Do you know for sure that you are full pay? We got nothing from any other school, but Northeastern was quite generous. I don’t know if it’s because they consider having multiple kids in college or if they don’t penalize as much for a 529, but we were pleasantly surprised. If you still have the opportunity, it would be worth doing the pre-read. That way if your student applies EA and gets deferred, you can make an educated decision about whether to switch to ED2.
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Does anyone know if the balance of retirement accounts affect institutional aid? The NPC does not ask for the current balance.
I can’t say with 100% certainty, but I don’t believe so.
Are there numbers showing what % of ED accepted kids got the Boston campus as a start?
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Past postings here on CC put the Boston acceptance rate for ED at 35%.
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Thanks. Are there numbers on ED1 vs ED2 for the Boston Campus?
They’ve never broken out ED1 v ED2.
Does anyone know which majors tend to land in Oakland or NU in? Or is that even a factor? My DD will be applying ED2 (assuming she doesn’t get into her ED1) and Boston is her only preferred choice, though they’re making us provide a 2nd and 3rd choice regardless.
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Oakland tends to be more liberal arts programming as Mills college was a small LAC. (You can see their majors on the NU website.) NUIN takes all majors at varying locations. It doesn’t matter anyway bc anything but your first preference is non binding, so consider anything besides a Boston acceptance as a denial as others have shared with you before. For many, they are thrilled to get an “in” to NU even if they need to spend a semester abroad (and often find it an amazing experience.) your child can just turn down their offer if they are not offered Boston.
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