N.U.in - Seeking firsthand experience (not wotm)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern only enrolls 2,500 freshmen at the Boston campus. Its yield has been rising, that is more are selecting it as its first choice. If you have the opportunity to do NU.in, take it.

Be prepared to not get in, though. It has become uber selective.

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[Anonymous]

The problem that I see is that Boston's campus has become so selective that it's like a lottery ticket to go there. It's one of those urban campuses like NYU or USC that attracts a lot of applicants. Look at USC this year. Its early action acceptance rate was 7% with more than 40,000 applications just for early action. USC has one of the "easiest" transfer from a community college policy of any selective college. Northeastern doesn't have that any more with how competitive NU.in has become.

[Anonymous]

If NEU is DC's first choice for several reasons, absolutely go for it especially for major like social science.
Knock out a few general or free elective requirements.

NUIn is basically a study abroad(one semester).
My kid was direct admit to Boston, and is now a Junior.
DC somehow lost a chance to do study abroad, and that the biggest regret.

It sort of depends on the kids, but not a bad idea at all to take care of study abroad early if you look at it that way.

[Anonymous]

NU Boston is almost impossible to be admitted. NUIn is becoming almost as difficult. If you are able and qualified, I would say let your kid take such a great opportunity. Your kid has to be able to survive on their own, so the school is not for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Make sure there will be meaningful courses for your kid to take wherever they end up. My kid did not take Global Scholars (1 year in London for engineering) because with their AP credit they would not have had any Calculus course to take 1 semester and same for their Chemistry. Did not see the purpose to going abroad to fall behind in their major. Then again, they also were not comfortable with study abroad freshman year---they wanted to start on a Main campus somewhere (and in hindsight for them study abroad would have been terrible adjustment).

Join the NEU parents FB pages. There are two and yes you can join before your kid has matriculated (or at least you used to be able to).

For housing, yes your kid will get housing in Boston. But you don't know what it will be like. Some end up at a hotel 1/2 mile from campus with other NUIn kids. Some end up in a room in an apartment with 3-4 juniors or seniors (there is a current post on the FB pages about exactly this happening). Some end up on campus dorm with other freshman or sophomores. Some end up rooming with other NUIn students. It's a mix. Have to decide if your kid is the type who would be okay with returning to campus and rooming with juniors or seniors or do they need to be with other NUIn kids/freshman.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

[Anonymous]

If your kid has the opportunity to do NU.in, and it is affordable to you, jump on it. There are not that many NU.in freshmen, so they develop a very close bond when they return to Boston. Hopefully your child gets accepted ED2. Early action and regular decision are insanely competitive. We can debate the why's and how come's, but at the end of the day, many, many qualified applicants are rejected. Given how the housing shortage impacts Boston, this is only going to get worse. There are plans to build a new dorm, but this would not be additive to the number of beds offered to enrolled students. Even NU Mills College only offers a few hundred slots per year. I've heard that many of those wanting Oakland are internationals studying computer science. So even that as a "spillover" is still very competitive.

[Anonymous]

I am an alum of a CIEE program in Paris from many years ago so take it with a grain of salt. It was full of snooty rich kids who were basically there to party. I was a kid on financial aid who worked two jobs over the summer to pay for the program. I did not fit in and it sucked. But the academics were excellent if one actually wanted to take advantage of them which I did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

+1. Applicants do not get to choose where they attend, they can list a preference, but it is not guaranteed, and you can always decline. Most applicants are so set on NU, that they accept where they are assigned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

Many selective schools just say nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

Many selective schools just say nothing.

So many parents concerned about where they would "pick", yet they likely would not be accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

So she had a choice---NEU or somewhere else. For many, it's a no-brainer---if Oakland is the only choice they simply go elsewhere. Plenty of excellent schools out there that don't require you to live/attend school in Oakland for a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

+1. Applicants do not get to choose where they attend, they can list a preference, but it is not guaranteed, and you can always decline. Most applicants are so set on NU, that they accept where they are assigned.

Not really. NEU offered over 3k acceptances to Global Scholars the year my kid was accepted. I think they got about 500-600 to matriculate. That's not people "accept where they are assigned". The next year when they started Global Scholars Oakland, initially it was ALL 4 YEARS there. By march after many complaints from students/parents, they gave a path to Boston campus after first year---because simply put, majority of students DO NOT want to spend 4 years in Oakland or even one really. Many do choose other schools---anyone getting into NEU has high stats and excellent resume, so they should have many excellent choices to pick from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid spring admit elsewhere. It’s perfectly fine. The way to think about it is - It’s study abroad - but instead of junior year, it’s first semester freshman year. Don’t over think it OP. It’s 3.5 months. Your kid will get some GE credits done. The quality of the courses will be between meh and kind good. They won’t have access to LSE or Bocconi level for example. It’s fine. Enjoy the three months, travel a lot, then enroll in Spring and pick things up from there. It’s all good. Pick the location your kid hasn’t been to/has easiest access to weekend travels. There’s a LOT of weekend travel. So get okay with your kid hopping around Europe (if they haven’t done that before). Also, at 18, they are drinking age in Europe. So, be okay with that too. Mostly it’s an adjustment for You. The kid will bond with some new friends and will be fine assimilating to campus in the spring.

Unless they're stuck going to Oakland.

My kid would never pick Oakland, never.

My friend's kid had no choice. She was told Oakland or nothing.

My friend's dd was accepted Oakland/London then Boston. She got online the summer before school looking for a spot in a Boston dorm. Got it, and was able to do 1st semester at Boston and is now in London. She avoided Oakland.