Northeastern Scholarship

Paying for College
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<p>Hi, this is my first post here</p>

<p>I have been accepted into Northeastern University and a few other schools now that early action decisions are being released. I was wondering when I would hear about any money that the school would give me. Northeastern is my top school, but I'm afraid that if they dont offer me any financial aid, I wont be able to attend due to costs.</p>

<p>I have a 4.4 weighted GPA, 2010 SAT, 30 ACT</p>

<p>I am majoring in computer engineering</p>

<p>if anyone can give me some insight on this it'd be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Well, you haven’t filed your FA forms yet, have you? FAFSA can’t be filed until after Jan 1st.</p>

<p>EA schools usually give their aid pkgs the same time as RD…in the spring…after students have submitted FAFSA (and CSS if needed).</p>

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<p>ah okay thanks a lot, and no i havent filled out FAFSA and im going to finish CSS some time next week</p>

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<p>For Northeastern, if you would have filed a preliminary CSS by 12/1 they would have given financial aid award with decision. They sent a reminder e-mail in November. If you file your forms later you will still get aid, just hear about it later. Scholarship awards were given with the decision(that’s merit-based.) Except the NMF scholarship, which is awarded later after students advance to that status.</p>

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<p>^Celeste - it was my understanding that if you applied by a certain date you would still be considered for merit scholarships. Is that true or do you find that only those who have applied by date XX/XX/XXXX qualify for consideration?</p>

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<p>Oh sorry. I was just referring to the EA students since OP seems to be one. Northeastern doesn’t seem to be one of the schools that require EA to be merit-aid eligible, though I’m not very knowledgeable about that…</p>

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<p>Actually it says right here that you just need to apply by by the RD deadline of 1/15 to be considered for scholarships.
[Scholarships</a> | Admissions](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/costs/scholarships.html]Scholarships”>http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/costs/scholarships.html)</p>