<p>A typical course load is 16 credits, plus maybe a few more if you have labs or something or some random once-a-week one credit class. Now that I think of it, there’s some sort of intro-to-your-major thing for freshman that’s one credit. For my major, this consisted of absolutely no work and we basically just met once a week and ate lunch, but some other majors had actual work to do.</p>
<p>Almost all classes are 4 credits - unlike some other schools where there are a lot of 3 credit classes. So in general, you’re taking four classes, not including labs or recitations or stuff like that.</p>
<p>Is there an online email address book available via myneu. I have an email that keeps bouncing back and its after work hours, so a phone call would not work.</p>
<p>If you go to your Northeastern/husky email (accessible through MyNEU), you can start typing an email to any name and it automatically shows you all the options from the Northeastern emails.</p>
<p>for english class, we have a placement essay on our NEU account…its supposed to be 3 pages long explaining why we think we should be placed in said class</p>
<p>The physics program is not huge, but those I know who are in it seem to be quite happy with it. There is active research going on that you can get involved in, if you are interested in that as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have somewhere between a 3.8-3.9 GPA (95.03 average with 1 B received) over all honors and multiple AP classes. My extracurriculars are decent, but thanks for the response!</p>
<p>Can you comment on the computer science program?</p>
<p>I’m actually taking a CS minor, so I do know some about the computer science program.
Whether you’re looking to go into industry after you graduate or continue in the academic route, you’ll have a lot of opportunities to prepare you. There are some really great co-ops, including with top companies; I know someone who is at Twitter right now. CS co-ops also tend to pay quite well. There is also some great research going on, especially in the area of programming languages, and undergrads can get involved in that, too.
This emphasis on programming languages also carries over into the way the classes are taught, especially at the introductory level. In the introductory course (Fundamentals of Computer Science), you work with the language Racket, which was developed by one of the professors, who has won awards for the language and using it to teach programming. It’s not a language used in industry, and this annoys some people because they feel like it’s therefore pointless to learn. I disagree, though, because it does a really fantastic job of teaching you how to design programs well, and that’s the key to being a successful computer scientist. Once you know this, the mechanics of learning a new language become much easier, and you write better programs.
And once you’re past the intro class, you learn the major languages like C++, Java, etc. There are also a lot of interesting upper level electives, like mobile and software development. To prepare me for the type of research I hope to do in grad school, I’m planning to finish up my minor with courses on robotics and algorithms.</p>
<p>Question: Although we have printing privileges, is it recommended to bring our own?
In other word, are the common printers out of paper, or jammed, or broken, or the work load heavy enough to wish to have one in our room? We’ll haul one with us if recommended.</p>
<p>Generally if one set of printers has a problem there are more all over campus (IV, Curry, Snell, etc.) There was only one day last year as a freshman when all the printers were all down that my daughter couldn’t get something printed when she wanted and she just emailed the teacher who was very understanding (the teacher actually printed it for her on her own personal printer.) So, I think it is less of a headache (worrying about ink and paper etc.) to just use the school’s printers. Some kids need special printing (architecture size, or binding) and these kids use either the bookstore or go to a place like staples (but odds are your personal printer wouldn’t be able to do that stuff either).</p>
<p>Last semester my roommate had a printer, and it was nice if I had to print something quick and say the library was really out of the way. Depending on where you’re living (relative to printing sites) and how much space you have (which is hard to judge before arriving), if you already have your own printer it might now hurt to bring it for the convenience, and is you want to print in color. But it’s also likely you’ll run out of paper or ink and never get around to getting more, resulting in a chunk of uselessness sitting on your desk. Color printing is the big thing, though. There has been discussion of adding that somehow into the print quota and making it available, but I don’t know what’s become of that.
Personally, I used to print out all my notes that I took on the computer to study from them (so I could highlight, draw, etc.) but since I’ve gotten a tablet, I print out way less in general, including my notes.</p>
<p>For the IV dorm, I remember reading somewhere that the closets have no doors. It was suggested that you could cover them with a curtain/shower curtain. How would you hang this? With a tension rod? If so does anyone know the length needed? Thanks.</p>
<p>You would need a tension rod - however this year they are cracking down and saying no curtains allowed unless fire retardant. My daughter was fine with her closet being open - I don’t think any of her friends covered theirs either.</p>
<p>I was just going to use his top sheet since he never uses one and it came in a set. I was just going to sew a quick pocket for the tension rod. So it would be a sheet, which would be allowed on his bed. Do you think they will allow that?</p>
<p>Can transfer students live off-campus during their first year after transfer? </p>
<p>How strong is the emphasis on research and physics? Does the university offer good research programs and research faculties? I asking about electrical engineering, quantum computing and theoretical physics. </p>
<p>As far as I know, stanford, MIT and other top universities offer and focus on such research topics. I read that NEU is ranked as a tier 1 in research.</p>
<p>This is super random - I was just packing and I have several sports jerseys that are comfy & I’d like to bring. I’m not a football fan & don’t follow it at all, but was given vikings and eagles jerseys as gifts. I want to bring them with, but also don’t want to cause issues in case of any rivalries I don’t know about. I’m just worried because some of my friends have worn sports shirts from teams different than the cities they were in and had to deal with some verbal abuse. Am I fine bringing them or should I just leave them at home? Thanks.</p>