@Amrfootball The 40k is per year, plus the other 6k or so of tuition is covered by work study and a small loan 
I donāt think I got into the Scholars program, at least it didnāt say anything I donāt think!
@dyu12345 yeah Iāll def post shortly for you and anyone that would like em!
@ptkid16 did you apply separately for the scholarship or did they just give it to you?
Rejected
Major: Undeclared
GPA: 3.4W (2.8 freshman year, 3.4 sophomore year, 3.8 junior year, looking at about a 4.6 for senior year but thatās not final yet), school doesnāt calculate UW but thatās probably close to 3.2?
ACT: 33
APs: didnāt start taking any until senior year, but I am currently enrolled in AP Psych, AP Environmental Science and AP Art History
Extracurriculars: 3 years in mock trial, 2 years in art club, 2 years in book club, 1 year in clay club; 2 years of volunteering at a dog rescue, began working at a restaurant in August
Ughā¦ sucks to think that one horrific year is probably what stopped meā¦
@seniorsam123 sounds like ptkid16 received financial aid, not merit scholarships.
@suzyQ7 Would financial aid info be included this early? I though most of that didnāt come out until April?
The financial aid award is tentative based on CSS profile. May be adjusted after FAFSA is submitted after Jan 1.
They did ask for the CSS and I thought that was for a preliminary FA offer.
@seniorsam123 @suzyQ7 Itās a combination of demonstrated need and academic achievement it said.
@ptkid16 Congratulations! Just to be clear, not saying that it wasnāt a wonderful accomplishment, but people often get confused on posts that say āscholarshipā - that term is interchangeable with āmerit scholarshipā meaning not associated or related to need based aid. Its not normal for colleges to offer merit awards not related to financial need during the ED selection. Why would they? If you donāt qualify for need and are applying early decision, then you are saying you will attend, regardless of the price. They donāt need to sweeten the deal with merit only awards. When you are eligible for FA, they may mix the FA award with some merit dollarsā¦but not an all merit award for ED.
http://www.northeastern.edu/financialaid/aid/undergraduateyouraward/
Student Type: Awarding Timeline:
Freshman Early Decision December 15
Freshman Early Action December 31
Freshman Regular Decision April 1
"You will be notified electronically once your financial aid award is available. Financial aid awards for first year students are released in coordination with your offer of admission, provided all required documents have been received. "
^Lots of schools give merit aid to ED candidatesā¦having nothing to do with FA.
^ Right, I didnāt make it clear whom I was replying to. Iāve edited to address that.
@HRSMom really? That surprises meā¦ why would they?
Decision: Accepted
Major: Health Sciences
Objective:
[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[] Weighted GPA: 4.28
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesnāt rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Lit (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Syracuse University (SUPA) English, AP Psych, AP Spanish, AP Biology, Calculus, Creative Writing
[li] Awards: National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Award of Excellence [/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): International Thespian Society (Vice President), Spanish Honor Society (Event Coordinator), Yearbook Committee (Editor), National Honor Society, Social Justice Club, Peer Leadership, Student Government Association
[] Job/Work Experience: assistant in childrenās cooking classes (July 2012-present), camp counselor at YMCA (June 2015- August 2015)
[] Volunteer/Community service: childrenās figure skating coach (3 years)
[] Summer Activities: camp counselor at YMCA (see ājob/work experienceā)
[] Essays: Iāve been told it was well written. Maybe not perfect, but definitely thoughtful and polished
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 strong letters
[li] Counselor Rec: strong[/li]
Other
[]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket (mention if FA candidate):
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy (father attended for Masterās)[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: visited campus 4 times, legacy, met with professor at Bouve, personally contacted regional admissions officer
[] Weaknesses: my ACT score is in the range, but not a stand-out
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: demonstrated interest and evidence of initiative
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NU was my first and last school!
@dyu12345 here are my stats as promised!
Decision: Accepted (Physical Therapy), 40k per year
SAT I (breakdown): 2110 / 1340 (670, 670, 770)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 630 Chem
GPA: 97.89 UW, 100.4 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/584 UW, 9/584 weighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Physics 1 (4), English Lang. and Comp (4), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Calc AB, Chem, English Lit, Macroeconomics, Latin V Honors, Chamber Orchestra
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing huge. Harvard and Brandeis book awards, Selected for Area-All State orchestra 3 years and principal violist, honored by county board for article published in regional newspaper, Social Studies, English and Music class distinction awards, NHS&Tri-M honor societies.
Extracurriculars: Yearbook Club (Editor-in-chief 2 years in a row, 4 year member) Elite youth orchestra violist, Fiddle Club (President, 4 year member), Recycling Club (Vice President 2 years, 4 year member), Girl Scout working towards Gold Award (bringing music therapy resources to a local hospital), Co-Catechist for 9th grade religion class, youth rep. on Churchās pastoral council, violist on music ministry
Job/Work Experience: Seasonal street musician (17 hours a week or so in the summer). Use money to pay for music tours abroad with fiddle club/ youth orchestra.
Volunteer/Community service: weekly volunteer at PT clinic (450 hours and counting)
Summer Activities: took Neurobiology through Harvard summer 2015, Global Public Health through American summer 2014; also a camp counselor for a week at church camp
Essays: Common App was really unique and screamed me. Wrote about why I love airports and music and connected the two in an insightful way I think.
Teacher Rec #1: Very strong. 10/10 I hope. From my Latin teacher who has had me all four years.
Teacher Rec #2: n/a
Counselor Rec: Very strong again I imagine. She has a TON of students but she knows me very well.
Additional Rec: from a physical therapist where I volunteer. Pretty strong I think, added a new perspective.
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: parents divorced. mom (who I live with full time) under 50k, dad a little over 100, not sure how that works for aid.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Reflection:
Strengths: gpa/ranking, ECs
Weaknesses: test scores could be stronger, worried I wouldnāt stand out at all
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: no idea i feel really lucky and honored!
Best of luck EA applicants!!
Merit awards, including Scholars, and preliminary need based awards are made to ED and EA applicants. I do not believe any CCāer has posted that they received Scholars but only a small percentage of applicants frequent this site.
@suzyQ7 on some visits, this question has been asked. What I heard them say is that their standard for the Merit is what it is. If you qualify, great. It is not necessarily hurting you to go ED.
I even saw someone earlier in this thread got accepted with some merit $.
So while it seems odd bc we presume the $ is to entice you, I think at least some schools distribute it fairly, even if you are already committed!
@HRSMom Thanks. Too bad they donāt really quantify what that standard is - merit is somewhat holistic too.Iāve seen huge ranges in merit awards from NEU threads - kids with high stats getting low merit and honors and kids with semi-high stats getting more merit and no honors, for example. I havenāt seen any posts that show exclusive merit - the ones in previous threads have said āapplied for FAā = Yes.
It seems like a big risk applying ED if you are a strong contender for merit (stats wise - say 34 ACT & 3.9GPA) because there is no guarantee and then you are locked in. From all Iāve read, merit is a way to ābuy statsā and entice high stat studentsā¦ which is hard to reconcile with the fact that you are locked in with ED and theyāve already āgot youā.
@HRSMom @suzyQ7 Yeah, I think HRS mom is right because they said my familyās EFC is 20k, but we calculated it and itās a bit higher so itās probably a combination of need and merit. So I think they were just being nice!
OMG the decisions came out? I applied EA but havenāt received anything yetā¦ Which decisions came out? ED or EA?