Financial aid

How is the financial aid like at Northeastern University and Illinois Institute of Technology? Is it worth applying to as a student from a low income family?

What’s your EFC?
Have you run the NPC?
Northeastern is need aware but meets need, so if they admit you they’ll cover your need.
IIT doesn’t meet need so run the npc and see if they offer merit scholarships (typically to high scorers).

Given the second school listed, you may be looking for Northeastern Illinois University. This is Northeastern University.

@HerculePoirot Northeastern is a bit of a mixed bag on financial aid. What I believe (based on gut not on fact!) is that Northeastern is making a big push to expand its applicant pool out of the Northeast part of the U.S. My son applied last year (and was accepted but did not go) so I followed the threads pretty closely. What I saw was a lot of kids from the Midwest but especially the South and California getting some decent financial aid packages. My suggestion is to show interest early, be up front about the need, and be willing to commit if the “dream school” comes up with a good package that makes it work financially. Best of luck!

Thanks a lot for your advice! It certainly helps to know this. Also, was he interested in an engineer major or something else? The general consensus seems to be that scores of the average engineering student is usually greater than that of students on other fields. I have scored 1570 on the SAT and was wondering if that would be enough.

Every school has a net price calculator on their website. Run those for both schools.

A 1570 is a near perfect score and will be enough for any school. SAT is just one component though - think of it as a check box you have hit. You also need to hit their desired GPA, schedule difficulty, and much more at top schools. For the two schools you listed based on SAT alone, IIT is a safety except for financials, and Northeastern would likely be a match.