Northeastern University - Merit Scholarship -

neuchimie
Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:39:44 +0000

Technically, you can be in the top 10% and not top 25%, because they are based on different pools. For example, if you were the very bottom of the 10% of a pool like the College of Social Science and Humanities, then you would get honors. But if you look at that compared to the entire admissions group, you might not be in the top 25% of everyone. It’s the same concept as why people with high stats in Engineering might not get honors, while people with lower stats in Communications (poor Comm, always gets picked on) might get honors.

That being said, your stats would typically fall into the top 25% of the entire group. I would say, if you didn’t get any aid, then it’d be something weird to do with being an international student (I know they give little to no need-based aid for international students) or maybe you didn’t check some box somewhere that you were supposed to check.

After the holiday is over, call admissions and just politely ask to double check that you did everything correctly.