<p>I am a white, male high school senior from Massachusetts.
My school is quite competitive and doesn't do class rank.
My weighted GPA is around a 4.18 / 5
I am the founder of a stock market club at my school with over 100 students
I am part of National Honor Society
On the ACT i got a composite 33 (34 math, 33 reading and writing, 30 science, 9 on the essay)
SATs were not as good: 750 math, 650 writing, 620 reading</p>
<p>Approximately how much can I expect to receive in merit scholarships from Northeastern?</p>
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The top 25 percent of admitted freshman applicants may be considered for competitive merit scholarships, including the prestigious Dean’s Scholarship. These scholarship awards range from $5,000-$25,000 for the first year. In future years, amounts are awarded on a per semester basis, ranging from $5,000-$12,500 per full semester.</p>
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<p>Wow…can someone clarify?</p>
<p>Does the above mean that the award is set for the first year only? And then after the first year, your award “per semester” will be based on grades while at the school? If so, that is kind of shocking. </p>
<p>5000 per year isn’t even that much for a top 25% student at a school that costs nearly 60k per year.
I think it only guarantees aid for a year then they go through the process again based on year 1 grades. </p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Northeastern, and was awarded a generous Dean’s scholarship. The scholarships are awarded as an annualized amount (e.g. $20,000 per year) but are actually applied on a per-semester basis. A $20,000 awardee would get their scholarship applied at a rate of $10,000 per semester for 8 semesters.</p>
<p>Merit scholarships are renewed as long as you meet the GPA requirements and are attending full-time. </p>
<p>I only knew one student who received merit aid from Northeastern - he received the Dean’s Scholarship. He was Valedictorian and had around a 2350 SAT. He’s currently attending Princeton. Northeastern was very selective at our high school (Greater Boston) - I think around 65 kids applied, and only about 5 got in. I was accepted and was given very lousy aid relative to other schools of similar calibre. </p>
<p>Wow. That actually surprises me. My school has pretty high acceptance at Northeastern (about 120/280 over last 5 years). Pretty competitive school in a good area.
What similar schools gave you better money?</p>
<p>My son’s stats were maybe a tad better. Weighted GPA 102.95, ACT of 35, class rank 5/91 at a very competitive private school. He and two other classmates applied to Northeastern, and all three were accepted and are attending. My son and another student were offered $22k, the third $16k. We asked for reconsideration in light of a higher award from another school under serious consideration, and Northeastern raised his award to the maximum $25k per year for the Dean’s Scholarship.</p>
<p>Northeastern is definitely attracting attention from students in our area. In addition to the kids attending from our son’s private school, we also know of some that are attending from our public high school, too, all very high caliber students.</p>
<p>In addition to the Dean’s scholarship, Northeastern offers a $30,000/year scholarship to NMF’s and the Scholars program which is a full tuition scholarship. These merit awards cannot be stacked. </p>
<p>Northeastern has become significantly more competitive in the past 5 years. </p>
<p>@tomofboston - just to make sure I’m reading your post correctly… So, NMScholars get full tuition? Is that automatic or do the NMSs have to compete for full tuition slots? </p>
<p>@FromMD, National merit finalists are awarded a $30,000 scholarship, which is NOT full tuition. Current tuition is just under $43,000 per year.</p>
<p>The “University Scholars Program” is a separate scholarship that IS full tuition. Everyone applying by the regular decision deadline is eligible for this, but it is very selective, limited to 75 students (out of 2800 freshman year spots).</p>
<p>The link provided in a previous reply will give you more information about these programs.</p>
<p>My grades are decent, but they are nowhere near as good as the students saying that they are receiving the deans scholarship and such. I guess all I can do is hope for the best. It’s too late to get my gpa up much more at this point. I’ll just keep improving my grades so that they can see my growth as high school went on. </p>
<p>I see in another thread that you’ve applied EA to the business school. Good luck! I have no idea how Northeastern chooses whom to accepts or how they offer their money, so why not to you? Nothing ventured, nothing gained!</p>
<p>@Frommd; RPIA is right. while some Scholars are NMF’s, you do not have to be an NMF to get Scholars. Conversely, Being NMF does not guarantee Scholars. They are two separate scholarships. </p>
<p>IMHO the first response by KKmama was a bit too snarky for CC. </p>
<p>Of course any dummy can Google. I am sure the OP was interested in getting a sense of what real people had experienced, not what the college publishes on its web stie.</p>