Northeastern University 2020 RD

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Hi All,

This thread is for any discussion/decisions for RD admissions this year!

The official decision date is by April 1st, but historically decisions are released earlier, likely within the range of 3/10 to 3/26 of this year. It will also likely be a Wednesday, though it has been Tuesday/Thursday in the past. Best guesses would be 3/18 or 3/25. Decisions will roll out over a single day geographically radiating out from Boston starting around 4PM EST. A small group of acceptances tend to be released mid-February, but this is a tiny fraction of the applicant pool.

Some notes for those hearing back:

Release Times

Waves are released hourly on the hour, loosely by geography. Decisions are available on the portal on the hour with emails often coming 30 minutes or more after decisions are available, so if you’re anxious to hear back I’d recommend checking hourly around when your location is expected to hear back. Here are some estimated time ranges:

New England: 4-6PM EST
NY/NJ: 5-6PM EST
Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, etc): 6-7PM EST
Southern States + Midwest: 7-8PM EST
West Coast: 8-9PM EST
International: Varies

Posting Decisions

To all those posting decisions, including the following info would be greatly helpful to people this year and especially in future years. The hope is to compile this information to give some numbers to future applicant pools. Feel free to post as much information of this as you are comfortable with. It shouldn’t have to be said, but numbers do not define you, this is only for statistical purposes :slight_smile:

Decision (and if deferred EA):
SAT/ACT (Superscore):
GPA (UW/W + Scale Info):
State/Country:
Major:
Did you apply for FA?:
Honors/NMF/etc?:

Thanks and good luck to everyone!

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Good luck to everyone else applying!

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Is the mid feb release going to come out today? Doubt I would get it but just wondering.

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@DrSenioritis It’s possible but could be the next few weeks. It’s also possible they don’t do it this year, so generally I would plan for 3/25 to be safe and not get hopes up.

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I honestly think there’s a strong chance we could hear on the 11th since last year they were released on the 13th. Northeastern has never really released decisions that late in March. But my bets are on the 18th.

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Daughter deferred EA
SAT 1480
GPA 4.2 (mostly honors and AP)
150+ service hours
Swim coach for students with special needs
Unified basketball team peer athlete
Three sport athlete (basketball, soccer, tennis) captain
NHS, Stduent council,Latin club
Part time job
EMT
Shadowing nurses

Strong LOR according to the teachers who wrote them

Any ideas on chances for RD?

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Any guess on what the overall acceptance rate might be this year? This year seems like another competitive year for Northeastern.

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Last year it was 18%. I would say anywhere between 16 and 19% is a good estimate for this year.

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if you were deferred EA is it uncommon to get scholarship money for merit?

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@maeganwood Many deferred EA/accepted RD applicants have received merit in the past.

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I got deferred EA with 32 ACT and 3.93 UW GPA, applying for business/cybersecurity. I wrote a LOCI. Does the major I apply for affect decision? Contemplating changing to international business if it will increase chances- or may be too late.

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@user1130 College/major has no effect on admission (except for Bouvé and some CAMD majors).

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anyone else get an email asking for more financial aid documents? i applied EA so it’s weird for them to ask now… is this a good sign?

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Our son received email today stating a record number of outstanding apps are being reviewed; they appreciate his interest as part of that group; and asked if he has decided to enroll elsewhere then withdraw his app; if still interested, no additional action is needed; admission decisions to be released no later than April 1.

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I created an account just to reply to yours. :slight_smile:

My daughter also received the same e-mail today. I’m not sure what to think either way and wondered if there is anyone else here to shed some light.

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@momn2024 @oaksinfog They send out that email every year. If an applicant has been accepted ED elsewhere or has otherwise committed to attend another college s/he should withdraw their application to Northeastern. Why waste an acceptance on someone who has no intention of enrolling.

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Thank you very much. This is the first time through this and Northeastern is one of the top choices.

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My D was deferred in EA. On Feb. 25 she received the email asking for one additional financial aid form - the “Asset Clarification Form - Parent(s).” At the top left it has “CBFinAid ID:_____________” - anyone know what that is/where I find it? Not sure if CB stands for College Board? I emailed them but no reply yet other than autoreply saying it may take several days til they reply - maybe I will call.

She did not recently receive the email mentioned above saying they received a record number of outstanding apps and if she has decided to enroll elsewhere then withdraw her app.

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Yes, the CBFinAid ID is your unique identifier when you have created/submitted your CollegeBoard CSS Profile for Financial aid that some schools require. It is also used to sign in to the IDOC system for uploading tax docs.

From College Board:

“To see your CBFinAid ID:
Sign in to your CSS Profile account: https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org .
Click Dashboard at the top right corner of the screen.
Your CBFinAid ID will appear in the top right corner of the screen.”

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Thank you, @oaksinfog