sportgreet03

Hey if you apply early action and are admitted, do you find out about any merit scholarships at the same time you find out about your admissions decision or do you find out about those later? Thanks

Ajibola

How does financial aid work also with early action?

blinkangel44

My admissions decision as well as merit aid came in the same package, just before Christmas. Hope that helps!

colorado_mom

We are unlikely to get financial aid and are mostly interested in merit scholarships. I'm hoping that means no no financial paperwork needed with the EA application. True?

Asking it another way, does NEU do merit aid scholarship without FAFSA/CSS info? (Some school require FAFSA as prereq to any merit scholarship review. that's why I ask.)

colorado_mom

I got confirmation today from the NEU admission dept and another kind CC parent that no financial info needed with EA. Merit Scholarships determinations are completely separate from financial aid work.

neuchimie

Since EA students receive merit scholarship information before the due date of FAFSA, it is not required to be considered for EA or RA candidates.

neuchimie

I do however suggest that you submit the FAFSA! I was absolutely certain that I would receive zero financial aid, but I did the FAFSA/CSS anyway. I didn't get workstudy or a scholarship, but I got the max federal loans. It doesn't seem that great, but since (with the economy and all) a lot of banks are no longer offering private loans to students, and if they are the interest is really really high, the federal loans gave us a source of money without having to apply to loans elsewhere with low acceptance and high interest rates.

Ex: My boyfriend's family finds it a major hassle to do FAFSA because his parents are divorced and his father isn't good at finances. Last year all they got was the loan, which they didn't use, so for this year they didn't bother to fill out FAFSA at all. Now he keeps getting calls from his mother because they aren't sure if they're going to be able to cover the tuition without loans (since they ran through most of their college savings last year), but now they don't have the federal loans to fall back on. You really shouldn't get yourself into that situation. Just fill out the paperwork even if you don't think its worth it now.

Ajibola

Do I still wait for the financial aid deadline to turn in the FAFSA/CSS Profile, even though by then ill be accepted or denied?

cometstarg

how many letters of recommendation do you need?

ebeeeee

Neuchimie,if his parents are divorced and he lives primarily with his mother when not in school only her info goes on the FAFSA. Both incomes go on Profile.

neuchimie

His situation is complicated (and personal) and it's not as simple as just putting his mother's information on. FAFSA cares about who is paying for the education according to the law, and it's a complicated arrangement.

nubiochem14

I applied EA and my merit scholarship info was included with my online letter of admittance.

As an EA applicant you still have the same opportunities for financial aid as any other student. You're still considered for work-study positions and the federal loans as well as various grants awarded by NU.

No additional financial information has to be sent in for the merit scholarship but I'm fairly certain that the FAFSA/Profile have to be submitted in order to receive the information regarding the merit scholarship but I'm not certain about that.

For letters of recommendation Northeastern uses the CommonApp and I believe that it was 2 from teachers and one from your guidance counselor; just make sure that you follow the directions because sending in too many could signal to any admissions department that either A: you're unorganized and/or B: you're trying to hide an alarming weakness in your application.

I believe that that's how it was regarding the differences between the FAFSA and the CSS/Profile, my own parents are divorced and I don't think that my non-resident parent's information went on the FAFSA but I know for a fact that that information was required for the Profile.