*Official EA Thread Class of 2016*

<p>Deferred with a 29 ACT with a 106.9 GPA and 6th in my class of 400, I don’t understand this. Can someone explain why I wasn’t accepted?</p>

<p>Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Deferred
1960 SAT, 3.97 wGPA, lots of ECs</p>

<p>@andybatts - Unfortunately no one can explain, it can be any number of things. They deferred a ton of people so you are not alone. In fact if you look in this thread where people started announcing decisions, people with higher stats than you were also deferred. I’m sure which school you applied to had some impact also. Please don’t dwell on this. Read the admissions blog on Northeast’s website that was posted yesterday, it should make you feel a little better.</p>

<p>@LeslieLu</p>

<p>Sorry to hear that. Got accepted with similar stats, but also had 3 languages, college credits, and overseas experience. Looks like admissions was very competitive this year. I am sure you will get into a good program somewhere.</p>

<p>Andy, I think they are looking heavily on essays, EC’s and especially course difficulty. Also, what college did you apply to? Idk if some are easier than others, but I applied to the social sciences one. Can anyone comment on this?</p>

<p>I applied for International Studies. Have 8 APs total, many ecs, pretty good essay, and had amazing recs. I’m just confused.</p>

<p>That’s weird, but with stats like that I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere better anyway. There was one person who got deferred here and accepted NYU CAS</p>

<p>BU is my number one choice. I would love to get into there, especially after this.</p>

<p>@westie22</p>

<p>Thanks for pointing out the blog. Here is an interesting comparison.</p>

<p>December 2011: “We have completed the evaluation of more than 16,000 Early Action applications we received this year. We are pleased to announce that our Early Action admissions decisions are ready!”</p>

<p>December 2010: “We have completed the evaluation of over 14,000 Early Action applications we received this year. We are pleased to announce that our Early Action admissions decisions are ready!”</p>

<p>2,000 more applicants means 2,000 more denials and deferrals compared to last year, assuming the class size stays the same.</p>

<p>I would bet that the university changes its policy for next year. There are too many people applying EA just to have back-ups, when there are great candidates who really want Northeastern as their school and have to compete with the other applicants. Northeastern should consider ED next year. Think about how different this blog would be!</p>

<p>@Tiger1987</p>

<p>It would probably reduce the number of applicants considerably. I wonder if the increase this year will result in a big increase in total applications. If the percent increase stays the same, NU will get about 50,000 applications total this year.</p>

<p>Tiger- that happens at EVERY school (except super selective ones). One person’s safety is another’s match/reach.
I applied to Pitt as a safety (I knew I most likely would get in) and it became a financial safety when I got a full tuition and engineering scholarship(that I wasn’t expecting). It’s still my safety because my stats are high, but I would like to go there as well.</p>

<p>accepted! Bouv</p>

<p>@CPUscientist3000 I am sure that NE is probably not your number 1 choice either and you don’t want to say that on this blog. NE is a great safety for kids reaching for schools that are one-notch-higher. If, however, they had ED, like say Lehigh, you would not have applied and NE would have given your ticket to someone who definitely wanted to matriculate there. I understand how the game is played, but for very high achieving students. the safety school scenario would equally hold true under a RD application.</p>

<p>One reason alot of these schools have EA is to lure some of the better candidates away from the highly selective schools. A full pay kid that gets into a top 25 and has to pay almost $60,000 per year and then gets into Northeastern and gets a $20,000 per year scholarship, that’s gonna make some of them think twice. That’s $80,000 over four years and Mom and Dad are gonna keep that on the table for discussion.</p>

<p>That same kid probably would not apply to Northeastern if it only had ED.</p>

<p>Sorry it took so long for me to get back… but as we all know, the site crashed…</p>

<p>I was accepted to the School of the Arts with a $20,000 scholarship plus a little grant $. I don’t think I’m in the honors college though, which is strange.</p>

<p>I’m still not sure if I’m going though, it’s still pretty expensive… I’m going to wait for the decisions from my other schools and figure out if the debt is really worth it.</p>

<p>Stats: White female, NY. 10th in a class of 287. SAT:2220, ACT: 33. Still don’t know my gpa… but its a high 3 unweighted I think, over a 4 weighted. I’ve taken 7 AP classes, an 3 SAT IIs. My extracurriculars mainly revolve around art.</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone else that got accepted! To those who were deferred, keep trying!</p>

<p>My son has been accepted to NE with some scholarship possibilities. He is a high stats NMSF kid. He did not apply to any of the “elite” schools though my bet is that he would have been a very competitive candidate. He visited and loved NE. He has also been accepted to Pitt with a generous scholarship offer. He has visited and loved Pitt. I am glad that he had the opportunity to apply early to both schools. For financial reasons ED at any school would not work for our family. He has a very difficult choice to make in the next couple of months, but in no way do I feel he is taking an opportunity away from another student. In my opinion ED works for the very wealthy and the very low income families but not for middle income families. I am very thankful that NE has the EA program in place.</p>

<p>My S got accepted last night at 10pm.
He received a $20,000 first year and then $10,000 each semester (up to $80,000) Dean’s Scholarship. No Honors.</p>

<p>Florida Public School
Top 2% (ranked 11/565)
UW-3.67 w-4.9
ACT-33 (Science 35)
Varsity sports, student govt officer, etc…</p>

<p>This was his first decision so it was exciting. He was interested in NE because of its program with Tufts Medical School. </p>

<p>Good luck to all. This process is excruciating for parents and kids.</p>

<p>Hahaha my stats are so much lower than everyone else’s and I got a boat load of money</p>