Northeastern University (NEU) (2024-2025)

[minor hedge]

and to demonstrate interest you can sign up for presentation info

in person tour or virtual tour and sign up for their mailing lists

[fluid crest]

yeah I'll need to do that eventually

I plan to apply ED

and I've done an in person tour so far

[minor hedge]

i’m lowkey so dumb

[fluid crest]

idk if that's enough for demonstrated interest

[minor hedge]

i didn’t do any of that

i feel like it sold me out

[fluid crest]

oof

I literally started researching in 8th so I wouldn't screw up 😭

like I analyzed that stupid cds to death

[minor hedge]

northeastern want their ED yield rate to be 0%

[fluid crest]

yield protection fr 😔

[minor hedge]

so if you want the highest chance and don’t mind spending a semester or year somewhere else your campus preference should be any campus

[fluid crest]

I can only pick between like boston or london

my dad won't let me go to oakland so if they send me there then I'm screwed

[fading socket]

alr ahead of the curve

[fluid crest]

do they just keep a log of all the people who've done an in person tour?

or online meeting ig

cuz i'm wondering how they'd even know 💀

[minor hedge]

yeah that’s why they ask for your info when you sign up

just use the same email

[steep moss]

the Oakland campus and academics are really nice lmfao I was super skeptical at first

London is a lot more meh

[upper idol]

oakland campus used to be mills college

then NEU bought it

[fading socket]

yeah they take attendance for a reason

[fluid crest]

maybe but eh my dad literally hates california and I hear bad things about Oakland in general

additionally I heard that pepperdine had to evacuate so wildfires are another worry of mine

[steep moss]

Fair lol

[stiff frigate]

yoo any northeastern students tryna answer some qs

[bitter arch]

Wassup

[stiff frigate]

alr just gimme a sec i got a list

[stiff frigate]

Alr so how much do you pay /yr for tuition, is it affordable, is it really worth it (if so, why) do you feel like youre getting the standard normal college experience, will you spend most of your four years on campus (not like half of it abroad or not on campus etc) how difficult is it to get a coop program, what do you study, how did you apply, whats the housing like, do you think northeastern is slightly overrated or actually competes with t30s, do they game the admissions, whats the social scene like, and was if your no 1 and what did you turn down in order to go there

and also could you just rank your experience so far on a scale of 1-10

thanks

[bitter arch]

im on fort ill answer these in between games

[stiff frigate]

bet

i toured the campus it was raw as fuck especially the cs school

[bitter arch]

boston as a city is more on the expensive side, spend alot of money on food (whenever i go out) and other stuff, id say its worth it just cause i love the city, if youre in cs its rlly good, ill spend most of my four years but i might do a dialogue of civilizations (go abroad for a summer semester which is like a month and you do two classes), coop is rlly competitive in cs and you can only apply to 100 which is a new thing ppl r mad at, northeastern was my #1 cause of ed, i picked it because of the vibe and co-op, i'm studying combined business administration (marketing) and communication studies with a minor in marketing, continuing right after this game

[stiff frigate]

how has (or will) being in the boston area benefit your career with internships, experience and opportunities and do you feel like out of undergrad you will find a high paying job relatively quick, or opt for grad school

Even though you were ed, was there any other school you got into that was similar

[bitter arch]

social life is good, its pretty easy to find your people and theres a big range of people, nightlife is more on the mid side cause alot of places r really strict about 21+ so you gotta fein to find places (i stick to clubs but theres frats if you know people), admissions is def gamed with abroad, doesnt compete with t30s in my opinion but its still rlly good, it definitely is slightly overrated but part of that is because theres so many opportunities on campus but no one knows where to look, continuign inna sec

[stiff frigate]

this is helpful af

im just trying to gauge where the hate comes from, ig high sticker price, games admissions, and the coop thing being competitive but those are easy to look past

And all the t20s hate northeastern for its low acceptance rate but it makes it a better university

[fluid crest]

people dislike neu because like 2 decades ago it was the shitty backup school

but they got a new president or smth and he completely boosted the school but I'd say from everything I've heard it's a little artificial and not necessarily based on good academics

I say artificial because they have crazy yield protection and accept most people via ED. After that they're only really known for co-op

[fading socket]

yeah half of the incoming class is ed1+2

and the acceptance rate is honestly higher the earlier u apply

[fluid crest]

it's weird knowing that it used to be on UMASS boston's level

like my parents went there in the 90s and it used to be BU that was the best and NEU was just salmonella and despair

[fading socket]

💀 neu also used to be like a commuter school like umb

i mean my mom forbade me from going to umb cuz she went there

[fluid crest]

really? 😭

both my sisters graduated from umb

and they just got some new dorms for freshmen

[fading socket]

umb has dorms now too so they moving up slowly but surely

yeah

[fluid crest]

I'm waiting for them to get a president like NEU had

[fading socket]

exactly then theyll get their grt bsck

i feel like umb coulda been so peak by being in the inner city of boston

they js gotta lock in

[fluid crest]

umb is my backup for neu and I'm starting to like it if only cuz it's cheaper and I could just get my bachelors and masters in about 4 years

and a masters could be worth more than an neu bachelors

[fluid crest]

fr that was the one thing I didn't like when I visited 😭

it was like a lonely little island

[fading socket]

they have the red line too which is arguably one of the worst lines

green line is lowk trash too but

not lowk, highkey trash i take that back

[fluid crest]

i thought the green line was the best?

cuz it splits towards BU, NEU, and i think harvard square?

[fading socket]

i took the green line to a hackathon back in march and the goddamn train derailed

[fluid crest]

or maybe that was blue line-

[fluid crest]

goddamn

[fading socket]

neither of them go to bu neu AND harvard

green line has 4 lines that r p much the “college train”

several schools i cant name off the top of my head but at least 10ish r on it

harvard, mit, and umb r on the red line

[fluid crest]

wait yes? I swear it does hold up lemme pull up a map

cuz I can't remember where the third split goes

[fading socket]

green line goes to lechmere and that’s as close as it gets to harvsrd

[fluid crest]

wait there's four splits 💀

I memorized the whole damn line in like 2 days and forgot it just as quickly

[fading socket]

4 lines, 2 splits southbound 2 splits northbound

[stiff frigate]

yeah

[fluid crest]

omg i freaking hate copley

[stiff frigate]

this has helped neu become a better school, and who cares about an artificial accept rate

But i was NOT surprised when i got in

[fluid crest]

the doors opened for 2 seconds before closing on me at arlington so I had to go down to copley AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT COPLEY IS SPLIT INTO TWO

[fading socket]

b line west goes to bc+bu
c line i forgot it js goes to suburbia
d line goes to newton + bc’s 2 year school campus which is suburbia but also notably rich
e line has wentworth, emmanuel, mcphs, neu, tufts, massart, and emerson

[fluid crest]

AND I ALMOST GOT RUN OVER 😭

[fluid crest]

I figured I had like a 90% chance of getting in but I don't think they care about legacy as much as I thought so my chances have probs dropped down to like 60% at best

[fading socket]

r u in mass??

[fluid crest]

nah- I'm 3,000 miles away 😭

I figured I should try and put my sisters address down instead cuz she's in boston 💀

[fading socket]

and for the future neu students ready to board the green line on an excursion to copley square plz learn ur train lines and have basic courtesy DO NOT CROWD THE DOOR WHEN PEOPLE R ARE TRYING TO GET OFF!

college students r the most insufferable ppl on the mbta we gotta break the cycle

[fluid crest]

but then I realized that my transcript would rat me out 😔

[fluid crest]

I hate copley so much 😭

[stiff frigate]

i know i got in just because of my parents income. Now I either turn 90k into 40k, or i go to my state school (which is still good)

but for only 30 minutes i thought i had a relatively competitive application

[fluid crest]

neu confuses me sm

like it looks difficult to get into and their stats reflect that

[fading socket]

but they know where ur school is

[fluid crest]

but then everyone else is like

it's easy af to get in ED

[fading socket]

no cuz its lit so free

[fluid crest]

i know, unfortunately 😔

[fading socket]

i got in ed with a 3.3uw and 3.6w and the site boasts a 4.1-4.5 gpa

[fluid crest]

WAIT WUT

NO WAY

AIN'T NO WAY I'VE BEEN TRYING SO HARD TO GET MY 3.99 MOVED UP TO A 4.0 JUST FOR THAT 😭

[stiff frigate]

this is how you can tell how easy it is to get in

literally just income.

[fading socket]

nah dawg im broke

[stiff frigate]

however 60% of class size is ea, which are generally 4.4w and 1500 sat

[fluid crest]

NEU won't be getting too much out of me in terms of money since I plan to transfer so much credit if I do get in

[stiff frigate]

theyll get money out of you

[fading socket]

oh 💀

[fluid crest]

I'm gonna get like 0 financial aid 😭

literally banking on transferring the max amount of credits rn

cuz I think I have the equivalent of 128 NEU credits

or i will after senior year

[fading socket]

i will admit my ecs hard carried

[stiff frigate]

whether you like it or not, their ed acceptances are generally just who will make them the most amount of money and protect their yield rate, applied to ea a little aswell

whether you had a good or bad application is not why you got in (for the most part)

but thats not a terrible thing, you just need to maximize financial aid, and hang out with all the smart kids

and make the most out of a good university

[fluid crest]

think it's good enough for me to just sit back and relax for a bit? not stress out as much as I have been? 😭

[hardy barn]

no chance mes

[fluid crest]

naur 😔

Wait do any of yall know like roughly how much NEU awards for national merit?

[fading socket]

sure but i think that undermines a lot of the application itself

[stiff frigate]

im not saying you have a bad application. If you wanna know that, apply to t50 public schools for relatively competitive programs and see what happens

But regardless of if you get into northeastern ea or ed, you cant really use that as a basis for your application strength

[fading socket]

ea is a bit ridiculous though since a good chunk of folks get deferred

[fading socket]

there’s a cap on how many transfer

don’t rmb how much exactly but i don’t think you’ll get all of em

[fluid crest]

like 70 i think

I should be able to transfer that much-

[stiff frigate]

again its a good school, but northeastern arent really worried about the most qualified or talented candidates

[fluid crest]

which'll still help a lot with gen ed or smth

[fading socket]

i mean hey by getting in you can also do 2 classes over the summer

[stiff frigate]

just money (maybe for good reason?)

[fluid crest]

ooh that's right tuition just got a little cheaper

[fading socket]

said money has been bettering the school

tbh malingator if neu is your top school ull be fine

or at least up there

[fluid crest]

okie so hopefully if I get in then I'll only have to pay for about 2-ish years plus I'll have a $30k scholarship and I'm banking a little on national merit

[fluid crest]

I hope so but anxiety is like my favorite pastime

[stiff frigate]

Getting into northeastern isn’t hard, making is financially feasible and worth is

[fluid crest]

that's why I'm wondering how much their national merit scholarship is

because it's very vague on their website

[fading socket]

is it not the same anywhere

if you seriously fish in past threads there’s probably someone who got it

[fluid crest]

no I think it varies by school

ooh tunafish is getting 15k/year for national merit at neu

damn bro I might just be able to afford NEU 🤩

[fading socket]

you can join the cohort of half full pay and half full rides!

[bitter arch]

i get 10k per year for national Hispanic recognition, I think it’s the same as merit

[fluid crest]

ye that's college board's lesser known scholarship thing i think

I would qualify under their rural area category

[fading socket]

wait wtf i also have another vers of that

[fluid crest]

but last year I didn't get an invitation to enter it so I'm keeping an eye out for it this year

I wonder how cumulative NEU's scholarships are

[quasi spear]

Did any international students get info on their scholarships

I got my acceptance but have no info regarding scholarships

[glossy current]

Yeah something like that

Not sure if that’s their baseline national merit amount

But I had another scholarship before and then they increased the amount and called it “northeastern merit scholarship”

Idk what the breakdown is exactly

But on the optimistic side, could be 15k for you as well

[short tulip]

whens the latest someones got their financial aid letter?

[waxen kiln]

already committed to neu but how good are they with ap credits? just wondering cuz i know it depends on school

[fluid crest]

they cap it at 8 ap classes

I looked it up and they said a max of 32 credits and I assume its 4 credits per class

[waxen kiln]

oh alr thanks that’s not too bad

[half briar]

yeap

[broken vault]

what does this email mean

does this mean i got in the school?

[minor hedge]

yeah

you did ED right?

decisions came out the 11th

[broken vault]

nvm it was a mistake on their part lmao i EAd

but im changing it to ED2, is ED2 the same as EA on a rolling basis?

[fading socket]

neither are rolling

[fading socket]

oh wait what

oh that’s the college of professional studies

that’s different

[broken vault]

damn why is ED2 later than EA release

im tryna know asap lmao

[minor hedge]

ED2 is where most deferred people apply

so if you get deferred from EA but are committed to attending you can still ED2

i got an email this morning from northeastern

[fading socket]

cuz ea was due in nov

[minor hedge]

let me copy and paste a portion

“Thank you for your email and application to Northeastern. We understand your disappointment after receiving a deferral decision at this time. We sincerely appreciate your interest in Northeastern, as demonstrated by submitting an Early Decision application.

To help explain the decision of deferral in this applicant pool, please note that this year we received an increase in both the number and competitiveness of our Early Decision applications, and we were unable to offer admission to many qualified applicants. Applicants were deferred if it was determined that additional time or information was needed to make a final decision.”

it’s basically the same email they sent last year

probably defer more

i don’t know how much they accept tho off that defer list

[gray vortex]

waittt why’d they send that to u

did u submit your loci already?

[minor hedge]

they double replied to my email

i asked if it was better to submit a loci through the portal or through email

and then they replied to the same one again

but with that

[gray vortex]

ahh thanks dawg

[hearty hatch]

What does northeastern look at exactly? They don’t have a supplemental AND they are test optional,

And how selective are they truthfully

I applied EA btw lol

I keep hearing mixed stuff like how they accept a ton of people and have a high yield rate

[half briar]

they look at your grades and ECs

demonstrated interest

they're not selective

their overall acceptance rate is like

in the 20s

only because they keep on getting more and more applicants but can only accept so many people

[hearty hatch]

Ohhh

That makes a ton of sense

[half briar]

they also do yield protection btw

[hearty hatch]

What’s that

[half briar]

it's basically when they reject people who are more qualified

bc they think the student will commit to a better school even if they get accepted here

ykwim

[hearty hatch]

Ohhh wait I heard about that too

[hearty hatch]

When do EA results typically come out

Are they like gradually or do they come out all at once

[past summit]

They typically come out annually

[shut oyster]

so bro js got an early acceptance

LMFAO

[craggy bolt]

If I don’t have a sat score that’s above the middle 50% range, is it better for me to do test optional ?

[fading socket]

honestly it doesn’t matter tm

if it falls within the middle 50 being above that vs within the range isnt that big of a difference

[woven quest]

is neu hard to get into

[past summit]

not at all

[craggy bolt]

Ngl I think I will just do test optional

[woven quest]

i heard they defer hella

[past summit]

whats your SAT score

[past summit]

heard wrong

[woven quest]

☠️

[craggy bolt]

1410

[weak panther]

i think january 31 last cycle 💀

[weak panther]

to an extent yeah

[woven quest]

before feb 15 no

[weak panther]

re this

[past summit]

sent it, one of their merit scholarships goes to people witj a 1250+ SAT score

[fluid crest]

wait wut? really?

[past summit]

look on their website

[craggy bolt]

Oh

[fluid crest]

national merit?

[past summit]

hold on

it might be the deans scholarship

its 3.4 uw, 1250 SAT

[hearty hatch]

Wtf I had a 1250+ (1290) 😭 should I have submitted it

[past summit]

how did you apply

EA?

[hearty hatch]

Yeah

[past summit]

whats ur goa

gpa

[hearty hatch]

3.9 unweighted and 4.4 weighted

[past summit]

damn

well

1. See if u get in

[fluid crest]

idk it doesn't really list its requirements online

[past summit]

i cant find it

look

[muted coyote]

when does Ea come out

[past summit]

whatever money they give you they give you

i didnt get fucking anything so im probably gonna have to pull out of my ED agreement

which sucks

[woven quest]

that's why i was worried about eding neu cuz ik it hella expensive

[hearty hatch]

I swear I need to get into this school or any other fucking school outside of my state or I’m cooked

[fluid crest]

did yall know about raise me?

[past summit]

its not hard to pull out, i just thought they would be reasonable

[past summit]

you dont

[fluid crest]

cuz raise me can get you up to a 40k scholarship to neu give or take

[woven quest]

do you mind sharing your sai

[past summit]

i applied test optional

oh

idk what that is

💀

[woven quest]

fafsa

index

[hearty hatch]

My parents are control freaks I’m gonna lose my mind if I stay in this house any longer, love them but bffr 😭

[fluid crest]

saaaaaaame

I've been prepping for neu since like 9th for that reason

[past summit]

idk but its not good

[fluid crest]

literally been collecting college credits like pokemon so that I can transfer as much as possible and I've been collecting scholarships on raise.me

[woven quest]

did u submit css

[fluid crest]

and I studied my ass off for two weeks so i can qualify at national merit

[woven quest]

for neu with idoc

[past summit]

yeah

i didnt really look at all the forms

[hearty hatch]

Frrr

[woven quest]

did u have a fee waiver for css?

[past summit]

i get my financial aid letter

idk

[woven quest]

oh al

[hearty hatch]

Same here lol

[past summit]

the fact that i got no merit is not a good thing

[hearty hatch]

Since you applied test optional what do you think made your app stand out

[woven quest]

the fact that he applied test optional

/s dont hurt me pls

[past summit]

im gonna be honest, the way they take in ed applicants is solely based on income. They only want students who have high income so they can pay for a high tuition. I had a good application, but thats not why I got in.

[past summit]

. They wanna protect their yield rate

[fluid crest]

someone told me earlier that only like 27% of people actually applied not test optional 😭

[woven quest]

someone got 82k tho

[hearty hatch]

Damn what 😭

That’s crazy

[past summit]

that 8k will still be expensive for them, also that protects their yield rate

[past summit]

unfortunately true. For ea and rd tho, you have to stand out

[hearty hatch]

Ahh ok 👍

[woven quest]

can you clarify, is the 8k how much they pay a year?

[past summit]

Look im not judging anyone else who got in ED, but getting in ed doesnt mean anything

[woven quest]

i dont' know much about fin aid

[past summit]

Yes

[half briar]

brother what are you saying

[past summit]

90k sticker price

[past summit]

Its true 💀

[woven quest]

oh boy

[hearty hatch]

This school drives me nuts

[half briar]

northeastern is hella scholarship friendly

[past summit]

Im not gonna hate on northeastern for trying to protect their yield rate but thats just the way it is. Atleast for the most part.

[half briar]

it's more finaid favorable to kids who apply ED

[past summit]

For merit they didnt give me anything. Especially when I need the money

[half briar]

merit is based on your GPA and grades

nothing else

admissions decides if you get merit scholarships

not financial aid office

[past summit]

but for a school with a $90k sticker price, i would expect atleast a little bit of merit

Regardless of grades

[woven quest]

fin aid office is the admissions office ong

[half briar]

i contacted them asking for a reevaluation for merit scholarships because there was an error on a transcript but they still said no

[woven quest]

it'd be much easier to do so if they actually had supplementals

kinda frustruated tha they dont

[fluid crest]

would like a 3.98 or 3.99 gpa potentially hurt your chances at a merit scholarship?

[past summit]

thats unfortunate

[half briar]

if they had supplementals then they wouldn't get as much applicants as they do now

[past summit]

why do you think their acceptance rate is so low lmfao

[half briar]

no it won't

[woven quest]

yeah that's 100% the case, they want to manipulate it rip

[fluid crest]

ok sweet 😌

[past summit]

They make it free too to help them boost their artificial acceptance rate

[half briar]

you can always appeal for more fin aid anyways

[woven quest]

clout is clout though

[fluid crest]

i hear that never really works out tho

[woven quest]

people just wanna say they go to a 5-10% accceptance rate school

[half briar]

ehhh

there's some cases that it works

[past summit]

Im gonna do everything I can for money before I pull out of ED, but im very likely not gonna meet what I need

[half briar]

some cases that it doesn't work

[woven quest]

i mean because it's ed they'll definetly work with you to help you

[fluid crest]

no fr tho 💀
my sister was a nurse in the boston area and she said that the neu kids were just arrogant and borderline a bit stupid

[half briar]

good luck o7

[half briar]

can agree

LOL

[past summit]

theyll let me pullout easily

[past summit]

thanks

[woven quest]

i mean statistically they're quite literally the definition of mid, because all the bad students get rejected and the overqualified ones get in to better schools

[past summit]

They are, the admissions doesnt let in the actual qualified candidates

[woven quest]

no shade on anyone who got in

[half briar]

[past summit]

Yeah

I mean im sure you had to meet some threshold to get in

[fluid crest]

I should try applying to BU ea or ed 2 just to see if they'd accept me

[half briar]

one of my classmates got into mit and princeton but she still chose northeastern

lol

[fluid crest]

why 😭

[past summit]

Apply to bu because their a better school and they have a real admissions

[fluid crest]

that sounds like a terrible idea

[woven quest]

its sooooooooooooo expensive tho

[past summit]

?????

[half briar]

i forgot her reasoning exactly but she didn't want the stress that came with those schools

ykwim

[woven quest]

brow hat

[fluid crest]

ye but they're more expensive and don't have as much of a priority on co ops i think

my dad went to BU and he said that he honestly prefers NEU

[woven quest]

co ops is pretty nice tho ngl

[fluid crest]

even tho neu was shitty back in the day

[past summit]

Youre preference

[half briar]

northeastern is a good school if you look past all the stupid shit they do

[past summit]

I dont wanna throw any shade on northeastern, its a good school, thats why I ED’ed, but only go if they give you a good amount of money

[past summit]

yeah. Still overrated, but sure

[fluid crest]

I like the campus of NEU better and BU doesn't seem as stand out

[half briar]

the faculty all come from great schools and you get a lot of opportunities to expand your connections and do research

[woven quest]

yeah but is it's rep that good?

[fluid crest]

I'm only committing cuz I'll probs only have to do like two years 💀

[half briar]

wdym

[past summit]

why

[woven quest]

doesn't it have a scummy reputation despite how good of a school it is

because of all the shit they do

[fluid crest]

because I'm gonna transfer the maximum credits possible-

[half briar]

unfortunately

[past summit]

CS majors make six figures out of northeastern

[woven quest]

hard to look past it when it's so blatant

[half briar]

CS profs here are from MIT, berk, princeton PhDs

so

[past summit]

A lot of schools do it, northeastern just does it a LOT

[half briar]

i like it here despite all the shit they pull

[fluid crest]

I have college credit from AP, one community college, and one four year university-

they'll have to accept some of it

[woven quest]

neu?

[half briar]

yeah

[past summit]

besides the artificial acceptance rate and being a former commuter school, its fantastix

Their cs program is t30 lmao

[fluid crest]

what shit do they do?

I've heard of their bad rep from the 90s but I thought they were pretty pristine rn?

[woven quest]

manipulate rankings acceptance rates all to make their school look better

[fluid crest]

ohhhhhhhhh that

[woven quest]

granted it's a good school idk why they still do this

[half briar]

we're still 54th

[fluid crest]

probs trying to break into the t50

[woven quest]

like i feel like the acceptance rate would be a bit higher but still selective

[past summit]

well in doing so theyve actually gotten more qualified candidates

[half briar]

we were in the t50s a few years ago

[woven quest]

higher lower bu

[hearty hatch]

FRRR

[past summit]

t50 and going up

[woven quest]

yeah so in turn their school actually improves

[half briar]

BU is 41

[past summit]

thats the point. Its still overrated, but gets better every year

[fluid crest]

I thought it was going down the past couple of years

[half briar]

BC is 37

[past summit]

And its climbing at a fast rate

[fluid crest]

same with BU

[past summit]

Its not idk who told you that

[half briar]

our ranking has been down bc a lot of kids graduate in 5 years instead of 4

[past summit]

Steady incline

[half briar]

bc of co-ops

[hearty hatch]

For pre med, do you think northeastern would be good due to co-ops

[woven quest]

what's your opinon on coops

[past summit]

they are paid tho

[fluid crest]

i mean if they were t50 a couple years ago but only like 54 now then it's not actively going up

[past summit]

Absolutely

[half briar]

they're fantastic

[woven quest]

good for resume?

[half briar]

you pay the school back through summer classes

[woven quest]

can you only do them once or no

[half briar]

yeap

[past summit]

54 according to us news but as a school, steadily increasing

[half briar]

you do 2 in 4 years

used to be able to do 3 in 5 years but they got rid of that

[hearty hatch]

Literally the co-ops are the only reason why I even applied EA

That and because it’s in Boston

[fluid crest]

ahhh the caveat of coops

you have to take summer classes

[fading socket]

not necessarily; its a bit free applying ed im afraid

[hearty hatch]

Even though the city of Boston is hella expensive

[past summit]

You got in with a 3.3 gpa 💀

Its free regardless who cares

[fluid crest]

i mean you can always try and commute in from the suburbs 😭

or more likely- i'ma beg my sister to let me stay in her condo and pay her rent 💀

[fading socket]

but im not rich either 💀

[hearty hatch]

3.3 isn’t that bad but for a schools that’s supposedly supposed to have an acceptance rate lower than Hopkins, that’s insane

[past summit]

doesnt matter, youre gonna pay a hefty price. Thats what theyre looking for

[hearty hatch]

Especially since they have no supplementals

[past summit]

absolutely, artificial acceptance rate

[fluid crest]

who'd wanna go to hopkins?

baltimore is my make or break 💀

[woven quest]

i love boston

[half briar]

the actual acceptance rate is closer to 20-30s only because of how many applicants they receive each year

[fluid crest]

i love all of boston except for copley

[hearty hatch]

Erm that was my ED school 💀 but also my parents made me do it cause it’s close to home

[fading socket]

see this makes sense

[quaint flax]

Not “especially”, that makes it less insane
They deliberately deflate their rate by making it easy to apply (they also emailed fee waivers to pretty much everyone)

[fading socket]

bc prior to the 5 7% chaos it was around 18-25%

[hearty hatch]

Not much of a school I even wanna go to

[half briar]

and it's going to go. down with more applicants

[fluid crest]

i'd rather die than live in baltimore- probs cuz I would die if I lived in baltimore

[past summit]

but do you wanna know why they accept the people they do and reject they people they dont

$$$

[hearty hatch]

True that

[fading socket]

for clarification, it is unweighted and my school is a feeder so chances are this is not what is in my record on their end

but it goes to show how multiple things factor in

[past summit]

How much money did they give you

[hearty hatch]

It’s not TOO bad, but I’m also used to the city so I get it if someone who isn’t might be scared for their life lol 😂

[hearty hatch]

Ahhh okay

[fluid crest]

boston is so much nicer

except for copley

[hearty hatch]

Honestly these college app stuff is hella confusing

[fluid crest]

💀

i've got a vendetta against copley

[hearty hatch]

That’s why BU is my top school lol 😂

[past summit]

Good choice better than northeastern

[fading socket]

pending but based on the packages other ppl have gotten w similar financials, probably a lot

[past summit]

so you have no idea.

[fluid crest]

you're complaining about neu's pricetag but bu isn't much better 😭

[hearty hatch]

Applying ED2 😭🙏 praying I get it

[past summit]

It is, much more reputable

[woven quest]

^

[past summit]

Good luck

[fading socket]

ik for a fact it’s not gonna be nothing 💀

[woven quest]

neu ed to #1 hater is kinda crazy

might as well pull out of ed atp w out trying

[past summit]

Anything upwards of $60k is a plain scam, so atleast $30k for it to be anywhere reasonable

[past summit]

im going to

unless i get like $50k+

[fading socket]

wait you applied ed and you’re dogging this hard??

[past summit]

yeah because they gave me like nothing 💀

i still like northeastern and their cs

but there are some serious cons

that i hope everyone is aware of

[woven quest]

REAL

[past summit]

Also i thought i was gonna get rejected ED, i didnt look at the ed acceptance rate which is my fault

so i wasn’t prepared to say the least

[woven quest]

did you apply knowing the cons tho

[hearty hatch]

No I understand, my high school is full of low income students and it’s no joke to how costs can cause issues for many families

[past summit]

I didnt, i applied with knowing nothing accept an artificially low acceptance rate

[hearty hatch]

Not assuming your low income or anything but for anyone middle class to it can be the same

[past summit]

Exactly, dont go somewhere unless its affordable and worth it

[fading socket]

thats the warning ppl heed when applying ed anywhere

[past summit]

northeastern has much more cons than any other reputable ED school

[fading socket]

no point in earlying if theres the possibility of only getting a loan for 2 dollars

[half briar]

ED acceptance rates are much higher than overall acceptance rates - you MUST do your research before applying ED anywhere

[past summit]

Its easy to pull out though

If you literally cant afford it 💀

[past summit]

i thought it would be 30%

[fading socket]

well yeah if uve negotiated and still got nothing they can release you from the agreement

[past summit]

its more like %90

[fading socket]

maybe to the top campus

[half briar]

yeah

[hearty hatch]

They can’t force you to go anyway if you can’t afford it

[past summit]

💯 im gonna wait tho

[half briar]

northeastern mainly admits through ED too

[past summit]

yeah i got my top campus and major

[half briar]

how i managed to squeeze in through RD is a miracle LOL

[fading socket]

if it’s a global campus then u were cooked from the jump

[past summit]

so do other schools, their ed rates are low tho

[half briar]

not really

uchi

[fading socket]

they do boast that half of their incoming class is thru ed

[past summit]

9%

[fluid crest]

their global campuses seem mid to me

beyond like london maybe

[past summit]

they all are

[half briar]

still way higher than RD

[past summit]

Getting into uchicago any way is very hard

Dont compare uchicago to northeastern lmao

[half briar]

i'm just saying

[woven quest]

wb ea 🥺

[half briar]

🤷

[half briar]

i was deferred from EA

[woven quest]

NOOOOO

[gray vortex]

neu ?

[fading socket]

try not to get deferred challenge (impossible diff)

[hearty hatch]

I hate uchi supplementals ngl

[fading socket]

yeah

i mean u got it dawg

[gray vortex]

dawg if i get rejected ed2 again im gonna jump

[fading socket]

did u send in ur loci yet

[woven quest]

ay coutn me in

[gray vortex]

ab to soon

[fading socket]

but u could go to our boss’s higher ranked alma mater instead

[gray vortex]

i cant be one of the bls kids that get rejected bro thatd be so embarassing

[past summit]

all in all northeastern is totally worth it if you dont have better options, can pay comfortably, boston campus, and one of their good majors. But there is some sketchy shit they do u gotta look after

so if i get enough money, ill def go

better than my state schools

[hearty hatch]

Does anyone know if their psychology major is good

[woven quest]

is chem good

[hearty hatch]

That’s what I’m majoring in

[gray vortex]

11% acceptance rate bffr

my plan b is uma

[fading socket]

i think my cousin did psych and she thrived but idk

[woven quest]

@half briar please bless us with your knowledge

[half briar]

abt what

[past summit]

Computer Science and Business are high idk about the rest

[half briar]

yeah

pre-med is p solid here too

[fluid crest]

uma looked depressing to me 💀

like their campus is mid

[fading socket]

brick city but gets the job done

[fluid crest]

so is umb's but at least they're closer to boston

[fading socket]

was gonna apply to uma rd because ea is a bloodbath at my school

[fluid crest]

i'm just gonna apply to umb ea because I'm too anxious to wait till like march

[fading socket]

ok yeah umb ea makes sense cuz its free

[half briar]

honestly all the majors here are pretty solid

it's CS and business that stand out from the others

[fading socket]

u singlehandedly will break the cycle

[past summit]

Another thing about northeastern is in a2c it gets criticism for its shady stuff, but outside of a2c literally nobody cares

[fluid crest]

wait so can you technically ED twice? like ED1 to NEU and ED2 to BU? What if you get accepted to both?

[fading socket]

exactly

[past summit]

Everyone thinks northeastern is at-least t50 maybe t40

[fading socket]

the ed2 deadline is after the ed1 decision date

[fluid crest]

ahhh ic ic

[fading socket]

ed2 is due beginning of january like rd

some schools (like wpi 💀..) have ea2

[fading socket]

besides, ed1 and ed2 come out at different times and you can always withdraw ur app

[woven quest]

ed2 becomes available after all ed1 decisions have been released no

it's a thing decided at a later time

[fading socket]

yeah ed2 is usually available after ed1 so in northeasterns terms, if u “realized later that northeastern is ur top choice” u can ed2 and get ur decision a month before rd

[fluid crest]

probs not worth it for me to apply to BU since I have a high chance at NEU ED1 and BU's application fee is $80

[fading socket]

have the app ready for ed2

js dont submit it

[fluid crest]

sounds smart- I'll do that

[past summit]

Im sorry but this is ridiculous

Who got rejected 💀

[fading socket]

ok but this is a2c

[past summit]

sure

[fading socket]

this discord server is a circle of kids going im cooked im cooked and then getting into mit ea

[woven quest]

i mean i'm not cracked but i'm still here

and i got rejected duke ed

so.

[past summit]

im no competitive application lmao

[woven quest]

yeah

[past summit]

maybe some t50s and das it

[fading socket]

the sample of applicants across different schools looks different

so it makes sense why sm ppl got in from here imo

sure its a bit crazy that 85% bagged but

[past summit]

that a2inflafion

[fading socket]

exactly

[quaint flax]

There are roughly 25000 universities on earth
That would be in the top 0.2% of colleges.

[woven quest]

t50 in U.S tho

[past summit]

in the united states nerd

[shut oyster]

LMFAOOOOOOO

but yeah i think NEU ed acceptance rate is around 30-40%

for boston campus only

and most of us here got into boston campus

[quaint flax]

There are roughly 3200 universities in US
That would be in the top 1.6% of colleges.

[past summit]

ok, well im a mid applicant and i got into a t50

idk what u want buddy

[quaint flax]

im just saying that pretty much everyone in this server would be considered competitive

[past summit]

im just saying it is not hard. In comparison, sure, maybe I am a “competitive applicant” but you have a mid application and get into decent schools

[quaint flax]

well yeah, thats my point
that our perception of "mid" is pretty off to the average person

[past summit]

My class rank is dookie theres ur proof

[woven quest]

stats reveal pls 🙏

[past summit]

i aint doin allllat

[woven quest]

lolllll

[shut oyster]

northeastern yield protection

[short tulip]

my stats were dookie and i got into neu somehow

[past summit]

rigged

[minor hedge]

too much aura

[crisp cargo]

nah he got into Boston iirc

[hearty hatch]

What were your stats

[fading socket]

same

[past summit]

💔they just be letting anyone into neu

[fading socket]

yall cant be sayin ts without the full picture yo 😭

[inner hill]

💀

ur ec's are cracked right

[fading socket]

i like to think so 😭

if i posted my stats on tiktok ppl would crash out in my comments and ehatecrime me

[past summit]

an acceptance is an acceptance be happy

but it doesnt mean shit

[fading socket]

dawg u r one of those acceptances

reacting to ur own msg is crazy

ur one of those ecrashouts

[past summit]

i mean that in a positive way

just because you get into a good school doesnt mean life is over

u could still get cooked

like cs grads at berkeley who are on the street

[fading socket]

it sounded like u were saying an acceptance is an acceptance as in like a “here damn” kinda way

[fading socket]

luckily thats further downt he road

[past summit]

u can also go to like a t300 school and do really well

my mom went to a t300 and my dad went to a t60 guess who makes more

[fading socket]

well yeah its not ab where u go but wgat u do there

its nice to have a name tho

[past summit]

fax.

sillyjackson

[crisp cargo]

this is why you go to northeastern and get a job before you even graduate

[hearty hatch]

Manifesting neu ❤️

What was y’all’s stats when you got accepted, I want to make sure I’m not getting my hopes up 😭

[crisp cargo]

3.8 weighted

[past summit]

what are your stats ill make a verdict

[crisp cargo]

test optional

[hearty hatch]

3.98 uw gpa, 4.4 w, test optional, apart of a medical program at my hs, did an internship at a hospital related to my major, have done volunteer hours at another hospital in the PED, doing a job currently at the hospital I did my internship at, officer for multiple clubs (highest position is Vice President), submitting a 4 for ap bio, pretty rigorous classes all 4 years cause of the medical program

[past summit]

For EA? Deferred. For RD? Rejected.

[hearty hatch]

Damn okay 😭

[past summit]

maybe deffered then accepted

Only four damn 💀

[crisp cargo]

if i can get in anyone can

[hearty hatch]

I also did volleyball 2 years, have done like 2 major research projects

Idek ngl these apps are so confusing

[crisp cargo]

yeah i didnt wanna put bs ecs in there

nah i think ur overqualified for neu honestly

[past summit]

no the ea pool is really tough

the ed pool is so light

[crisp cargo]

cap

[past summit]

where do you think that 7% acceptance rate comes from

[crisp cargo]

they just get a lot of applications

[past summit]

from qualified candidates 💀

[fluid crest]

probs rd

[crisp cargo]

yeah but its not like they dont reject ED

[hearty hatch]

Neu drives me insane

I wish they had a supplemental ngl

[past summit]

they dont

[crisp cargo]

they do

[hearty hatch]

Every schools has rejects from ED

[past summit]

Im gonna level with you you have a great application, so apply to schools better than neu

[crisp cargo]

ed is like 40 percent

[fading socket]

ur good dawg

[past summit]

This year it was 100% ong

[hearty hatch]

Like what schools tho 😭

[past summit]

Where are you from

[fading socket]

i can send u my full stats in dms if ur really worried but i really wouldn't be

[fluid crest]

damn bro you're so salty about neu 💀

[waxen kiln]

twin lol my sat definitely carried me

[past summit]

neus still great but he’s overqualified, and can def go somewhere better

thats like telling someone with a 4.0 to go to their safety school

[fading socket]

shoot for bu tbh

[fluid crest]

ye but you've just been shitting on neu for like the past 3 days

[crisp cargo]

it doesnt work like that 😭

[fading socket]

if u like boston i mean

[past summit]

ive been being real 💯

[crisp cargo]

nahhh u been biased

[past summit]

I made a pros and cons list if you scroll up

[fluid crest]

nah you're salty you didn't get any aid-

[past summit]

Its all about your preference

[past summit]

Yeah $90k is crazy

Did anyone in here actually get a lot of aid (like $50k/yr plus)

[crisp cargo]

i got 41k

[fading socket]

yes smb got 82k

[crisp cargo]

yeah they meet need if you need it

i didnt need too much so they met me there

[past summit]

Still 49k is not cheap

[fading socket]

northeastern promise

[past summit]

but nice

[crisp cargo]

hey better than 90k

[past summit]

obviously

[fluid crest]

no uni is gonna give any or much aid to anybody upper middle class or higher

[past summit]

i could never do $49k tho

[crisp cargo]

im not low income so im not that worried

[fluid crest]

maybe even middle class-

[past summit]

what middle class family can afford $90k/yr 💀

so out of touch

[crisp cargo]

people that save for college

[fluid crest]

I gripe about that everywhere but it still applies

my sisters got jack shit from umb too

[crisp cargo]

its different for everybody

[fluid crest]

you gotta plan accordingly

[crisp cargo]

yep

[fluid crest]

I knew neu would be expensive so I've been doing everything I can to minimize that

[past summit]

look if you can go go ig but anything above $40k that isnt super comfortable for your family is NOT worth it

[crisp cargo]

ngl neu is around the same price as a lot of different colleges

[fluid crest]

i mean yeah but I feel like you're treating neu as an exception almost, like they're the only university in the world that does this

[past summit]

yeah $90k is just the norm now

[crisp cargo]

BU tuition is similar

[fluid crest]

i think BU is more-

[hearty hatch]

Maryland

[past summit]

unfortunately it isnt, some people pay half a million for columbia undergrad

thats just literally ridiculous i dont care how much you make

[crisp cargo]

yeah i was debating on EDing BU or NEU but then I realized that they're both super expensive so i might as well go with the college that'll get me with a job early

[fluid crest]

i'm aware so you can't just shit on NEU 😭

[past summit]

Shoot for umd, uva idk

[fluid crest]

at least not only on neu

[crisp cargo]

Shit on the system 🤷

[past summit]

Well unlike neu, columbia is actually worth it

for that much anyway

[crisp cargo]

I think even that is subjective

[past summit]

the people in here ready to pay almost all of the sticker price are what makes that system works

[fluid crest]

^

[crisp cargo]

Some colleges arent right for certain people

[past summit]

any college for too much isnt worth it

[crisp cargo]

the reason why most people go to college is to get a job that can pay it off + more

[hearty hatch]

Umd sucks for anything that isn’t CS or Engineering, my sibling goes there and they hate it

[past summit]

i didnt know that actually damn

If neus ur dream school go for it

[past summit]

and if you dont get a job like Berkeley undergrads?

[fluid crest]

what do you wanna major in?

[hearty hatch]

I’m shooting for BU only cause I like their psych program, but NEU is a close second

[crisp cargo]

bro 💀

[hearty hatch]

Psychology and pre med

[past summit]

genuine question

[hearty hatch]

So co-op is perfect for me

[crisp cargo]

see this is why i chose neu cuz of the co op

[fluid crest]

nice

[hearty hatch]

Thisss

[past summit]

its still possible tho. Dont rule out being unemployed for a few years, ESPECIALLY for computer science

[crisp cargo]

who said im doing CS 💀

[past summit]

What are you doing

[hearty hatch]

What’s your major

[crisp cargo]

civil engineering

[hearty hatch]

Ooh nice 👍

[fluid crest]

ooh fun

[past summit]

still competitive as hell

im just saying

expect the worst hope for the best good luck

[crisp cargo]

or expect the best and hope for the best

[fluid crest]

as the saying goes: expect the worst, plan for the best

[hearty hatch]

This is exactly what I did when I was forced to apply jhu as ED

[crisp cargo]

NEU is really well regarded with firms and businesses in Boston so theres a really high chance to get one after college

[crisp cargo]

forced lol?

[hearty hatch]

Parents, Asian parents

😭

[fluid crest]

wait if you just did a year of straight co ops at neu would you still have to pay full tuition?

[crisp cargo]

no

but you still gotta pay housing

and food

[fluid crest]

😮‍💨 sweet

[past summit]

I dont think you can

A full year?

[crisp cargo]

i think it depends

[hearty hatch]

Honestly better than nothing 🙏

[past summit]

Its 6-8 months

[fluid crest]

i don't complain about the housing much since you'd probs still be paying the same amount if you rented your own place

[hearty hatch]

Did you decide if you’re pulling out or staying at NEU

[crisp cargo]

look at his messages 😭

[past summit]

If enough money, no

If otherwise

[crisp cargo]

NEU dont need you that badly bro

[past summit]

Im not going to school for $90k💀

My family would be destroyed financially

[fluid crest]

i'm hoping I'll only have to pay 90k for two years and I'm debating if it would be worth it to try and get my graduate degree from neu as well and if I did that then I'd get a 25% discount off the graduate tuition

cuz both a bachelors and a masters would probs make the 260k worth it

[past summit]

Also i havent just been straight hating on northeastern, i still think its a very good school (#27 cs, great campus area etc) but some people are comparing it with t20s which i think is unfair

Also, before anyone commits i think they should max out their financial aid and make it worth it

[fluid crest]

no one is comparing it with t20 💀

[past summit]

some people do

but look im glad almost everyone in this server got in

its a fantastic school

i do this with literally every school i applied too

i hate on unc all the time even though its like my top 3 school

but im not gonna pretend northeastern is perfect and my life is now over and successful because i got in

you still gotta play ur cards very well

[crisp cargo]

well im gonna go ahead and pretend that lol

good luck with the rest of ur apps

[past summit]

did any of you unsubmit ur other apps

[crisp cargo]

yeah i did

but i forgot to do one of them

and they accepted me but im not gonna go cuz yknow

[past summit]

and ur set on $50k/yr for undergrad

[crisp cargo]

?

wym im set

yeah im ready to pay that

[past summit]

like ur financially ready

damn

loaded

[crisp cargo]

my parents are gonna help pay until i can

[past summit]

good for you i guess

[past summit]

well that would be pretty hard during undergrad

except for coop

[fluid crest]

i mean the tuition itself is probs only like 20-30k out of that and the rest is housing

i feel like the housing shouldn't be included when referencing the price

cuz you would have paid for that amount anyhow if you decided to go school in boston

[past summit]

Ik the housing and food are insane, like just be frugal

[crisp cargo]

yep it is 20k per semester

[fluid crest]

i mean this housing thing is required so that college students aren't too frugal and basically starve to death

[past summit]

so really that $90k is more like $75k if u just be frufal

[past summit]

just cheap housing tho.

on campus if possible

saves money

[crisp cargo]

yeah college scurvy

[fluid crest]

and also so the kid doesn't get depressed and committ suicide- y'know make friends if forced to stay together

[woven quest]

bro the dorms at neu are NOT it ngl

[crisp cargo]

crazy that it actually exists

[crisp cargo]

bro its just RNG some of them are good and some of them are actually terrible

we're not even allowed to pick as freshman 😭

[fluid crest]

none of them have ac's except for like a couple 😭

I heard if you got into the honors college then you have access to nicer dorms

[woven quest]

my frend and his roomate live together in like a fucking closet

idt that thing evn has a bathroom

[crisp cargo]

dude they're doing quads

[past summit]

quads is nothing its 8 at carolina

[fluid crest]

I was talking with my dad about that when we were doing the campus tour- like i'd rather not do a quad but if it makes it cheaper than i'll deal with it 😭

[past summit]

just wait till u have 16 💀

[crisp cargo]

nahh but the rooms are super small thats what makes it bad

idk how it is at unc

[past summit]

well yeah thats how they make it work

[past summit]

the space isnt the problem its the one bathroom

[crisp cargo]

nah man i have morals

[past summit]

anything but a solo dorm tho

[brave cloud]

pause

[past summit]

u went digging for this

[fluid crest]

idk maybe a three person is a good in between? 😭

[crisp cargo]

nahhhhh lmfaoo

2 is my max

[past summit]

the housing price at neu isnt the main issue

[brave cloud]

😭

[crisp cargo]

3 in the same space as someone living in a double

[past summit]

the 9k food cost is ridiculous

shi better be five star meals

[fluid crest]

maybe I can beg one of my sisters to let me stay in their condo 💀

and hope it's close enough that neu will let me do it 😭

[brave cloud]

‼️

[crisp cargo]

gotta tell my cousin to put me in their basement

[hearty hatch]

Dude just because you might not be able to doesn’t mean others can’t 😭

[past summit]

sure $50k for someone is like nothing

[hearty hatch]

Loans exist

[past summit]

ig ill see my financial aid letter soon and see if they really do match needs

[past summit]

fuck no

🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️

[hearty hatch]

And yeah it’s hard to pay them back but you gotta do what you gotta do

[past summit]

You dont? You can always go to an affordable school 💀

[woven quest]

is the aid from schools something you have to pay back or no

[brave cloud]

@past summit u say northeastern isnt hard to get into?

[crisp cargo]

depends

[past summit]

depends

[woven quest]

on what

[past summit]

Ed not really anything else yeah

[crisp cargo]

i think the federal loans you do have to pay back but the grants from the school are free

[hearty hatch]

The colleges here are not the best though

[crisp cargo]

also pell grant is free iirc but im not an expert

[past summit]

Affordability over preference, im not rich

[crisp cargo]

why did you ED to a school you cant afford lol

[hearty hatch]

I was planning on working during school anyway lol

[crisp cargo]

no offense

are you intl?

[past summit]

i can back out easily, but to be honest i didnt do my research and i thought i was gonna get hard rejected

[hearty hatch]

My sister’s friend got a whole year free cause of pell grants

[past summit]

so thats a little bit of my fault

i looked at 7% and thought yeah no way

[hearty hatch]

Honestly if I get into neu I’ll make it work somehow

[past summit]

i dont know if i cant afford it yet, also im tryna go if its affordable

[crisp cargo]

well imma be honest with you, you'll probably run into the same issues as NEU cuz ur intl

[past summit]

i never said im international

[crisp cargo]

are you?

you didnt answer

[past summit]

us of a

[hearty hatch]

Why does your roles say international tho 😭😂

[crisp cargo]

lol

[past summit]

does it

[fluid crest]

MY PRONOUNS ARE U/S/A RAHHHHHH 🦅 🇺🇸

[hearty hatch]

It does lol

[past summit]

i live in the united states idk do you wanna see my passport

💀

[crisp cargo]

Well good luck i doubt you won't get aid unless you actually dont need it

[hearty hatch]

No we believe you

I was just wondering

[past summit]

yeah i should get a nice chunk

its all good

[woven quest]

you can send me pictures of your credit card for proof as well if that's easier

[hearty hatch]

I’m probably not gonna get any aid, my family makes over 200K 💀

[past summit]

credit cards are a global thing

[fluid crest]

also make sure to include your social security number

[past summit]

still, 200k, probably need some aid

[hearty hatch]

Definitely but no college will give aid tbh

[fluid crest]

frrrrr

stingy bastards

[hearty hatch]

That’s why no matter where I go there’s always gonna be a need for some type of sacrifice

Even instate for me they barely gave any

[fluid crest]

who knows your stats might be good enough for a deans scholarship?

[past summit]

i firmly believe college is only worth it if it’s afforable but up to you lol

Did anyone in here get merit

[hearty hatch]

Doubt it but hopefully lol 😂

[past summit]

?

[hearty hatch]

Do they only give need based

[fluid crest]

they give merit

[crisp cargo]

i think my income was either 200k or 140k

and i got aid

[fluid crest]

for nmsqt, national recognition, and deans

[woven quest]

what the hell

[hearty hatch]

Me rn lol

[crisp cargo]

no they do merit too

[past summit]

no but did anyone in here actually get some of that

i did not

[crisp cargo]

did u get ur aid package how do you even know that

[fluid crest]

I was answering dee's question of whether they only give need based lol

[past summit]

if that’s combined then $50k/yr is a lot no offense, unless ur an only child or your parents are frugal

[crisp cargo]

oh nah we're taking out a loan

[past summit]

ion think anyone got merit 💀

[past summit]

gl

[hearty hatch]

Do you know if it is based on grades, gpa, test scores or is it based on things like merit recognitions (nmsqt)

[past summit]

merit based aid wouldve been in the acceptance letter

[fluid crest]

oof not gonna be good for me

[crisp cargo]

both

[past summit]

so unless it said below the congratulations you got money then 0 merit

[past summit]

yeah

[fluid crest]

nmsqt is separate

[crisp cargo]

you never know

[fluid crest]

i'll probs get nmsqt unless my state decides to be smarter than usual this year

[crisp cargo]

cracked

[fluid crest]

nah the psat was eaaaaasy

[crisp cargo]

nahhh i got like

1230

[fluid crest]

really? damn 💀

I was pissed that I didn't get more than a 1490

[hearty hatch]

1490 is good 😭

My school’s average was a 900

I go to a school full of ghettos lmao 😂

[fluid crest]

it doesn't feel good enough because it's index equivalent is 222 and the cutoff in my state last year was 222 so I'm afraid it'll go up to 223 😭

[fluid crest]

that's like every school average 💀

i think the average in my school is like 948 or smth

[hearty hatch]

Really I heard some schools were like 1300

For PSAT and SAT

[woven quest]

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BUDDIES

[fluid crest]

those are either magnets or privates cuz ain't no way for a normal public school 💀

[hearty hatch]

This is even more hilarious cause my school is a fucking magnet school too 😭😂

[fluid crest]

how??? 😭

[hearty hatch]

Idek

[past summit]

My schools avg SAT is a 1050 💀

[crisp cargo]

my schools avg SAT is a 1420

[past summit]

yea das insane icl

[hearty hatch]

Literally it’s in the most ghetto place ever and the only reason why they even have a magnet program is cause their reputation is horrible

[fluid crest]

wtf 💀

[hearty hatch]

That’s actually insanity

[past summit]

thats help u ig

A 1420 is top 5% of takers

or close to it

[hearty hatch]

The only reason why I drive 25 minutes to get to school 😭

[past summit]

i drive 35 mins to school because of the dookie ass traffic 💯

[hearty hatch]

Sometimes 35 😃

Exactly

[fluid crest]

bro there's another school 30 minutes away from me and it's literally so cracked 😭

i wanna go there so badly

like 2000 kids, brand new campus, a baking class, 20 AP's, a shit ton of clubs, and more fun electives

hold up I just googled

THEY HAVE 55 CLUBS

AND ONE OF THEM IS ASIAN FOOD CULTURE CLUB 😭

[past summit]

i didnt realize how ass my school was until i started applying to college