Accepted ED today!!!
29 ACT
3.8 UW GPA
Top 10%
5 AP courses and tests total
Volunteer and internship experience in hospitals
Recently got hired in a pharmacy
Involved in music (leadership) and theater
I showed interest in the Nor’easters and visited campus in October
Thank you NEU!!!
Congratulations to all who were accepted!!! 
I hope EAs hear back next Tuesday. I’ll be anxiously waiting until then!
When do you find out if you getcscholsrships?
@frostieman Correct, in fact it doesn’t hurt your ability to do three co-ops at all. My brother is a finance major and will be starting his second co-op next semester as a 3rd year student.
@Heartmade I think EAs will hear back on the 15th, one week from today. That’s how it has been in the past
Decision: Accepted (Dean’s Scholarship, 16k/yr)
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 34C (36E, 28M, 35R, 35S)
SAT II: 720 Lit, 610 Math 2, something like a 560 in BioE
GPA: 3.8 UW, 4.2 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Art History (4), AP English Language & Composition (5), AP United States History (4), AP Computer Science A (3, did not submit), AP Biology (3, did not submit)
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.): None really to speak of…I don’t think that AP Scholar things count.
Extracurriculars: Member of a competitive programming team, work for student literary magazine, tutor kids in math and science online
Job/Work Experience: 1 yr paid internship at a county government office, currently work for family run healthcare IT magazine as an editor and social media manager, currently work for an online publication with over 300 articles published to-date
Volunteer/Community service: 80+ hours at county government office, 40+ hours at a local film festival, 100+ hours at libraries across a couple of different counties, 20+ hours for local non-profits
Summer Activities: Mostly worked through the summer, but last year I attended a 14-day residential competitive programming camp at the University of Central Florida on scholarship
Essays: No supplemental, my common app essay was basically about how growing up in a small town has taught me a lot about tolerating intolerant people, learning from different people, accepting others, etc etc. I was told that it was good, I’d rate it a 7.5-8/10.
Teacher Rec #1: I imagine it would be strong. From my competitive programming coach and former AP CS instructor. Likes me a whole lot, but I don’t know if he’s a good writer. I’d rate this 7.5-8/10 too.
Teacher Rec #2: n/a
Counselor Rec: From my dad, since I’m homeschooled. He’s an English teacher and obviously he has a lot of reason to like me so I imagine it was good, haha. 9/10.
Other Rec: From a former employer, who really really likes me. He studied law up in Boston and he really wanted me to go to school up north. 8-8.5/10.
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: homeschooled
Ethnicity: Mixed (White/Filipino)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Mom left when I was a baby, so raised by a single dad. Around 40k/yr.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I can think of, other than maybe that I’m homeschooled?
Reflection:
Strengths: ACT score, a lot of work and volunteer experience
Weaknesses: Hate that I don’t have any major awards and I wish that my SAT II scores were stronger (I almost cried at my Bio score)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Unique overall high school experience maybe? I don’t know
Man, I’m absolutely thrilled to get up to Boston!!! The last thirty minutes have had a lot of gratuitous swearing and general excitement from my family. Good luck to all EA/RD/deferred applicants!
I got deferrred, it it realy going to be April 1st that I hear?
Congratulations to all! So ED on a Thursday at 8 PM. There is a good chance that EA decisions will come out next week: Tuesday? Thursday? I would not hazard a guess.
Congrats everyone that got in ED! If you got deferred, absolutely don’t give up hope - as others have mentioned, deferral is common in EA/ED and you still have a chance RD.
Does anyone know how to check money or scholarship?
Congrats everyone who got accepted! Can’t wait another week for my desicion ahh
@MichaelA1327 There should be a separate tab on the decision page for financial aid/ scholarships
@MichaelA1327 When I open up my decision page on the left side of the screen there are different documents that you can open. One says ‘Scholarship’ and there’s also a ‘Financial Aid’ one.
In other news, I’m interested in seeing more decisions so we can all put the issue to rest re: NEU’s new honors program.
My son got it ED!! We are thrilled.
SAT: 1540
ACT:34
Weighted GPA 3.9 (unweighted 3.6). Had an upward trend in grades. First quarter senior year GPA was very high.
Merit semifinalist (and likely to be a finalist), math honors society, Robotics Club - lead programer, Debate team, some volunteer work.
AP Physics (4)
AP Comp Sci (5)
Currently taking AP Economics Macro and Micro, AP Calculus BC, & AP Physics C
Visited school 2x. E-mailed admissions counselor to show interest.
Did anyone get into honors program? Any info on that? Congrats to all the EDs!
My S got in! Here are some of his stats.
Decision: Accepted (Northeastern University Grant, 22k/yr)
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 32C (30E, 36M, 26R, 35S)
SAT II: 740 Chemistry, 800 Math 2
GPA: 3.78 UW, 4.25 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry, AP Latin, AP United States Government
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Psychology, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Physics C, Reading Literature:Film, Symphonic Band, Latin 5
Extracurriculars: Boy Scouts (Assistant Senior Patrol Leader, should finish Eagle in spring), Marching Band (section leader), various local wind ensembles
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: 80+ hours at a health care company, 40+ hours at school events, many hours in Boy Scouts, Jazz Festival Volunteer, other various local non-profits
Summer Activities: Previous summer 6 weeks at Carnegie Mellon High School Game Academy, Boy Scout camps, High School Marching Band Camp.
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: College prep public school
Gender: Male
EA’s will also likely come earlier in the day next Thursday, around 3-4 PM according to previous years
Congrats to all ED applicants who got in - did anyone get scholarships/honors college admission?
@engineur I received a Dean’s Scholarship but I don’t think there’s any word on the honors college yet. That’s been a big question mark for the class of 2021 and I imagine it will remain one at least until EA decisions are released.
How many of you guys posted a linkedin profile link? I just added mine (EA applicant). AND CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT IN!