Northeastern - worst admissions procedures on the planet

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anyone IRL who takes NEU seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid applied to was Georgia Tech.
Got offered pathway program - basically next Fall admit after 1 year at somewhere else.
It thought it was better than reject. Thanks for the option, and no hard feeling at all.

Got direct admit to Northeastern, and attending.

Georgia Yech is a much better school if engineering, computer sciences, etc

This is my exact point. One person looks at GT pathways and based on their other options and what their own personal cost/benefit/priorities they decide not to take it. The other poster WOULD have taken the GT option if deciding between pathways at GT and direct admit Northeastern. IMO It’s better to offer and let the person decide it’s not for them versus a straight rejection.

I do agree though 4 years at Oakland or London isn’t the same - I sort of feel like you should be applying directly to those programs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

Because normally study abroad programs are the second and third year after some foreign languages prep has taken place. What is new here is that Northeastern is doing it the first term because that allows NE to not report low stats kids and also to play with the yield numbers. Those practices, plus the rolling put of offers (in the hopes of quick acceptances which will boost yield - a practice some law schools engage in) is what make college counselors say that Northeastern is trying to game the system

UVA offers it too
https://college.as.virginia.edu/uvalondonfirst#:~:text=UVA%20London%20First%20%7C%20College%20of%20A%26S&text=UVA%20London%20First%20offers%20incoming,%2C%20and%20inter%2Ddisciplinary%20education.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

Because normally study abroad programs are the second and third year after some foreign languages prep has taken place. What is new here is that Northeastern is doing it the first term because that allows NE to not report low stats kids and also to play with the yield numbers. Those practices, plus the rolling put of offers (in the hopes of quick acceptances which will boost yield - a practice some law schools engage in) is what make college counselors say that Northeastern is trying to game the system

But tons of colleges do this now. I'm pretty sure I have heard about kids from BU, AU and NYU doing this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the schools my kid applied to was Georgia Tech.
Got offered pathway program - basically next Fall admit after 1 year at somewhere else.
It thought it was better than reject. Thanks for the option, and no hard feeling at all.

Got direct admit to Northeastern, and attending.

Georgia Yech is a much better school if engineering, computer sciences, etc

This is my exact point. One person looks at GT pathways and based on their other options and what their own personal cost/benefit/priorities they decide not to take it. The other poster WOULD have taken the GT option if deciding between pathways at GT and direct admit Northeastern. IMO It’s better to offer and let the person decide it’s not for them versus a straight rejection.

I do agree though 4 years at Oakland or London isn’t the same - I sort of feel like you should be applying directly to those programs.

Except that the "4 year" Oakland program allows you to transfer to Boston after a year. So it's basically the same as NU Bound.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

Of course they won't let you take the semester off. The whole point of NUIn is to make money by requiring students study abroad at a NEU location. It's definately a money maker. They have marketed it well.

[Anonymous]

The difference is that other schools allow kids to chose on their application whether they want to be considered for alternative programs, like freshman fall study abroad or summer start, or alternative campus and then HONORS that choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

Because normally study abroad programs are the second and third year after some foreign languages prep has taken place. What is new here is that Northeastern is doing it the first term because that allows NE to not report low stats kids and also to play with the yield numbers. Those practices, plus the rolling put of offers (in the hopes of quick acceptances which will boost yield - a practice some law schools engage in) is what make college counselors say that Northeastern is trying to game the system

UVA offers it too
https://college.as.virginia.edu/uvalondonfirst#:~:text=UVA%20London%20First%20%7C%20College%20of%20A%26S&text=UVA%20London%20First%20offers%20incoming,%2C%20and%20inter%2Ddisciplinary%20education.

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Of course! Schools that are in demand have other options for first semesters or first years. I would think that if they did not, they are failing to keep up with modern times - which would prompt me to wonder where else is the school lacking? I would also wonder why don't those schools care enough about their students (to have such offerings), or have enough demand, and a need for such programs? Why aren't those schools more popular?

If you are accepted to a school, you do not have to accept their offer, obviously. If I were admitted to Northeastern, I would be quite proud, since the acceptance rate is quite low. Of course, those who are accepted to Northeastern are not the ones complaining on this board.

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

Of course they won't let you take the semester off. The whole point of NUIn is to make money by requiring students study abroad at a NEU location. It's definately a money maker. They have marketed it well.

They are trying to make room for demand, regarding upper tier students. Spending first year elsewhere allows for that, given co-op. Good on them - both school and students do well by it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

Of course they won't let you take the semester off. The whole point of NUIn is to make money by requiring students study abroad at a NEU location. It's definately a money maker. They have marketed it well.

They are trying to make room for demand, regarding upper tier students. Spending first year elsewhere allows for that, given co-op. Good on them - both school and students do well by it!

At this point, the school is so overcrowded that they should really stop accepting so many students to these non-traditional programs. Growing a school so rapidly without building the necessary infrastructure does not give a good experience to many

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

Of course they won't let you take the semester off. The whole point of NUIn is to make money by requiring students study abroad at a NEU location. It's definately a money maker. They have marketed it well.

They are trying to make room for demand, regarding upper tier students. Spending first year elsewhere allows for that, given co-op. Good on them - both school and students do well by it!

At this point, the school is so overcrowded that they should really stop accepting so many students to these non-traditional programs. Growing a school so rapidly without building the necessary infrastructure does not give a good experience to many

Have you been? We have! It is not overcrowded - I know that there is a post on CC claiming it to be - but that does not make it so.

[Anonymous]

Just to add to the insanity—-ifyou log into your application page you can now see if there’s an admitted students tab. If you have it, seems like you’re in. At this point, you have to think it’s intentional—not incompetence

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not know of any schools that do not offer study abroad. I do not understand what the big deal is. OP seems to be carrying a rather crushing grudge. For what?

"study abroad" is very different than "spend your first semester or first full year abroad". Most students study abroad junior year---kids are in a different place socially, maturity, etc than as 18 yo leaving home for the first time

Yup. My DD was admitted to NUin last year and at first, we thought it was great. But, the more we thought about it, we decided it wasn’t a great idea for her to go abroad her first semester. I hope she does her junior year.
One thing that really annoyed me was that NEU wouldn’t let her just take the first semester off instead. We thought a half gap year would be a good idea and I assumed NEU wouldn’t care if she was enrolled then or not, but they did. Which makes me think they are just a money making machine.

Of course they won't let you take the semester off. The whole point of NUIn is to make money by requiring students study abroad at a NEU location. It's definately a money maker. They have marketed it well.

They are trying to make room for demand, regarding upper tier students. Spending first year elsewhere allows for that, given co-op. Good on them - both school and students do well by it!

At this point, the school is so overcrowded that they should really stop accepting so many students to these non-traditional programs. Growing a school so rapidly without building the necessary infrastructure does not give a good experience to many

And what is it to you? Are you a current parent with a kid there who is complaining about overcrowding? Why are you so concerned about this? What did OP say? She's concerned for the future applicants of next year being swindled? Omg, give me a break. Other posters have mentioned this but it's so true. It's baffling how there are people who feel so passionately negative about this school but they have nothing to do with the school. You just have to think that they're people whose kids didn't get in. Otherwise you wouldn't have such strong feelings about it. It's just a school doing some stuff that you don't agree with and you move on with your life because you're a busy person and have other things on your mind instead of obsessively writing on boards about it to warn future applicants.