Northeastern EA is out

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Anonymous wrote:In but to the Oakland campus? UGH

My chickens friend got in but overseas the first semester.

Whoops - “child’s”…

Fwiw, I know two kids who are now attending and got in the same way. And they loved their European experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

[Anonymous]

Deferred. Has been an unkind start to the process.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred - 1520 SAT, valedictorian of large public. Just accepted spot at Michigan and hadn’t gotten around to withdrawing but a bit surprised.

Surprised? How so?

Just a guess, but the poster probably thought he/she would get accepted, and wasn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Not all are chicken-approved, however.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred - 1520 SAT, valedictorian of large public. Just accepted spot at Michigan and hadn’t gotten around to withdrawing but a bit surprised.

Surprised? How so?

Certainly not a safety, but Naviance data from our school has been pretty clear that NE admits high stats kids EA.

The problem with that thinking is forgetting there were 98K+ applications. I'm going to guess at least 30-40K+ are "high stats kids". So yeah, they admit them but with only wanting 2600 in Boston and another 2-3K total spread on the other campuses for fall simple math indicates many, many, many high stats kids will get denied.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred - 1520 SAT, valedictorian of large public. Just accepted spot at Michigan and hadn’t gotten around to withdrawing but a bit surprised.

Not surprised. They prefer lower stats students that demonstrated interest.

My kid just got in. We've never visited or attended any information sessions about it. What's the basis of you saying they prefer lower stats kids? CDS just says applicant's interest is "considered."

It's a crap shoot how they pick their class. With almost 100K applications, they must spend 2-3 mins at most on each one. After ED, I think they are just randomly selecting, with major being a small consideration for balance.

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Anonymous wrote:And another 1520 CS major with incredible rigor and straight As. Wish she hadn’t gotten sucked into their vortex!

What does this mean?

Let’s just leave it at this

Northeastern has an incredible marketing machine.

Sure! They "force" all these kids to apply. Uh huh.

No, but they market well and Boston is an easy college location to market. Then when it's just pay your $75 or $100 and click send from the common app, it's an easy submission for kids to "just see if they can get in". They have literally tripled the number of applicants in the last decade. That comes from marketing

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

Then don’t attend. All applicants have high stats, and they know they will very easy fill your spot, given almost 100k applicants.

Seriously. I don't understand the people that get their knickers all in a bunch when NU offers an first-semester abroad program. It is not mandatory...the student can say no. The alternative would be to be denied altogether. I'd love for my kid to have this option at the school he was just denied at!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

But you didn't get the privilege of being sent abroad for freshman year of college

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

Then don’t attend. All applicants have high stats, and they know they will very easy fill your spot, given almost 100k applicants.

The yield rates for the first full year "off Boston campus" is less than 25% and is similar for NUIn. They know they are going to not get a lot of the students---most will have many excellent other choices that include 4 years on the same campus and starting freshman year with all the other freshman.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

Then don’t attend. All applicants have high stats, and they know they will very easy fill your spot, given almost 100k applicants.

Seriously. I don't understand the people that get their knickers all in a bunch when NU offers an first-semester abroad program. It is not mandatory...the student can say no. The alternative would be to be denied altogether. I'd love for my kid to have this option at the school he was just denied at!

From a parent/applicant perspective: when my kid applied, NEU specifically had a box asking "are you willing to start your NEU experience OFF campus/abroad". My kid checked that box. So to them, getting an NUIn acceptance made it seem like NEU doesn't really give a shit about the student and what you say. Why ask the question if you are going to ignore the response? Made my kid think about how they would be treated once they matriculated---that they might always just be a number in the process. Instead my kid choose from 5 other acceptances (all 5 being higher ranked/better schools).

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

Then don’t attend. All applicants have high stats, and they know they will very easy fill your spot, given almost 100k applicants.

Seriously. I don't understand the people that get their knickers all in a bunch when NU offers an first-semester abroad program. It is not mandatory...the student can say no. The alternative would be to be denied altogether. I'd love for my kid to have this option at the school he was just denied at!

From a parent/applicant perspective: when my kid applied, NEU specifically had a box asking "are you willing to start your NEU experience OFF campus/abroad". My kid checked that box. So to them, getting an NUIn acceptance made it seem like NEU doesn't really give a shit about the student and what you say. Why ask the question if you are going to ignore the response? Made my kid think about how they would be treated once they matriculated---that they might always just be a number in the process. Instead my kid choose from 5 other acceptances (all 5 being higher ranked/better schools).

Do you mean she didn't check the box?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid accepted to London Scholars too. First year in London then back to Boston. Kid is High Stats from Big 3. Dc has better options but happy to be admitted.

No wonder it’s so popular! First year in London sounds wonderful.

If this appeals to you, please know that lots of schools have this as an option for the first year or one semester.

Of course they do, now......

I went abroad in my senior fall in 1998 and half my study abroad program was first year Middlebury students.

I think it’s highly unlikely the kids who went abroad their first year that you were in college did so: the first semester AND because the school was mandating it if they wanted to go. That’s a very new thing and usually looked at as something kids don’t want (not elective) for a first year.

“Mandating it if they wanted to go to the base school.” The new aspect is you are told with your admissions letter if you want to go here, you MUST go international the first year or first semester. They tell you the parameters and you have no choice if you want that school.

Then don’t attend. All applicants have high stats, and they know they will very easy fill your spot, given almost 100k applicants.

Seriously. I don't understand the people that get their knickers all in a bunch when NU offers an first-semester abroad program. It is not mandatory...the student can say no. The alternative would be to be denied altogether. I'd love for my kid to have this option at the school he was just denied at!

From a parent/applicant perspective: when my kid applied, NEU specifically had a box asking "are you willing to start your NEU experience OFF campus/abroad". My kid checked that box. So to them, getting an NUIn acceptance made it seem like NEU doesn't really give a shit about the student and what you say. Why ask the question if you are going to ignore the response? Made my kid think about how they would be treated once they matriculated---that they might always just be a number in the process. Instead my kid choose from 5 other acceptances (all 5 being higher ranked/better schools).

Correction: My kid checked the box for "NO I DON"T want to go abroad"