National Merit Scholarship

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>Hey I was looking at scholarship opportunities for National Merit Finalists as I am a semifinalist and am hoping to advance to Finalist standing. I came across one scholarship for Northeastern (link here Scholarships</a> | Admissions, under National Scholarships) and I am not sure what to make of it. I'm new to this whole process and I don't know if it means $30,000 per year, or 30K total. Also, does anyone know how much money people typically make from the co-op program there?</p>

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<p>You might also want to ask on the NEU forum (under Alphabetic list of colleges).</p>

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<p>The scholarship is $30,000/year. It used to be full tuition, but this year it’s only $30,000. That still leaves about $25,000/year for your COA. </p>

<p>What people make from co-ops vary, but from what I hear the average might be around $10,000/semester. </p>

<p>This link might help you some
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/169259-co-op-northeastern.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/169259-co-op-northeastern.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>ah, are you sure it’s only 30,000 this year?</p>

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<p>Info can be found here:</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>

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<p>It’s $30,000, but they are also saying it can be combined with other merit scholarships. Someone on the Northeastern forum said that they talked to someone in admissions who said combinations could add up to full tuition.
Since this is the first year with this, though, it is hard to say what will actually happen with this. I am really pleased with my experience at Northeastern, though, and a big reason I chose it was because the full tuition scholarship made it financially viable. So I am kind of sad that they are ditching this scholarship.
However, they do now have the University Scholars Program, which is competitive and offers full tuition. NM students who are also strong in general would be good candidates for this, as well.</p>