<p>How competitive is the math program at northeastern. Would I be able to get in it? </p>
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<p>I think my test scores should be good enough to get in but I don’t know if I would be able to get into the math program… and I’m not sure how my ecs count at northeastern but I don’t think mine are very strong.</p>
<p>y r u so dam worried?? u’ll be fine. just apple early action (non binding) and file all ur financial aid papers (CSS profile and the FAFSA) on time.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how hard it is to get into the math program. Isn’t early action harder to get in? It’s non binding and basically all it would sound like to the college is “I’m really impatient so get my application done now”.</p>
<p>That’s usually early decision where it shows that you have interest in that college. Early action is non-binding so why would they make it easier to get in?</p>
<p>kk, many make it easier and some make sure that ea applicants have no advantage over rd (to the point where it looks as though it is almost a disadvantage to apply ea). You need to look at the % of students accepted under ea vs. rd. One school’s info session told us that more students are admitted ea than rd because they are usually the ones w the higher stats for their institution.</p>
<p>Since ea is being offered at NE this year, and was not last year, you do not have the stats to know the % admitts ea vs. rd, to know if it will end up being an advantage, the same, or disadvantage to go ea. You will know where you stand w them earlier though, unless you are deferred into rd. That may become an advantage, or disadvantage (depending on how they look at the app) too. I say that bcs ea shows early interest, but bcs they deferred you perhaps they look at you as a less strong candidate when they revisit the app., but I have no idea. I doubt anyone other than admissions would no that too. It is all speculation from us.</p>
<p>Ea does show early interest. It says, however, that you may be concerned with costs, so you cannot commit financially until you see if you are offered any financial or merit aid. You are correct that the school would like to know that you are coming under ed.</p>
<p>If northeastern had early decision I would use it… but I don’t really understand the benefit of early action. It just seems like it is for impatient people that want to find out where they are accepted right away and have no commitment. Should I asked admissions for more information about early action?</p>
<p>I do not see how it could hurt. Ea shows early interest in a school, although you are right, that students could apply ea to more than one. I would think that once accepted they would stop applying, but I guess not necessarily.</p>
<p>early action is new this year so u wont find any statistics on it. when i appled in october, i just wanted them to have my application in as early as possible. the first people to know if they got in were the honors kids, even though NEU knew more or less who they were accepting. Last year was also the second year in a row that their applications increased ( to 26,000) and acceptance rate decreased a little bit. therefore they put in early action. U definately have a better chance of getting in early action because they are expecting upwards of 27,000 applications.</p>