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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?[/quote]

"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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.

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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! [/quote]

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[/quote]

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. 
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