Daughter wants to study in Boston

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What does your DD want to do after college OP?

Currently, she's interested in becoming a psychologist and opening up her own practice. However, her interests have shifted over the past couple of years and I think she wants a school that is flexible in regard to her major in case she changes her mind again

How does a coop fit into that picture? Versus say, clinical research?

Good work experience including lab work or research assistance is always helpful for anything.

I think that can be achieved with internships, but if she wants coop cool. It definitely isn’t for everyone as it breaks up the undergrad experience. My DC hated the idea and didn’t apply to Northeastern for that reason.

Sure, coop is basically internship with more flexibility and support by the school. Also students get most coops in the Boston area, stay on campus(dorm), and very much involved in undergrad experience.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

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Anonymous wrote:Why is she focusing on Boston?

It's a matter of personal preference.

Because why?

Like Boston?

I think the better question is why not?

Because based on her interests there are lots of schools that would be a good choice. Focusing on Boston narrows the field a lot, unnecessarily.

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Aside from the fact that the schools are within 15 miles of each other, there’s very little in common between them OP
I don’t believe students to apply to all four.
Have you visited the schools? What other cities is she interested in ?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

She won’t go to BC because of religion but she’ll go to Fordham?
I don’t think you know enough about the schools OP

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

She won’t go to BC because of religion but she’ll go to Fordham?
I don’t think you know enough about the schools OP

She believes Fordham is less religious than BC even though both of the schools are Jesuit. However, she has not seen BC in person yet and she might change her mind! It's not a dealbreaker for her

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What does your DD want to do after college OP?

Currently, she's interested in becoming a psychologist and opening up her own practice. However, her interests have shifted over the past couple of years and I think she wants a school that is flexible in regard to her major in case she changes her mind again

How does a coop fit into that picture? Versus say, clinical research?

Good work experience including lab work or research assistance is always helpful for anything.

I think that can be achieved with internships, but if she wants coop cool. It definitely isn’t for everyone as it breaks up the undergrad experience. My DC hated the idea and didn’t apply to Northeastern for that reason.

Sure, coop is basically internship with more flexibility and support by the school. Also students get most coops in the Boston area, stay on campus(dorm), and very much involved in undergrad experience.

Oh FFS.If you’re going to boost for NEU just be honest about it OP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

Fordham and GW are targets, NOT safeties. Advice kindly meant to a newbie.

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What does your DD want to do after college OP?

Currently, she's interested in becoming a psychologist and opening up her own practice. However, her interests have shifted over the past couple of years and I think she wants a school that is flexible in regard to her major in case she changes her mind again

How does a coop fit into that picture? Versus say, clinical research?

Good work experience including lab work or research assistance is always helpful for anything.

I think that can be achieved with internships, but if she wants coop cool. It definitely isn’t for everyone as it breaks up the undergrad experience. My DC hated the idea and didn’t apply to Northeastern for that reason.

Sure, coop is basically internship with more flexibility and support by the school. Also students get most coops in the Boston area, stay on campus(dorm), and very much involved in undergrad experience.

Oh FFS.If you’re going to boost for NEU just be honest about it OP.

+1– there’s a lot to say for the coop plan but saying it’s the same undergrad experience doesn’t match anything I’ve heard

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What does your DD want to do after college OP?

Currently, she's interested in becoming a psychologist and opening up her own practice. However, her interests have shifted over the past couple of years and I think she wants a school that is flexible in regard to her major in case she changes her mind again

How does a coop fit into that picture? Versus say, clinical research?

Good work experience including lab work or research assistance is always helpful for anything.

I think that can be achieved with internships, but if she wants coop cool. It definitely isn’t for everyone as it breaks up the undergrad experience. My DC hated the idea and didn’t apply to Northeastern for that reason.

Sure, coop is basically internship with more flexibility and support by the school. Also students get most coops in the Boston area, stay on campus(dorm), and very much involved in undergrad experience.

Oh FFS.If you’re going to boost for NEU just be honest about it OP.

+1– there’s a lot to say for the coop plan but saying it’s the same undergrad experience doesn’t match anything I’ve heard

+2 give it a rest booster

[Anonymous]

Emerson is a good school in the heart of Boston with a BS in media psychology. Might be worth a look

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

Fordham and GW are targets, NOT safeties. Advice kindly meant to a newbie.

Husband is convinced they're safeties. What school should she add as a true safety then?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

Fordham and GW are targets, NOT safeties. Advice kindly meant to a newbie.

Husband is convinced they're safeties. What school should she add as a true safety then?

Tufts ED1
BC or BU ED2
Northeastern is the safety

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

Fordham and GW are targets, NOT safeties. Advice kindly meant to a newbie.

Husband is convinced they're safeties. What school should she add as a true safety then?

If you had said Harvard or MIT were targets then GW and Fordham would be safeties. But if you consider Northeastern, BU, Tufts, and BC DC’s targets then a true safety would be U Mass Boston.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, the visits will answer almost all of your questions. Each of the four has its own advantages and disadvantages. It is very likely that she will be able to rank her personal preferences among the four for ED1, ED2, and RD after the visits.

They are all reaches. Start thinking about matches and safeties.

Make sure you can afford them all. Use each of their Net Price Calculators.

I definitely have. She has GW and Fordham in mind for safeties. All of the schools she has picked are affordable

Fordham and GW are targets, NOT safeties. Advice kindly meant to a newbie.

Husband is convinced they're safeties. What school should she add as a true safety then?

Tufts ED1
BC or BU ED2
Northeastern is the safety

Your obsession with Northeastern is crazy.
Seek help.