I was in the IB program which may have helped as well
( Daughter)
Decision : deferred EA /. Accepted with deans scholarship!!
SAT/ACT (Superscore): 33
GPA (UW/W + Scale Info): 3.8 uw / 4.25 w
State/Country: California
Major: Business Admin/Design Dual Major
Did you apply for FA?: yes
Honors/NMF/etc?: Class President, 4 yr athlete (2 jv, 2 varsity), 4 year club soccer athlete ( won level 2 national championship), started her own media company (20k revenue and still growing), Film and Advertising Internships, Girls State Alternate, MS church youth counselor.
I should add - she is not an recruited athlete, nor did she pretend to be one - haha
I think she broke windows in the house screaming with excitement - she was expecting a rejection. We planned an impromptu visit for next week - this could be the one, folks. Hoping for maybe 5 - 10k in aid to square us up for EFC, but overall - we are all beaming with joy
@prouddad2020 darn, I visited all the way from Ohio and got waitlisted.
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My daughter was waitlisted yesterday.
Decision (and if deferred EA): Waitlisted, applied RD
SAT/ACT: no SAT, ACT - 33
GPA (UW/W + Scale Info): 3.86 UW / 4.29 W (IB & AP), class rank 53/750
State/Country: CA
Major:
Did you apply for FA?: No
She did tour campus in person.
jdcalimom
daughter was invited to visit in the fall, but she could not go because she was the videographer for a wedding that weekend. She called her admissions counselor and explained her conflict. As luck would have it, her admissions counselor was planning her own wedding and told her “do not ever back out on a bride!!” D and her counselor just kind of hit it off after that and talked several more times. It was a very happy accident.
Decision (and if deferred EA): D deferred and then accepted (sent LOCI)
SAT/ACT (Superscore): 34 ACT (one sitting)
GPA (UW/W + Scale Info): 3.9+ uw
State/Country: USA
Major: PPE
Did you apply for FA?: yes
Honors/NMF/etc?: Dean’s $14K per year
I got rejected with a 35 ACT and 3.6 UW GPA. My ECs were definitely the highlight of my application. I’ve taught myself over 20 programming languages and I’ve created dozens of CS projects using that. Also, I do a lot of debate and I’m 3rd in the state. The main reason my GPA was so low was because of freshman year. Every year afterwards has gotten much better. I’m not the greatest writer, but I rewrote my Common App essay a dozen times and had it read over by tons of people and I’m confident that it’s a good essay.
I don’t really see how I was rejected. I would have loved to attend Northeastern especially with the significant National Merit Finalist scholarship. I’ve gotten multiple rejections from colleges that I thought I’d get into and I got deferred from Harvard (I wasn’t really expecting to get in but the fact that I got deferred there and rejected here is just confusing). Thankfully, I do have a couple of decent safeties I can go to.
I was accepted ED but just wanna give a tip for future reference:
SHOW YOUR INTEREST TO THE SCHOOL
I had lower stats compared to those who got in, but i literally liked every single post on facebook and wrote a common app main essay specific to Northeastern/my major. I really think that’s what made me get in cuz I had nothing special
Fellow NU.in student if anyone has any questions!
@xinabess
Hi!
I’m a fellow NU.in student! I did NU.in Greece and I loved every second of it. I have a lot of friends that did NU.in and almost every single student says it was the best time of their life. When do you get to go out of the country on your first semester and get to easily travel constantly with friends? That’s the NU.in program. I visited so many countries and learned so much my first semester about other cultures. The only downside is Northeastern isn’t amazing at integrating students back to campus. However, everyone I have met that did NU.in and integrated very well were the ones who put themselves out there and joined clubs, greek life, and sports. As long as you’re willing to put in the effort I 100% recommend NU.in. Was the best first semester I could ask for and I am very much planning on visiting Greece again when I’m older due to that experience.
Decision (and if deferred EA): Didn’t apply EA, Accepted RD!
SAT/ACT (Superscore): 31 ACT
GPA (UW/W + Scale Info): uw: 3.95 w: 4.85
State/Country: IL
Major: Communication Studies and Media and Screen Studies (Combined Major)
Did you apply for FA?: yes! got $32,300 grant/year
Honors/NMF/etc?: All honors classes, 2 APs, 2 year honors society member
Hey guys so I got 37,700 per year and a 10,000 connections scholarship and on the paper it said with all the other stuff my financial award is 55,000.
It says my direct contribution will be 16,000. That’s a whole lot. Can anyone explain how this works? Can I take a loan out? Do I have to pay out of pocket?
@luckyluckyduck It means that Northeastern has determined that your family’s contribution is $16,000 based on the financial information they submitted on FAFSA and the CSS profile. They expect your family to pay that amount.
prouddad2020 I am amazed that my daughter got in (to NUin), honestly! I’m very proud and thrilled for her, of course, but we did not visit the school, she got 27 on the ACT, though has a 4.0 average and lots of APs. She does have a remarkable “spark” about her, which was probably conveyed in the LORs. It was a last-minute decision to apply and she only did because her counselor told her she needed another “reach.” Go figure! I see these kids with amazing test scores who got rejected or waitlisted. It’s all a mystery to me.
Thank you @TomSrOfBoston
Do you happen to know if NMF stack with existing award? or replace it. Basically my 13K award will become 43K? or 30K?
Also I checked NE FinAid site.https://studentfinance.northeastern.edu/applying-for-aid/undergraduate/types-of-aid/scholarships/
For NMF it says “*To be eligible for these Northeastern scholarships, National Merit Finalists must be must be U.S. citizens or documented permanent residents, admitted to Northeastern and should designate Northeastern University as your college choice to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) by the priority deadline of April 4, 2019. We will award our first group of scholarships in early March to students who were admitted Early Action or Early Decision.”
2nd Que I have:
Most colleges have asked to make selection on NMSC site by May 1, but here it says Apr 4th. I may not get results from other colleges before that date. Could you please tell if I am missing something or NE really need me to make selection on NMSC by Apr 4.
Thanks in advance.
Oh my. Guess I’m not going. There’s no way I can afford to pay 16,000 from pocket :(( @TomSrOfBoston
@luckyluckyduck did you or your parents run the net price calculator before applying?
@tpcraigs the NMF scholarship does not stack with the dean’s scholarship.
My daughter was accepted from the waitlist last year for PT major.