<p>The number and quality of each year’s applicant pool keeps rising, so there is no need to give massive scholarships to National Merit Scholars. 30,000 a year is still a hefty number. Northeastern is giving money to people who are in the top 25% of the applicant pool and cannot give as much to the top 5%.</p>
<p>Who knows if Northeastern will drop merit scholarships in the distant future and just give financial aid, like the top tier colleges do.</p>