<p>Does anyone know what kind of GPA and SAT scores puts a student in the top 25% of applicants for Northeastern's Deans Scholarship? How competitive is Northeastern?</p>
<p>You can find that info in the common data set for NU
[Office</a> of University Planning and Research > Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/oir/common.html]Office”>http://www.northeastern.edu/oir/common.html)</p>
<p>My understanding is NU is hot right now and much more difficult to get into than it was 10 years ago (but what school isn’t?)</p>
<p>Thanks so much. It looks like you need a minimum combined score of 1780 on the SAT among other factors.</p>
<p>I believe you read the table incorrectly.</p>
<p>The bottom 25 percent of the students enrolled into the most recent class scored 1780 or less on the SATs.</p>
<p>The top 25 percent in the most recent entering class scored 2040 and higher</p>
<p>SAT scores at Northeastern have been steadily improving over the past decade, I know that in 2000 the average M/CR was about 1100, in 2006 when S started the average M/CR had risen to about 1230 and they have continued to rise since. Northeastern has been very actively attempting to improve its national rankings and move away from the regional/commuter school it was in the 90s. </p>
<p>btw, I didn’t have time to followup on yr question re merit aid at NEU on the other thread, and just wanted to note that my S rec’d both merit and grant aid, which decreased tuition by more than half. His GPA was abt 3.3 and combined M/CR was around 1360 (with Writing it wld have been around 2070). For us, the financial aid we rec’d, combined with spreading 4 yrs of tuition over 5 yrs has helped to make NEU more affordable (although it has definitely been a struggle financially and there will still be some loans to pay off, but in our case, I feel like it has been worth it. So far :))</p>
<p>D’s friend got a couple of scholarships at NEU (one for 15K, another for 5K). I believe her GPA was around 3.5/3.6 and her SAT scores were in the 1900s.</p>