Questions on expected FA and cost of college

I have a weighted gpa of 4.0 and 1540 sat. I’ve taken all aps available for the core curriculum (not including art ap classes). My senior course load is advanced chamber orchestra, Syracuse public affairs forum, ap bio, ap calculus ab, suny Spanish 2, and public speaking and speech.

I believe I qualify for merit to most of my possible schools.

I also applied to nyu, rpi, and tufts.
Applied ed2 for northeastern. How would this affect my package if I get accepted?

Would I expect to receive any merit aid? Others in the financial aid sub-category say that some colleges may reject or defer applicants if they need a lot of FA. Is this true?