@mageecrew did you have to apply separately fo the merit aid or were we all considered with our regular application?
@Floridaball If your Northeastern determined need is $37,000 and you get $27,000 in merit you may get an additional $10,000 in need based grants and federal loans. If your total need is $10,000 and you get $27,000 in merit aid there will ne no additional need based grant.
Accepted into Honors Program with ~40k per year in grants/scholarships
SAT: 1440
GPA: ~3.85 UW, 4.25 W
CLASS RANK: Not Given
Major: Linguistics
I’m honestly really surprised, as my EC’s and such were not very impressive…my unimpacted major helped a lot I’m sure. But I’m really excited to have gotten in, yay! Congrats to everyone else who got in!
Accepted to the Bouve College of Health Sciences Honor’s Program with a $64,000 scholarship:) I did not apply for merit aid but happy I received some. My ACT was only a 31 but I think my GPA/rank/E.C’s made me stand out. Also, I’m from NY.
Deferred: International Studies
ACT: 33 (super score 34)
SAT:1860 (R+M: 1290)
GPA: Weighted 97.13 out of 100, Unweighted 93 out of 100
EC: Eagle Scout, Boys State, Mock Trial Team, Student Government Vice President, National Honor Society,Debate Club and Model UN, Volunteer during political campaigns, intern at law firm and work 2 part time jobs
IB Diploma Student (6 IBs) and 5 APs with all advanced classes since sophomore year with the exception of language and English
Also accepted into Honors program, came in a separate email after my acceptance
@Floridaball Merit aid is considered in awarding financial aid. For example: let’s say school costs $50k, and my EFC is $30k. If I receive $20k in merit aid, I’ll now only get $10k or so in grant aid to match the gap. They will not meet your original FA needs in addition to the scholarship (because obviously your ability to pay goes up when you receive a scholarship). However, they might be more likely to use just grants to meet that $10k now (meaning all of your aid is gift aid), whereas a package of just FA would likely include loans and work-study before any grants.
@macaronnie No separate application for merit aid.
@macaronnie I don’t believe my daughter filled out a separate application… I wasn’t sure though so I looked it up. On the NU website it says: “Students who are in the top 10-15% of our applicant pool are considered for competitive merit awards, including the prestigious Dean’s Scholarship. Recipients are awarded between $5,000 and $25,000 annually. All fall freshman applicants for undergraduate admission to Northeastern are considered.”
Edit - I’m a little bit of a slow typer! I see @TomSrOfBoston already answered a while back 
My son got accepted EA into NUin Engineering program today.
Oh, ok! I was paranoid I clicked the wrong button because I was on mobile.
Floridaball, CSS is different than FAFSA - it takes into account assets FAFSA doesn’t. https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/finance/know-college-financial-aid-applications/
@da30ny Congrats! Any stats you have about his application would be helpful
From twitter
NUAdmissions @NUAdmissions 29s
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All EA decisions have been released! Welcome to each and every #NUHusky!
Decision: Accepted to Honors with 21K Scholarship
Objective:
SAT (breakdown): 1540 (760R 780M)
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 Physics, 660 Chem
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35E 35M 34R 35S)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21/611 (Top 4%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (3) Stats (5) APUSH (3) English Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
Honors Design and Development
Spanish 3-4
AP English Lit
AP US Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Physics
Technical Theater
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Illinois State Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction
PLTW EDD Illinois State Finalist
National Merit Semifinalist
RYLA
Mock Trial:
Top 8 ISBA Mock Trial State
22nd Empire World Championships
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mock Trial (4 years, captain for 2)
Church youth leader (4 years)
Math Club (4 years)
Bartlett Peer Leaders (2 years)
Student Advisory Board (2 years)
NHS (1 year)
Job/Work Experience:
Little League Umpire, 3 years
Grocery Stocker, 20 hours a week, year and a half
40 our Civil Engineering Internship
Volunteer/Community service:
5 mission trips to New Orleans, Mexico, Detroit
Various school/church service projects
200+ hours total
Summer Activities:
Mission trips, work, summer camps
Essay (rating 1-10, details):
Common App: 9, very emotional story about overcoming self doubt with music, humorous as well, easily the best thing I’ve ever written.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): PLTW Teacher, 8, she was very helpful and could speak to my experience working as a team and competing in the State competition but also may have noted some flaws (Only one submitted to fordham)
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): English Teacher, 9, very sweet young teacher, loved having discussions with me in and outside of class, spoke to my non-technical and more social side.
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): 9, she said she spent more time on it then any other rec
Additional Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): Mock Trial Coach, 9, I’m one of the best mockers he has had but the rec got submitted October 31st so I do not know how detailed it was.
Additional Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): Associate Pastor, 10, her and I have a amazing relationship and she has seen me grow both spiritually and as a person, likely a glowing recommendation.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Engineering Physics
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: Competetive STEM program inside large semi-decent public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflections:
Strengths: Test Scores, Rank/weighted GPA, National Merit, Common App essay
Weaknesses: Supplemental(s), lack of leadership positions, not sure about teacher recs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected: Scores, NMSF
Where else were you accepted/deferred/waitlisted/rejected:
Admitted: ASU, UCF, UNM, UM, Loyola, SLU, Rose-Hulman, Fordham
Waiting: Case Western, Colorado College, UCLA, Vandy, Augustana, Valpo
General Comments (if any):
Northeastern includes merit aid in your need package so I can’t afford it lmao
@TomSrOfBoston My son got accepted into NUin Engineering. No mention of any scholarship. We did not apply for Financial Aid, but we did the Micro Scholarship with Raise.me. Should it be mentioned in the Admissions letter?
Is anyone else having problems logging onto application status portal?
Congratulations to all those accepted and best of luck to those deferred!
@Tastoosh Yes I can’t seem to log in either -
@Kramer1 ACT 35, weighted GPA 4.0/unweighted 3.7. 4 AP classes in Senior year. NHS. No special ECs, but fluent in 4 languages.