Northeastern engineering?

[Anonymous]

DC accepted regular decision, Boston, Honors, with scholarship, for engineering.

combined financial aid and merit puts it within range of other colleges DC is considering.

Do anyone has any feedback about either the honors program at Northeastern or Northeastern engineering -- bioE, specifically?

I've read the previous threads that go on an on about the artificially-high stats and that's interesting, up to a point. But now that she has a good offer in hand, we don't really care about rankings -- whether gamed or otherwise -- but we do want to know anything else that will help us think through whether it's a goof fit for our kid. Will they have good hands-on collaborative learning experiences, will they be taught well, will they have an overall positive experience... etc.

Anyone have any experience with Boston, Honors, or Engineering that does not refer to (1) rankings, (2) test scores, or (3) cost? Do they get to know professors at all? What kinds of friends did your student make? Are there parties? Clubs?

If you really only want to talk about rankings and such, what would you consider peer schools to northeastern for engineering?

We would be glad to hear about recent, relevant experience.

[Anonymous]

DC is in Biomedical Engineering at Tufts and knows a couple very bright kids in Engineering at Northeastern who love it. I've heard a number of good experiences for Engineering from parents. (Live in New England now and have known many kids go there)

[Anonymous]

My DD is senior engineering major at another school, but she participated in a research program at Northeastern last summer and had a very positive experience. She was accepted into a PhD program there and seriously considered going, but then she was accepted into her first choice program.

[Anonymous]

Northeastern has hired several faculty from Harvard who didn't get tenure as well as others who are quite good in engineering throughout and in BioE . While they definitely work to make the most of their stats in the rankings they are improving and their co-op program is highly regarded. I would do your research but there is something solid there. Being the Boston region helps all these schools generally, though living in Boston is ridiculously expensive.

[Anonymous]

thanks all, appreciate the feedback

[Anonymous]

My kid is in another stem discipline (and likes it) but has a housemate in engineering. Super smart kid has had great success w coops and now grad school prospects. this kid is very driven and would have done great wherever they went. Yes, they know professors in upper level classes (not so much in intro level.) Boston is a great place to be a college student.