This for all my bois that got rejected!
Accepted! 46k/year
33 ACT, 4.0 UW
Decision: Accepted, connections scholarship, 14k/yr
SAT/ACT: 1570
GPA: 4.5
State/Country: MD
Major: MechE
Did you apply for FA: yes
I was terrified I was going to get deferred for yield protection as a lot of people have, so basically I showed interest in as many ways as possibleā¦ emailed my regional counselor like 3 times with questions I had, submitted a supplemental essay, uploaded my resume, signed up for the newsletter (visited today but that was almost two years ago), etc. Pretty sure thatās what saved me from a deferral, so to anyone reading this with higher stats and looking for advice about how to avoid getting slapped with yield protection, guess Iād just recommend the same strategy as far as showing interestā¦
Kinda disappointed I didnāt get more in terms of money, though, because Northeastern really is one of my top schools. Oh well.
@TomSrOfBoston that is more the phrasing I was going for. My own wording sounds very bad now that Iām looking back. Although, I did show a lot of interest. I visited the school and stayed in contact with one of the tour guides that was answering some of my questions that I didnt have a chance to ask during the tour.
@TomSrOfBoston thank you for the information I was really wondering what happened! We are making more now than 2 years ago but with 1 at WPI, canāt really afford much more than state school, we will see hopefully he will fall in love with Umass Amherst which is rated very high in computer science.
Decision: Deferred
ACT: 34
GPA: 102.15 W
Rank: 8/~318
SAT II: 780 Biology M
IB diploma candidate
IB Math SL Test: 6
Major: Biology
Apply for FA: Yes (by accident)
hello!
I just got accepted to the NU-in program, even though when filling out my application I said I didnāt want to do it.
does anybody know anything about why this might have happened?
thank you!
Accepted w/ 20,000 per year!
SAT/ACT: 1560 (770M, 790R)
GPA: 4.6
State: MD
Major: Mech engineering
Also does anyone know if itās possible to apply to the Honors College or transfer in?
Accepted from UT!!
Honors Program and 30k NHRP scholarship
ACT: 33 superscore
GPA: 3.94 UW
14 APs & 5 IB (total HS)
FA: yes
Major: Political Science and Business Administration
Super excited and would love to go but donāt think scholarship & financial aid will be enough
Decision: Accepted (honors)
Scholarship: 16k/yr
SAT/ACT: 36 (first time)
SAT II: Biology M: 800, Math 2: 800
GPA: 3.9 uw/4.6 w
Rank: 11/817
APs: 10 total
State/Country: NY
Major: Biochemistry
Did you apply for FA: Yes
Activities: 2 summers of research, senior environmental research project, co-president science honor society, bio/chem tutor, bio lab assistant, treasurer of temple youth group, paid educator at temple, JSA member, NHS member
Awards: Many science awards including 2020 Regeneron STS Scholar & 1st in science at 2019 international GENIUS olympiad, commended national merit scholar, AP scholar with distinction
@suzyQ7 do you know what the National Merit Scholarship amount is?
My kidās Honor Scholarship award letter says once named NMF, theyāll get the National Merit scholarship which will supercede the Honors Scholarship already awarded. Honors Scholarship is $30k/yr ($120k total.) Is National Merit more than that?
Decision: Deferred
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.95 unweighted
State: MO
Major: Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (probably not the best choice lol)
Did you apply for FA: Yes
Activities: Stuco spirit leader, tennis captain, senior advisor, admissions ambassador, service trips to Houndorus and U.S.-Mex border, tutored for 2 years at a disadvantaged grade School, and more.
Essays: Well I could say they were good but like everyone says that soā¦
Did you show interest: no. I honestly showed 0 interest which obviously did some damage. NU was never at the top of my list so i didnāt make an effort to meet with my admissions person, go on tour, apply for any programs, etc.
Final thoughts:
Iām not really upset at all. I just didnāt show interest in the school so I kind of feel like I didnāt deserve it. And NU really does deffer A TON of people so like there is hope. Good for the people who made it in tonight! It seems like the admissions board did a good job of making sure that only people who love NU got into NU, not necessarily the cookie-cutter candidates who saw that there was no supplemental essay.
@Mikey2024 Thatās unfortunate. Tour guide contact likely does not get into the official file. Write a good LOCI and hopefully it will work out RD.
Decision: Deferred
SAT/ACT: 33
GPA: 4.0
State/Country: MI
Major: Journalism
Did you apply for FA: yes
Not super disappointed because I did not reach out and make as much as an effort to contact NEU as others and didnāt get the chance to tour.
Decision: Accepted, Deanās Scholarship $22k per year
SAT/ACT: SAT 1500
GPA: 4.6/4 Weighted, 4.0 Unweighted
State/Country: CA
Major: Chemical Engineering
Did you apply for FA?: Yes
@suzyQ7 @curiousme2 I am pretty sure that the $56,000 scholarship is over four years or it includes a need based grant too. Last year the max NMF scholarship was $35,000/year I believe.
Accepted!
1410 SAT
4.14 W GPA
all honors/one AP
Good essay
Club president and good extra curricular
NHS member
Does anyone know how to find merit scholarships? Iām afraid I didnāt get any and NU is so expensive.
Decision: Accepted with Honors, $27k/yr
SAT: 1570 (780 EBR, 790 Math), ACT: 35 (36 Reading and English, 34 Math and Science)
UWGPA: 4.0
WGPA: 5.54/6.0
Rank: 13/334
APs: Biology (5), USGov (4), Chem (5), World (5), Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), French(3), US History (5), Seminar (5)
Current courses: AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Research, AP Human Geo, AP Comp Sci Principles, Film Appreciation and Criticism (also dual enrollment: criminal justice and sociology first semester, both As, and microbio and psych starting next week for second semester)
ECs: cheerleading (captain), Science Honor Society (president), Mission trip last two summers, 63 volunteer hours over the summer at a local hospital, French Honor Society (officer), Future Physicians of America (officer), math tutor since Jan 2019, restaurant hostess (10 hr/wk) since Aug 2019
Awards: AP Capstone Diploma eligible, NMSF pending finalist, honor roll all four years, JHU CTY member, National AP Scholar
Major: Biology
Did you apply need based FA: Yes
Region: MD
Visited campus in August
So excited!!! Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to those deferred!
Thank you. Sounds like itās possible kid will get $5k more per year than current award?