Northeastern threatens rescinding admission for partying students

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Punish kids for a half developed brain. Great.

College (especially a uni as expensive as Northeastern) is a privilege

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Punish kids for a half developed brain. Great.

My 16 yo goes to college next year. I can promise you that her brain is developed enough to know that nobody should be attending parties during a pandemic. Even my 13 yo knows that.

In cases where off-campus behavior has implications for other students and overall life on-campus, IMO the school is absolutely right to threaten consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Punish kids for a half developed brain. Great.

My 16 yo goes to college next year. I can promise you that her brain is developed enough to know that nobody should be attending parties during a pandemic. Even my 13 yo knows that.

In cases where off-campus behavior has implications for other students and overall life on-campus, IMO the school is absolutely right to threaten consequences.

My 10 year old knows that drinking alcohol and then driving back on has implications for the health of other students, and yet college students do it with a fair amount of regularity.

I think that a strategy that involves putting 18 - 22 year olds in a situation where they'll only be safe if they follow the rules really well, and assuming that threats of punishments will ensure rule following is a bad one. Because we know that developmentally 18 - 22 year olds often don't follow rules.

Another example would be that it's developmentally normal for 2 year olds to run at normal times. That doesn't mean that I didn't explain to my two year old that they couldn't run in the parking lot, or tell him he'd be punished if he did, but I also would pick him up out of his carseat and put him directly in the shopping cart, or hold his hand tightly, because I knew that at certain developmental stages relying on explanations and threats of punishment is not sufficient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Punish kids for a half developed brain. Great.

My 16 yo goes to college next year. I can promise you that her brain is developed enough to know that nobody should be attending parties during a pandemic. Even my 13 yo knows that.

In cases where off-campus behavior has implications for other students and overall life on-campus, IMO the school is absolutely right to threaten consequences.

+1

Good on them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a bluff. Is Northeastern really in any position to decline students? It’s a laughing stock degree mill who faked their way up the US News list.

They only reject 80% of their applicants

So what? Just means they con a bunch of gullible kids into applying, probably with fee waivers. It's still a nobody school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a bluff. Is Northeastern really in any position to decline students? It’s a laughing stock degree mill who faked their way up the US News list.

They only reject 80% of their applicants

So what? Just means they con a bunch of gullible kids into applying, probably with fee waivers. It's still a nobody school.

Why so gratuitously mean? Totally unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a bluff. Is Northeastern really in any position to decline students? It’s a laughing stock degree mill who faked their way up the US News list.

They only reject 80% of their applicants

So what? Just means they con a bunch of gullible kids into applying, probably with fee waivers. It's still a nobody school.

Why so gratuitously mean? Totally unnecessary.

This laughing stock university doxxed its students who voted in a stupid social media poll and sent threatening letters to their families.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is entering Northeastern and I have been very impressed. They have opened up their own testing facility and will test students regularly throughout the semester (I think weekly). They will require 3 tests in the first week and students will be required to pass all three before they can attend a class. They have software that will rotate kids between in-person and online attendance of classes. Of course there are mask requirements and separate dorms if you get a positive test. They also are having frequent web meetings over the summer to emphasize safe culture. I think it is working because on the NEU subreddit, there are students telling their class mates not to mess thus up. Here is my favorite:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NEU/comments/icrf7w/i_swear_to_god/


There are probably things I am missing. If the Northeastern plan doesn't work, no plan will.

Background guy killed me lmao

These guys are stars! "If you think about it, on-line university is just like a premium version of Devry." Wise beyond their years.

[Anonymous]

"I'm not doing Kahn Academy from home. I refuse."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
"I'm not doing Kahn Academy from home. I refuse."

Does Khan Academy have office hours? Didn’t think so.