alright, thanks! I’m planning on visiting this summer (I know it’s not the best to visit in the summer, but don’t have time in the fall) and wanted to make sure it was going to be worth it.</p>
<p>I’m betting Northeastern is probably going to be better than many other schools in terms of visiting in the summer, because there are classes the entire summer so there are always people on campus.
PS - I also have the NM scholarship here and it’s awesome.</p>