Northeastern University - Merit Scholarship -

BillysDad2014
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:36:31 +0000

Demonstrated interest could play a role. My kids both came in around 2200 SAT and top few out of 450 ranked in a MA highschool. Both did well with applications, and got good merit aid at their chosen schools (son - Syracuse, junior, dual major poly sci and IT; daughter - Northeastern, freshman, civil engineering). My son was rejected at American U, where he stacked up quite well against their acceptance stats. I called the admissions office, and spoke with the MA rep. Turns out since they said he had no demonstrated interest (visits to campus, remote chat sessions, request for interview, etc) they turned him down. They have a low matriculation rate, and don’t want to waste slots on some high flier students. Since I called, they said it’s not too late (I guess we were demonstrating interest), but that he would get zero merit aid since that was already handed out. Both kids love their schools, and we (Mom & Dad) are happy with the reduced cost out of pocket due to the merit awards.