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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx! [/quote]

Our kid had a 4.0 GPA and a 32 ACT(graduated last year), applied and was accepted to Boston ED.  I think they accept to Boston a large amount of ED, don't know about RD.  To get the co-op, you have to be persistent.  There's a 1 credit course all take the semester they are applying, where they work on resumes and learn the process, practice interviewing, etc.  Some kids don't get co-ops, just like some people are unemployed after looking and applying a lot.  But our daughter and friends all ended up with co-ops.  Many get job offers through that process, many learn what they don't like and move on to something else.

If your kid has a bunch of APs, they can still do co-ops and graduate in 4 years.  And if they don't, you are NOT paying a thing to the school while they are on co-op, so it doesn't matter if it takes them 5 years, you are still only paying for 4.  While they are on co-op they are earning salary[/quote]

I can't speak for the business or engineering majors, but for pre-med, there were abundant clinical and research opportunities.  These are co-ops at MGH, Beth Israel, Mass Eye & Ear, Tufts, etc.

Not only are they generous in granting AP credit, they also take dual enrollment/college credit earned in high school.  Most of my DC's peers easily can do a co-op, especially if they are a bio, biochem or health science major.

Northeastern isn't the type of college where someone who needs a lot of handholding will thrive.  It is very career oriented.[/quote]

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