Got an email that Northeastern is releasing its Early Action decisions tonight

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Anonymous wrote:DS is in!!! Boston ❤️

Congrats! May we please know stats?

NMSF, FCPS 4.3 wgpa, 1500 SAT, URM, male

I am pleased to offer you admission to Northeastern University's Boston campus and the Class of 2029 with a major in Media and Screen Studies and English. Congratulations!

URM, sigh

Kid is a national merit scholar and you think they only got in because they are URm? Lol. Keep lying to yourself

That poster said NMSF, not scholar. Also how did a NMSF only get a 1500 on the SAT?

You are sick in the head. The student is highly qualified (1500 sat!!) and you’re criticizing because they’re an URM? PP should not have even mentioned it.

Harvard's freshmen class historically has 25% scoring below 1460...A 1500 is an amazing score.

Don't kid yourself, that's because of athletic recruits. 1500 is solid, of course.

Also first-gen applicants.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

These are not remotely comparable. Emory Oxford is similar to Barnard. Just 2 years instead of 4. Oxford College is harder to get into than Northeastern Boston campus, and all the other schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

These are not remotely comparable. Emory Oxford is similar to Barnard. Just 2 years instead of 4. Oxford College is harder to get into than Northeastern Boston campus, and all the other schools.

Oxford College is integrated into Emory’s system- Oxford student have the same portal, email addresses, etc. students can apply to both Emory and Oxford College in the same application. Oxford students graduate with an Emory degree.

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Barnard is a separate college from Columbia. It’s not like being on a satellite campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

These are not remotely comparable. Emory Oxford is similar to Barnard. Just 2 years instead of 4. Oxford College is harder to get into than Northeastern Boston campus, and all the other schools.

No.

[Anonymous]

Good for you honey, good for you!
So what? All the acceptances are coming out now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barnard is a separate college from Columbia. It’s not like being on a satellite campus.

So is Oxford, if you look at Emory's factbook, or even the DOE, Oxford students are considered transfers officially. Oxford students don't have to move on to Emory if they don't want to, and many don't.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

These are not remotely comparable. Emory Oxford is similar to Barnard. Just 2 years instead of 4. Oxford College is harder to get into than Northeastern Boston campus, and all the other schools.

No.

Yes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

These are not remotely comparable. Emory Oxford is similar to Barnard. Just 2 years instead of 4. Oxford College is harder to get into than Northeastern Boston campus, and all the other schools.

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Yes

Northeastern Boston is harder t get into than Emory Atlanta.
It has better yield too at 50% compared to 40% Emory.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is in!!! Boston ❤️

Congrats! May we please know stats?

NMSF, FCPS 4.3 wgpa, 1500 SAT, URM, male

I am pleased to offer you admission to Northeastern University's Boston campus and the Class of 2029 with a major in Media and Screen Studies and English. Congratulations!

URM, sigh

Kid is a national merit scholar and you think they only got in because they are URm? Lol. Keep lying to yourself

That poster said NMSF, not scholar. Also how did a NMSF only get a 1500 on the SAT?

You are sick in the head. The student is highly qualified (1500 sat!!) and you’re criticizing because they’re an URM? PP should not have even mentioned it.

Harvard's freshmen class historically has 25% scoring below 1460...A 1500 is an amazing score.

Don't kid yourself, that's because of athletic recruits. 1500 is solid, of course.

Also first-gen applicants.

And URMs.

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Anonymous wrote:DD just got accepted, but it is to the N.U.in program. WTF is this?

Serious question- did you really not know about this possibility when your DC applied? I’m wondering how much people know about these schools before they let kids apply

Serious question- do you really micromanage and control the colleges to which your DC applies? Nothing says parenting failure more than having to still hold the hand of your 18-yo adult child.

This is such an insufferable take. When I try to have a conversation with my sophomore about colleges, it's clear to me that they aren't even aware of schools past the Ivies and the major Power 4 schools (plus the SLAC their older sibling EDed to). No concept of what sets them apart or why some colleges might be more preferable other than what the streets are telling them about relative prestige. And this is having had an older sibling just go through the process. To chide how any person raises their child, let along suggest turning over the keys to what could be a $400k commitment to an 17-18 year old is asinine. There's helicopter parenting and then there's dereliction of duty. Parenting failure? Get over yourself.

Hope you’re joking. When I was an 18 year old, I was in complete command of my college process and future as an adult, requiring 0 intervention or assistance from my parents (went to Cornell and MIT, BTW). Same applies with each of our kids. They all have their own prestigious part-time jobs and self-managed checking accounts, savings accounts, brokerage accounts, credit cards, and IRAs at the ages of 17, 19, and 21. They pay their own bills, pick their own stocks, and manage all aspects of their financial and educational lives with independence. We’ve empowered them with the tools, structure, and discipline needed to achieve these things.

If your kids aren’t operating at similar levels, they probably have you to blame…the lazy, shiftless, outsourcing parent that spends more time drinking wine in front of the television than spending hands-on time with their kids teaching them about the fundamentals in life.

Uggh. DCUM. Sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is in!!! Boston ❤️

Congrats! May we please know stats?

NMSF, FCPS 4.3 wgpa, 1500 SAT, URM, male

I am pleased to offer you admission to Northeastern University's Boston campus and the Class of 2029 with a major in Media and Screen Studies and English. Congratulations!

URM, sigh

Kid is a national merit scholar and you think they only got in because they are URm? Lol. Keep lying to yourself

That poster said NMSF, not scholar. Also how did a NMSF only get a 1500 on the SAT?

You are sick in the head. The student is highly qualified (1500 sat!!) and you’re criticizing because they’re an URM? PP should not have even mentioned it.

Harvard's freshmen class historically has 25% scoring below 1460...A 1500 is an amazing score.

Don't kid yourself, that's because of athletic recruits. 1500 is solid, of course.

Also first-gen applicants.

And URMs.

I'll take a FGLI and/or URM with a 1500 any day of the week.

Some people want test scores back, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is very transparent about the variety of ways you can enter the school - global scholars (1 semester in Oakland and 1 semester in London) NUin (first semester abroad in a variety of places based on major), Boston, or London Scholars (first year in London). Except for NUin, all staff are Northeastern employees with real campuses. Each offers a unique experience which tbh is the point.

There are a ton of places to source info on the various first year options with insight from students/parents who actually go to Northeastern. A quick search on Facebook should give you some good options.

Northeastern is very intentional in their global programs. For the right kid, it's an absolutely amazing way to start college but it's certainly not for everyone.

Is this similar to the way UVA allows kids to go to UVA Wise and then come to Charlottesville after a year?

Many schools have similar programs.
UVA has 1 year Wise campus as you mentioned, Emory has 2 year Oxford campus, UF has 1 year online offer, GaTech has 1 year pathway, NYU, BU, etc.

I would suggest reading up on how spring admits integrate into campus. My kid goes to a school that offers similar and integration into the campus is not a problem, maybe because of how large the university is, and there is a high transfer rate as well. This article on NU in from the student newspaper seems to indicate a stigma associated with being a non Boston starter. https://huntnewsnu.com/83266/campus/its-a-generalized-stigma-n-u-in-students-report-difficulty-adapting-to-boston-campus/

My kid is a senior now.
If one has an issue at Northeastern with the NU.In program, one would have much more problems with the other programs in other schools.
There's no stigma at all. Nobody cares and even knows if you got in NU.In.

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Honestly I don’t get the hype. Almost 100k for an overcrowded campus. If your kid is resourceful they can get their own internships.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly I don’t get the hype. Almost 100k for an overcrowded campus. If your kid is resourceful they can get their own internships.

Still less crowded than large public schools.
Sure if your kid is resourceful they can get their own job without a college degree that costs $$$.