<p>Has this happened to anyone else? It seems odd to me that NU claims to admit top 10% of applicants to Honors and that they will consider top 25% for merit scholarship but D disn't get a merit scholarship notification.......</p>
<p>merit is really based on sat score…so through her work in school, she may be top 10% of the incoming class…but because of her sat score, yeah.</p>
<p>Merit is not just based on SAT score, actually. My SAT score was really really good, and I got 14k instead of 16k. It’s an overall decision.</p>
<p>If it helps: Her SAT score is 2220 and unweighted GPA is 3.9.</p>
<p>It can’t hurt to call NEU Admissions and ask about this. Those stats sound pretty good.</p>
<p>Similar situation here, but the other way around. I got a very good merit scholarship, but no honors program.</p>
<p>Honors is top 10 percent in that major, merit money is an overall. Merit money is sometimes used for students from another geographic region they want, a top student in a major they want to boost, etc. A lot of factors other than percentage go into the merit money decision.</p>
<p>Well, after some searching, I found this on the NEU finaid so I think I <em>will</em> be giving admissions a call:</p>
<p>Dean’s Scholarship-Partial Tuition
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern who are in the top twenty-five percent of the accepted applicant pool.
Award Amount
$5,000 - $16,000</p>
<p>Excellence Scholarship-Partial Tuition
Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern who are in the top twenty-five percent of the accepted applicant pool.
Award Amount
$5,000- $10,000</p>