@suzyQ7 Penn and William & Mary. I think W&M did combine a small amount of merit aid with need based aid. The last one goes to UMass (she got in to some decent schools but could not afford them due to parental inability to contribute, but high EFC). My Daughter goes to Tufts.
The W&M girl seriously considered NEU but decided she wanted to be farther from home and wanted a more traditional college experience. For my D, obviously it was more about the cultural fit since Tufts and NEU are less than 10 miles away from each other. But I can say that she would have considered it more had she gotten any merit aid at all. Penn is hard to pass up, and that family decided that they could afford what Penn was going to cost (I think they get around 20K/yr in need based aid).
I know there are lots of conversations on this board about ivy-accepted students choosing Northeastern because of merit aid, honors, university scholars, coop, etc, etc, but at our (local) school it’s not even close. I personally know around 15+ kids from our school who go to Ivies/MIT and only 1 who goes to NEU. Merit aid does not seem to be a big draw for the kids that get into the Ivies or MIT.