<p>It’s not the top 2%, it’s more than that- especially considering that not all students who are offered half and full scholarships accept them and go to northeastern.</p>
<p>Location might matter, but I don’t think it’s a hugely significant factor. I had higher stats and gpa than the person above did (my SAT was above 1500) and I was an IB student from Florida, and I got 14k. A lot of things go into calculating your scholarship and no one but the people who do it can truly explain the exact details (and I’d bet they don’t stick to their rules all the time). Personally I think some of my scholarship went down cause it didn’t appear like I’d go here and it was more prudent for admissions to offer a lower scholarship than to offer a higher one if I wasn’t going to accept.</p>
<p>Also there are scholarships based on other things than grades and scores. A friend has a full ride even though he didn’t get very good grades or scores, but he did do about two thousand hours of community service in high school.</p>