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

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.

Yet here you are wasting your time on a board obsessively writing about why it shouldn't matter to other people.

fyi---my kid actually got in and turned it down.

Ok if your kid turned it down and didn't go there, why are you on this thread. Because in the process of applying to the school, you've become an expert on the school?

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So bizarre. I am the PP who wanted Op to keep talking, because of the absurdity of OP's posts (without OP even realizing it).

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Anonymous wrote:Next thing you know they'll be sending kids to their Ukraine campus

Haaaa!

Marketing is already determining the spin

Not nearly as much as OP, who would probably sign up for Ukraine in a heartbeat - IF OP had the stats, that is.

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Oh wow--shooting adjacent to NEU Oakland campus in Jan. 2023. Here's a link: https://oaklandside.org/2023/01/24/east-oakland-shooting-kills-teen-injures-7/

Just an FYI! NEU is really great!!!!

UVA had a shooting recently too!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow--shooting adjacent to NEU Oakland campus in Jan. 2023. Here's a link: https://oaklandside.org/2023/01/24/east-oakland-shooting-kills-teen-injures-7/

Just an FYI! NEU is really great!!!!

UVA had a shooting recently too!

and BTW NEU is ON IT! https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/01/27/safety-protocols-for-northeastern-oakland-campus/

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow--shooting adjacent to NEU Oakland campus in Jan. 2023. Here's a link: https://oaklandside.org/2023/01/24/east-oakland-shooting-kills-teen-injures-7/

Just an FYI! NEU is really great!!!!

UVA had a shooting recently too!

and BTW NEU is ON IT! https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/01/27/safety-protocols-for-northeastern-oakland-campus/

Again, city life is likely not for you, OP.

[Anonymous]

I've already agreed with OP's original point, and now there's this from their Twitter:

Wave 1 of Regular Decisions is out! Students receiving a decision during this wave received an email and can view their decision in their Application Status Check. Decision waves will be released during the coming weeks, and all applicants will receive a decision by April 1.

WTF? Maybe tonight or maybe sometime in the next 15 days?

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I guess Berkeley has similar global programs too. My kid is receiving emails about choosing a first year pathway if admitted where you start in the summer at Berkeley and then spend the fall semester in London.

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Anonymous wrote:I've already agreed with OP's original point, and now there's this from their Twitter:

Wave 1 of Regular Decisions is out! Students receiving a decision during this wave received an email and can view their decision in their Application Status Check. Decision waves will be released during the coming weeks, and all applicants will receive a decision by April 1.

WTF? Maybe tonight or maybe sometime in the next 15 days?

According to NEU lovers, this is normal school behavior. Well, except no other school does this.

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Anonymous wrote:I've already agreed with OP's original point, and now there's this from their Twitter:

Wave 1 of Regular Decisions is out! Students receiving a decision during this wave received an email and can view their decision in their Application Status Check. Decision waves will be released during the coming weeks, and all applicants will receive a decision by April 1.

WTF? Maybe tonight or maybe sometime in the next 15 days?

According to NEU lovers, this is normal school behavior. Well, except no other school does this.

Ohio State releases EA in two waves, a month apart.

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NEU brought on this guy last year from Tulane. I wonder if this is how/why the notification change has been implemented. No idea how Tulane does "things".
https://admissions.northeastern.edu/counselor/satyajit-dattagupta/

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Wait, Northeastern is a school people care about now? I grew up in MA, it was the default option for bottom of the barrel kids back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, Northeastern is a school people care about now? I grew up in MA, it was the default option for bottom of the barrel kids back then.

Also UChicago used to have 70% acceptance rate.

Welcome to the 21st century.

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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!

Well, then they shouldn’t care if she took the first semester off as long as she wasn’t taking a bed on campus. We also thought that with the coop program and kids coming and going, it wouldn’t make a difference to them how she structured her 4 years there - on campus some semesters, in a coop others, as long as she meets her credits and eventually graduates. But that wasn’t the case and it didn’t make much sense to us.

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Anonymous wrote:I've already agreed with OP's original point, and now there's this from their Twitter:

Wave 1 of Regular Decisions is out! Students receiving a decision during this wave received an email and can view their decision in their Application Status Check. Decision waves will be released during the coming weeks, and all applicants will receive a decision by April 1.

WTF? Maybe tonight or maybe sometime in the next 15 days?

According to NEU lovers, this is normal school behavior. Well, except no other school does this.

Ohio State releases EA in two waves, a month apart.

MANY schools do this. There are several factors at play.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait, Northeastern is a school people care about now? I grew up in MA, it was the default option for bottom of the barrel kids back then.

Also UChicago used to have 70% acceptance rate.

Welcome to the 21st century.

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OP you just need to get over it. It is tough for everyone out there.