Hi, I recently got accepted into Northeastern NU. IN program, however, I did not receive any merit aid. Is it possible from me to go in person to their Boston offices and ask them if they can reconsider me for any merit aid.
When asking them in person should I bring up counter offers, like other schools that are cheaper and as good as northeastern. I got into Purdue and RIT. RIT gave me 100k off, so should I bring this up while talking to the financial aid person too see if they can reconsider me.
You can try. It is unlikely they will offer you any merit aid. The other schools are great, but simply not as selective as NE has become in recent years. They are already known to be stingy with merit aid and typically offer it to the very top students.
Just email the FA office. Going in person will make no difference.
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I agree with @Lindagaf that it seems unlikely they would offer you merit aid. Of course you can try. Would it actually make a difference in your likelihood to attend NEU if they gave you some?
I also looked in IPEDS for the colleges in NEU’s “peer group” and I do not see Purdue and RIT. (If RIT was in NEU’s peer group, I think you might have a stronger case for comparison.)
Here’s Northeastern’s custom peer group
And here’s the IPEDS generated peer group
(edited to add, I guess I submitted at the same time as you @skieurope !)
