<p>My son has applied to NE but did not indicate EA on his application. (We had been advised he might have better changes receiving scholarship money if he did not indicate EA) It was submitted 11/7/10 and he's applying for Pharmacy. I'm thinking he will get accepted with his grades and SAT scores.<br>
My question is when should we expect to see his acceptance letter and then how long after that should we see their financial offer?<br>
He already has a full tuition scholarship offer from a comparable school (with a slightly higher ranked Pharmacy program) that has rolling admission...so we're just wondering how long we'll need to wait to make the big decision.</p>
<p>I could be mistaken but I thought the early action deadline was Nov 1, with notifications coming in mid-December (“by” December 31 is the promised notification). I was under the impression that if you didn’t make this deadline you would have to wait with the rest until March or so.</p>
<p>I’m curious why you were told you would have a better chance at aid by waiting, and also if there’s another more highly ranked school willing to offer full tuition, why you would wait for Northeastern? Is he a merit finalist eligible for a full tuition scholarship here as well?</p>
<p>Anyway, I wish him the best of luck. Hopefully you will hear sooner so you won’t have to wait too long to make the decision. I personally am tired of this waiting!! And my daughter DID apply early action … she also applied to the Bouve College but for a different major. I hope that isn’t true about applying later to increase your chances of aid.</p>
<p>The thinking behind better chances at aid if you don’t apply EA (which admissions counselors deny) is that if you apply EA; you really want to go to that school so they don’t need to entice you with aid.</p>
<p>Yes, we are working with a firm that basically helps with all facets of the process, and they recommended to not apply EA to Northeastern or any other school so as not to appear over anxious. We are in the position of if we don’t get a lot of merit aid, my son won’t go there. He’s happy with the full tuition from his #2 choice and that was a pleasant suprise. We’re just wondering how long we’ll have to wait for NE.</p>
<p>Unless it’s binding, I don’t really understand how it makes you seem overanxious. It just makes you hear sooner ! The admissions office actually told us the opposite - that chances would be greater if she applied sooner. But who knows - we will find out in good time. TitanMom sounds like your son probably has pretty high stats anyway, if he got a full ride from a highly ranked school already. I also remember reading on here a post by someone whose child got one award with the EA admissions but was later contacted and given even more.</p>
<p>Hey, just to the person who asked if you were “merit finalist eligible for a full tuition scholarship”- the full scholarships go to a lot of people who AREN’T just merit finalists. And not all merit finalists get full tuition.</p>
<p>Thanks neuchimie, I understand they are for roughly the top 1% of applicants regardless of national merit status. But are you familiar with this letter that recently went out offering the fee waiver? It mentions merit finalists being eligible - so I don’t think I said they were guaranteed. Just curious what the qualifying factors were for those who did receive that fee waiver letter?</p>
<p>viktoria: I suspect the letter was sent out based on psat score *ranges<a href=“say%20from%20190-240,%20though%20that’s%20just%20a%20guess”>/I</a> if it wasn’t random. If I remember correctly, that was the only information that colleges could get from college board (besides what you filled in for major or whatever), and you’d have to have checked the box allowing collegeboard to send your info to colleges as well. </p>
<p>Even if you don’t get one, it may just mean you aren’t on their mailing list - which seems incredibly unorganized anyway, given that they sent a bunch of these letters to people who applied over a month ago.</p>
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<p>I’ve heard of the letter before. Personally, I think it targets certain schools in the New England area using PSAT or gpa ranges. It is pretty easy for a college to get a hold of mailing addresses of students. One reason why a lot of national merit people would get it would be because it is a database that is pretty easy to get.</p>
<p>But it is used to entice people to apply who might be on the edge. I had a PSAT score of higher than the ranges people are saying, as well as a strong gpa, and I didn’t get it. But I was from Florida- so not exactly someone who would even know Northeastern’s name, nevertheless actually apply.</p>