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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like the older mother who hates NEU because her child waa rejected is still trying to churn up hate towards NEU.  Don't know why she can't just leave it alone.

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Do they actually reject or do they just accept to different campuses / defer a semester?  That was my understanding.[/quote]

And why would someone be unhappy with a campus in London???? [/quote]

I would encourage my kid to not attend if they had to start college overseas. That is a creative way to squeeze as many students in as possible, but sorry, this is not the way to launch your college experience. I want my kid to connect with their school the first year or two and then in junior year go do a semester abroad. [/quote]

This 100%!  Kids do miss out on a lot by not being on campus fall of freshman year.  That is when many friends groups are formed---when everyone is "new to campus".  If you return in Spring or the next fall, most will already have their friends groups and it can (and often is) much harder to build a strong friend group (obviously if your kid is a major extrovert this may not be as much of an issue).  All 3 of my college kids found their main friends group in the first 1-2 months of college and by end of first semester.  Sure they added a few friends after that, but the main core was built in the formative months on campus.  Now NUin/GS kids are not traditional transfers in that they do have a small core group from whatever campus they were at internationally.  But let's say you don't gel with the 150 kids at NUIn Dublin, well you will return to Boston without many friends.  [/quote]

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