ED came out. Based on last year, people expect EA on Tuesday!
@confusedsenior28 It was ED. EA expected next Tues if they follow last year’s pattern.
Amazing thank you @CAMidwestMom
My son was accepted yesterday!
Decision: Accepted, received Northeastern Achievement Award Scholarship to begin sophomore year
Major: Psychology
Objective:
[] ACT: 34
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[] Weighted GPA: n/a - school doesn’t weight
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parentheses): History (4) English Language (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP French, AP Calc AB, Honors English Elective, Psychology, Graphic Arts IV
[li] Awards: Academic Excellence in French IVH; National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ukulele Club (President), Technology Ambassador (Created Position and works closely with Tech department to implement and evaluate tech across entire K-12 school), French Exchange, self taught guitar, piano and ukulele.
[] Job/Work Experience: Internship in software company freshman summer, pizza delivery for last 6 months, started business to sell hand painted ukuleles online
[] Volunteer/Community service: women’s abuse center assistant, volunteer at soup kitchen
[] Summer Activities: 2015 - Northeastern Summer Program (received As in both Econ and Psych classes), 2014 - Business program in China - through Summer Discovery, 2013 - Marketing Intern at software company,
[] Essays: great essay - very unique - answered prompt about failure. Described metalworking process in designing rings made out of quarters. - also sent a photo book portfolio to showcase art/photography projects
[] Teacher Recommendation: 2 very strong letters
[] Counselor Rec: strong
[] Asked NU Psych professor from summer class to send in a recommendation
[li] Sent follow-up letter with links to piano videos and updates on grades and custom ukulele painting business (sold on Etsy)[/li]
Other
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket (mention if FA candidate):
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: visited campus, attended summer program and excelled in both classes, received a recommendation from summer professor at NU,
[] Weaknesses: gpa could have been higher
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: demonstrated interest, lots of initiative with sending in supplemental information (portfolio, follow up letter to admissions)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: n/a - he did not apply to any schools that were rolling admissions. We will now withdraw other applications!
Hi all! I posted my stats yesterday, but I realized that I left some details out that may have been kind of important in my selection.
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 doesn’t 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, monthly externship at local hospital, Her Campus high school ambassador
[] Job/Work Experience: assistant in children’s cooking classes (July 2012-present), camp counselor at YMCA (June 2015- August 2015)
[] Volunteer/Community service: children’s figure skating coach (3 years)
[] Summer Activities: camp counselor at YMCA (see “job/work experience”)
[] Essays: I’ve 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 Master’s)[/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!
Best of luck to EA and RD applicants!
I got accepted to NUin
UW GPA from Freshman to Junior year: 3.579
SAT: 1930
Decent EC
The money I received from Northeastern ($15,000 per year for four years) was DEFINITELY merit based and not need based. Prior to applying early decision, I contacted several admissions officers who said that early decision applicants were still eligible for receiving merit scholarships. This money was absolutely not financial aid. I did not receive any financial aid. It was a Dean’s Scholarship.
Quoted directly from my acceptance: “The Dean’s Scholarship has been awarded to you in recognition of your outstanding academic achievement in high school and reflects our expectation of superior performance at Northeastern.”
@HRSMom is correct in what she has been saying.
I see a lot of you describing your teacher/counselor recommendations as ‘strong’. Out of curiosity, how do you know they’re strong? Just based on the assumed skill level of the teacher or did they let you read them?
I don’t know who started this idea that Northeastern doesn’t give merit aid to ED but it is not true. The same standards for merit aid applies to ED, EA and Scholars. Last year a couple of ED acceptees posted that they had received Scholars and their stats and profile were outstanding. Dean’s scholarships generally go to the top 25% of admitted students. Merit aid rewards meritorious performance and is not a “bribe” to attend.
Well said @TomSrOfBoston thank you! 
@kunyi98 what race/ethnicity are you? and where are you from (i.e. state/country)?
On the topic of a potential incongruity between honors and merit scholarships: I believe that they are determined separately, so whoever is reading the applications for each may have different things that they’re looking for, and there’s also always chance involved.
I found out what a css profile was today and I applied EA. Is that going to be a problem regarding admissions?
@TomSrOfBoston Do you recall the various merit amounts given? We have one acceptance on the thread now with $15/yr so far.
@nishaus admissions, no…but financial aid, possibly. unless you are full-pay then i strongly suggest you contact northeastern asap to sort that out, because if you don’t soon and you get accepted you may get very little to no aid.
@nishaus it just means that you will not get a tentative aid award along with your admissions decision because you needed to have submitted the CSS by 12/1 for them to have time to process a tentative award. It doesn’t mean you won’t get financial aid if you are admitted and eligible. It’s a timing thing with respect to when you will know what that aid is or is not. http://www.northeastern.edu/financialaid/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EA-FA-Checklist_NU-Logo.pdf
Thank you @halflokum and @17anddreaming !!! I was so afraid I screwed up really badly.
For those already accepted through ED, how do you know that you have been awarded merit based scholarships?
@kevinkimmy14 It tells you when you check your decision, I checked on my phone and there was a financial aid tab. I was given 40k/year in grants/scholarships which was due to “a combination of demonstrated need and merit achievements.” it said. So it doesn’t spell it out entirely for you; I just know that it’s more merit than need because my family can afford more than the EFC they determined, so I think you just kinda have to figure it out based on what they tell you.
@kevinkimmy14 There were two separate tabs. One was labeled “Scholarships.” Under this tab, it said I received the Dean’s Scholarship for merit. Another tab was labeled “Financial Aid.” Under this tab, it said I received no financial aid. The two tabs were distinguished