Northeastern (first year Oakland), Brandeis or GW?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

That is actually exactly NOT how it works.

If OP actually had an Oakland offer, OP would not be asking here. There are closed groups that verify new members and reveal current members, so OP must be having a hard time. If you actually have an account/offer, you would ask questions in the closed groups, OP - not DCUM.

What closed groups are you talking about?

My DC has an offer which includes a semester in Oakland. My understanding is there are closed groups on Facebook to discuss this program. But since I don’t use Facebook, I am not privy to what is discussed there. I did not post this question here on DCUM, but am following because I’m interested to hear how others would assess the offer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

That is actually exactly NOT how it works.

If OP actually had an Oakland offer, OP would not be asking here. There are closed groups that verify new members and reveal current members, so OP must be having a hard time. If you actually have an account/offer, you would ask questions in the closed groups, OP - not DCUM.

What closed groups are you talking about?

My DC has an offer which includes a semester in Oakland. My understanding is there are closed groups on Facebook to discuss this program. But since I don’t use Facebook, I am not privy to what is discussed there. I did not post this question here on DCUM, but am following because I’m interested to hear how others would assess the offer.

No one on DCUM is aware of facts re: Northeastern.

That is your answer.

If you came to hear about OP’s sour grapes, you are in the right place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of these Northeastern posts appear fake since the OP never responds properly and there is random boosting. Just ignore.

Why does OP have to troll the schools he wasn’t admitted to? Grow up, already.

Op- this is not fake. Why are you trolling my post? I want advice! They admitted 2k kids to Oakland- mine is one of them!

There is some weird person that has to comment on every post involving Northeastern. They keep assuming that it's always the same person posting when it clearly is not. Sorry you are dealing with this OP.

These programs are all so different. I can only offer that went to GW for CS and had a great time. I loved living in DC and got a good education.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

That is actually exactly NOT how it works.

If OP actually had an Oakland offer, OP would not be asking here. There are closed groups that verify new members and reveal current members, so OP must be having a hard time. If you actually have an account/offer, you would ask questions in the closed groups, OP - not DCUM.

What closed groups are you talking about?

My DC has an offer which includes a semester in Oakland. My understanding is there are closed groups on Facebook to discuss this program. But since I don’t use Facebook, I am not privy to what is discussed there. I did not post this question here on DCUM, but am following because I’m interested to hear how others would assess the offer.

No one on DCUM is aware of facts re: Northeastern.

That is your answer.

If you came to hear about OP’s sour grapes, you are in the right place.

I’m the PP you responded to. I’ve toured the school twice, been to multiple info sessions and am on DCUM and know a little about the school, so I don’t understand your seemingly hostile response. I really liked the Boston campus and the programs there, as described, but don’t know much about the Oakland program. I’m not going to join FB just to find out more. It would’ve been nice to get information from DCUM. I’ll stick around in case someone does have something helpful to say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

That is actually exactly NOT how it works.

If OP actually had an Oakland offer, OP would not be asking here. There are closed groups that verify new members and reveal current members, so OP must be having a hard time. If you actually have an account/offer, you would ask questions in the closed groups, OP - not DCUM.

What closed groups are you talking about?

My DC has an offer which includes a semester in Oakland. My understanding is there are closed groups on Facebook to discuss this program. But since I don’t use Facebook, I am not privy to what is discussed there. I did not post this question here on DCUM, but am following because I’m interested to hear how others would assess the offer.

No one on DCUM is aware of facts re: Northeastern.

That is your answer.

If you came to hear about OP’s sour grapes, you are in the right place.

I’m the PP you responded to. I’ve toured the school twice, been to multiple info sessions and am on DCUM and know a little about the school, so I don’t understand your seemingly hostile response. I really liked the Boston campus and the programs there, as described, but don’t know much about the Oakland program. I’m not going to join FB just to find out more. It would’ve been nice to get information from DCUM. I’ll stick around in case someone does have something helpful to say.

Hi- it’s OP here. Thanks for sharing. We actually went out to Oakland. The mills campus is small and a little run down. It is pretty though. There is nothing that you can walk to at all, but it’s easy to get Ubers. Dc would not want to spend 4 years there but likes the Boston campus enough to be considering the offer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

That is actually exactly NOT how it works.

If OP actually had an Oakland offer, OP would not be asking here. There are closed groups that verify new members and reveal current members, so OP must be having a hard time. If you actually have an account/offer, you would ask questions in the closed groups, OP - not DCUM.

What closed groups are you talking about?

My DC has an offer which includes a semester in Oakland. My understanding is there are closed groups on Facebook to discuss this program. But since I don’t use Facebook, I am not privy to what is discussed there. I did not post this question here on DCUM, but am following because I’m interested to hear how others would assess the offer.

Op- and I don’t do Facebook either.

No one on DCUM is aware of facts re: Northeastern.

That is your answer.

If you came to hear about OP’s sour grapes, you are in the right place.

I’m the PP you responded to. I’ve toured the school twice, been to multiple info sessions and am on DCUM and know a little about the school, so I don’t understand your seemingly hostile response. I really liked the Boston campus and the programs there, as described, but don’t know much about the Oakland program. I’m not going to join FB just to find out more. It would’ve been nice to get information from DCUM. I’ll stick around in case someone does have something helpful to say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these Northeastern posts appear fake since the OP never responds properly and there is random boosting. Just ignore.

Why does OP have to troll the schools he wasn’t admitted to? Grow up, already.

Op- this is not fake. Why are you trolling my post? I want advice! They admitted 2k kids to Oakland- mine is one of them!

There is some weird person that has to comment on every post involving Northeastern. They keep assuming that it's always the same person posting when it clearly is not. Sorry you are dealing with this OP.

These programs are all so different. I can only offer that went to GW for CS and had a great time. I loved living in DC and got a good education.

Thanks I’m glad you had a good experience at GW. Yes they are very different. It’s hard to help dc with this.

[Anonymous]

Is your son confident in CS Major choice? From what you describe, sounds like Brandeis would be a solid choice.

[Anonymous]

For the hostile poster, has there been any info in those groups about faculty? Will the faculty be Boston folks who come out for a year or local Bay Area folks? I would think for CS, they could get some good faculty in the Bay Area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the hostile poster, has there been any info in those groups about faculty? Will the faculty be Boston folks who come out for a year or local Bay Area folks? I would think for CS, they could get some good faculty in the Bay Area.

My understanding is that the faculty will be mostly continuing Mills College faculty and newly hired people out there. I think some Boston people may come out for a semester or a year as visiting faculty but I don't think many Boston professors will be planning a permanent move out west.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your son confident in CS Major choice? From what you describe, sounds like Brandeis would be a solid choice.

Not confident in the comp sci choice. That's why he only wanted schools where they are somewhat flexible with majors.

[Anonymous]

All appear to be good options. My senior is currently deciding between Northeastern (Oakland/London first year) and Pitt for computer science. He loved GW when we toured, but did not apply. He had already gotten into Pitt when the RD deadline for GW came and he thought Pitt was a better CS option. Just one 18 year old’s opinion based on rankings and related information. He is happy with the London piece but trying to learn more about Oakland.

On Northeastern Oakland, the campus looks very nice. Dorms and academic buildings look great. I also was impressed with how they are structuring the CS program. The intro classes will be much smaller in Oakland. NE said they had hired faculty from the Bay Area to bring them to Boston (before they had the Oakland campus). At least one prof ended up staying in Oakland instead of moving to Boston as planned.

In some ways it is like starting at a SLAC and then having the benefits of a large school when students go to Boston. My son’s issue is that he wants an urban campus, so the lush, beautiful Oakland campus may not be for him. I did read that there are shuttles and public buses that can take you to a BART station. They also have scheduled trips to Lake Tahoe, Monterey Bay and to downtown SF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I vote Brandeis. Gets a great education in a setting he would be comfortable with and he’s near Boston. I would pass on Northeastern - hard pass on Oakland for a year. They seem a bit of a mess right now and they didn’t want your kid enough to give them Boston. Cut them loose. GW is fine, but I’m guessing kid wants to spread his wings based on the NEU and Brandeis applications. Best of luck!

This! Also, only your child can tell you what type of campus he/she prefers. My child didn’t like the Northeastern city campus but others love that.

Brandeis is a great school and it’s smaller than Northeastern so more likely to get individual attention. Benefits of Northeastern are the coop (real world work experience) and that it’s in Boston (more internship/work opportunities?) but motivated kids will find good internships anywhere.

It’s about knowing your child and what type of environment would set them up for success.

[Anonymous]

It’s not hard to get internships if one is a computer science major so I don’t think the coop program is that much of a benefit. The Oakland campus is a minus (current students seem to be more than ready to transfer) and NE’s already considerable overcrowding likely to be worse when the kids they admitted to Oakland and London with the original expectation of keeping them there for 4 and 3 years instead a show up on Boston in Year 2 due to NE’s turnabout when it became clear no one was willing to commit to the satellite campuses for more than a year,

Between Brandeis and HW, whichever your child prefers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not hard to get internships if one is a computer science major so I don’t think the coop program is that much of a benefit. The Oakland campus is a minus (current students seem to be more than ready to transfer) and NE’s already considerable overcrowding likely to be worse when the kids they admitted to Oakland and London with the original expectation of keeping them there for 4 and 3 years instead a show up on Boston in Year 2 due to NE’s turnabout when it became clear no one was willing to commit to the satellite campuses for more than a year,

Between Brandeis and HW, whichever your child prefers.

LOLL The Oakland campus is deliberately next to Silicon Valley - how on earth would that not be a complete asset in anyone's world? You can hate on Northeastern for the hell of it all you want, but they absolutely know what they are doing, and do it well. They were one of the first successful cooperative education programs in the nation, and they have been at it forever. Their CS and Engineering programs are outstanding, and existed before some of these universities were in existence. If you are going to hate on some place, at least know what you are saying.