<p>I have never visited Northeastern for any type of official tour/session. It looks like there is no way I can go on Feb. 8/9. So, what is the best way to get a good feel for the school, students and programs?
I am thinking about scheduling an appointment to meet with someone in the honor's program to learn about the program and hopefully tour the dorm. Does the honor's program have it's own building for classes and stuff?
I also am interested in intramurals and band for activities. Then of course, and most importantly, I'm just wanting to see the campus in general and learn more about co-op and the academics outside of the honor's program.
Any ideas on how to tackle this? We'd probably only be able to stay a day.</p>
<p>Your best bet would be to schedule a tour. You could also try calling the school and seeing if it possible to meet with the academic advisors for the honors program and your major. You could also try to see if you could meet with a current student that could show you the campus and dorms.</p>
<p>First year honors students live in International Village so if you’re interested in seeing that register for it. The regular campus tour will also be really helpful and can be done in the same day (it’s only an hour).
You can always contact someone in the honors office as well - they’re usually pretty accomodating.
(I’m currently a Northeastern student in the honors program.)</p>
<p>Okay since I can’t go to Admitted students day my family and I plan to go up there on another day and I signed up for
Inside Northeastern - Admitted students only
International Village Tour</p>
<p>There is no description of the Admitted students session. Does anyone know if they do a tour and what information you get that is different than the general tour? Since I’ve not done an official tour, I am wondering if I need to do that instead. Also, at the IVT tour do they address the honor’s college specifically or do I need to do as ani123 suggested and call that office to see if I can meet with someone.
Finally, is the Athletics and Recreation Tour worth the tour for someone like me who won’t do more than work out once and awhile?</p>
<p>When I took my IV tour, I was the only person on it and so there was obviously a lot of 1-on-1 time with the tour guide. I asked my guide about this and he said this was typical–his largest group was about 3 families. In my experience he addressed the honors college and system briefly and it’s really your job, like on most tours, to pick their brain as needed. Then of course you go through IV and a room, perhaps the bamboo garden, gym, etc. So in conclusion if you’re considering the honors program, I would definitely take the IV tour because it is so small and an honors student will be your guide. The other information sessions are fairly broad and pretty typical. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Don’t some of the honors classes and/or sections meet in little classrooms right in the IV? I seem to recall that from touring with my older son. That seemed like it could be really convenient, especially in the dead of winter. FWIW, on that tour, our guide for the IV tour was not an honors college student, and did not know much about the honors college. I would contact the honors college and see if they can plan for you to meet with someone from their office, or have lunch with a current honors student or something like that.</p>
<p>I give IV tours myself and am an honors student so I can attest to the small size of that particular tour. It’s definitely less packed in terms of information than a regular campus tour. More conversational as well.</p>
<p>Ani123: do you have a sense of the differences between the honors programs at BC versus northeastern–particularly in the business schools? The description on the BC website is dazzling but there’s a good scholarship offer from northeastern.</p>
<p>I am not a student in the business school; however I have several friends who are so I am somewhat familiar with the program.
The honors program at Northeastern is not specifically tailored towards any major. Rather, it offers honors courses that can be both related to a student’s major (academically) or not (seminar style usually in interesting topics like espionage or music etc). Business students do have more options in terms of taking honors versions of their required courses - upsides to this are: smaller class size = more facetime with professor, probably more intellectually challenging (since it is at the honors level and all the other students will be honors as well).
As an honors student, the benefits stretch beyond just the academics. For example, they offer a lot of different programs such as leadership retreats and volunteer opportunities. (And the housing for honors students is also another big draw I must add.)
The business program here is actually one of the largest programs (alongside engineering). While the first year classes are typically larger, they do shrink in size as the students progress in their program. I’m sure you’ve heard of the co-op program many many times by now but the business school has a huge number of connections to many prominent companies in the field that students can take advantage of during their co-op periods. Business school kids also have their own fraternities and clubs/organizations, making it really easy to get involved and develop useful skills.
In regards to the accepted students day, there will probably be a separate session about the honors program that you can choose to attend. If not, it is always possible to go to the Honors Program Office and see if there is anyone you can speak to there.
I hope everything goes well and congratulations on your son’s acceptances! :)</p>
<p>Ask if you can meet with someone from the department and sit in on a class. I was able to meet with the head of the behavioral neuroscience program one on one and visit a class in my major after the normal tour and IV tour.</p>
<p>Since you said you are interested in band, do you have any specific questions? I am involved in a number of the bands. We have a wind ensemble, concert band, symphony orchestra, and pep band. There are even some scholarships available for band.</p>
<p>Nano I am interested in pep band and maybe the least intense between wind ensemble and concert band. I took this year off from band because of travel, college apps, etc. So, I will be rusty. I am a kid who played during high school for fun and did a few honor bands here and there but also played sports so band was an elective for me. But I do enjoy it for stress relief and fun and for the friendships is brings.
Questions? Yep, I have a few…
Do you have to audition for drumline for the pep band?
Is the pep band or concert/wind ensemble social? I mean do ‘band kids’ hang out and do things together socially at all?
How much of a time commitment is pep band? What about concert band?
What are band scholarships based on?
Do you have to come to campus early (before regular move in) for any kind of band camp?
Thanks.</p>
FWIW, on that tour, our guide for the IV tour was not an honors college student, and did not know much about the honors college. I would contact the honors college and see if they can plan for you to meet with someone from their office, or have lunch with a current honors student or something like that.</p>