<p>If I was accepted as an Environmental Science major, but want to go in as an undeclared major, how hard is it to do that? Would I need to switch colleges?
Could I change before school start?</p>
<p>The sooner you do it the easier it is to change majors. Call and change right now because it does change what college you are in (undeclareds are in their own college). Many kids change before they start.</p>
<p>Kiddie,
What college is that?
And when I do declare my major, will I have to switch colleges again?
Will I be behind for graduation?
Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Here is the link to the undeclared program <a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/undeclared/[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/undeclared/</a>
Technically I think it is in the school of general studies. Everybody in undeclared will eventually switch to another college when they declare (since any major will be in another college). You will not be behind because in the undeclared program they will make sure that you take the correct classes until you declare. As long as your grades are OK - I don’t think you have a problem getting into the major you want, but they all have a procedure you have to follow (the business school one is rather complicated and with very stringent dates). As I have mentioned in other posts - my daughter started the fall as undeclared - went to the sessions for students in the program to see what the various majors are about and has decided what to major in. She is not at all behind since the classes she has been taking have been leading her in that direction. She got good advice about what classes to take - things like hold off on taking calc until you know your major since there are specific calc classes for various majors. Same thing with language, she did not take a language in the fall because she won’t need one if she decides on a BS degree (which is what she did decide). They do not force you to declare until you are ready and some kids even do their first co-op (spring of sophomore year) as undeclared.</p>
<p>NOTE – you definitely can fall behind as an undeclared. Take this as an example–</p>
<p>Imagine you are 80% sure you want to do biology, but decide to go in as undeclared to give yourself some options. You might take bio 1, maybe gen chem, but then you’ll probably take two electives (either core or two random classes-- because hey, the whole point of undeclared is to explore your options). </p>
<p>You’re already at least one class behind all other bio majors, who typically take four or three (if they came in with APs) bio major classes their first semester. Several other majors are like this too.</p>
<p>Sure, if you transfer over by the end of your first year, you probably won’t fall “behind” or anything. But if you haven’t taken enough bio classes, they might not let you take the biology co-op class until the spring (which bums people out who wanted spring co-op, although obviously not everyone does that). You could take a non-biology co-op class, but lets face it, the bio advisors will fight for bio students first, other students second. If it’s bad enough, you might lose an entire co-op. You might not be able to do any minor that you decide later on you want. You might spend your 3rd through 5th years doing nothing but major-specific classes. You might lose your chance to graduate in 4 years instead of 5… etc etc etc</p>
<p>Now I’m not saying undeclared is bad. A lot of people love the program, and some people honestly DON’T know what they want to do, and the program helps a lot with that. But please don’t go into it thinking that when you decide in a year to do environmental science (or biology, or music, or business, or whatever you decide) that you’ll just instantaneously pop into schedule with everyone who started the major right away.</p>
<p>To the parent above – but what if she decides to be a math major or a physics major or any of the hard sciences? You’re correct that you SHOULD wait, because one calc class won’t count for other majors (which is annoying). But if you don’t take calc 1 until your second year, then obviously can’t take calc 2 until spring of second year or fall of third year if you do co-op. Then you’re looking at any classes that REQUIRE calc 2 (which can be a LOT) not starting until your third year or later!! Any further delay just makes the problem worse. </p>
<p>So for some students, nothing will require calculus or their major won’t require it at all, and everything will be fine. But there will always be students that end up grumbling about their terrible schedules or how they can’t get into classes they want/need because of how things got pushed back.</p>
<p>If I transfer into my major college in the second semester of freshman year, will I still have enough time to take both co-op and study abroad program? ( NEU offers me a conditional admission that I have to take American Classroom program in College of Professional Studies first then transfer to Business Apartment in Spring)</p>
<p>And is housing guaranteed for all 4 years in NEU? Do freshman from different colleges live in the same dorm?</p>
<p>Housing is guaranteed for only 2 years. Freshman that choose a LLC will live with kids that have similar interests (which may or may not be related to their major) and all honors freshman live in IV (although it is so huge and there are many other students in it), otherwise freshman are not separated by any other criteria.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/reslife/livinglearning/fyllc.html[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/reslife/livinglearning/fyllc.html</a> for list of LLC</p>
<p>Whether or not you can fit that all in depends in your major. In some, it’s really hard to fit in study abroad no matter what, just because of the specific requirements of the program. For yours, I don’t know.</p>
<p>For housing, it’s required that you live on campus for 2 years, but I thought it was guaranteed if you wanted it for 3 years. It has been for me. Or has something changed? Freshman dorms are all pretty typical dorm style, but past that most of the dorms are apartment style. Or, you can choose to live in a suite in IV.</p>
<p>Are there a lot of students be able to take co-op and study abroad in other countries?
If in the senior year, I still prefer to live in dorm, is it easy for me to register for it? Hows about dining hall? And do transfer students find it easy to be parts of NU community when they transfer?</p>
<p>@susieh - I think of it as a positive that you don’t need a car. It would be a hassle to keep up. And I’ve absolutely been able to do stuff without a car. Coming from the midwest, where I needed a car for everything, I prefer this by far.</p>
<p>@pinksky - Whether you are able to go abroad depends on your major. Some require it, like international business and architecture. Some have really tight schedules that make it very difficult, unless you perhaps come in with a lot of credit, like engineering and pharmacy. Others are a lot more flexible. I’m a neuroscience major, and I came in with a lot of credit. I considered study abroad, but it worked better for me to do an international co-op because I didn’t have to worry about fulfilling major requirements. It also worked out well because I wanted to go to Germany and I had a professor with connections there. Whether it’s possible also depends on whether the place(s) you want to go have programs that work with your major.
For housing beyond your guaranteed 3 years, it’s a matter of chance. There is a lottery system. I got waitlisted for next year, but I had already found a place off campus. You can get a meal plan if you’re not living on campus, or if you’re in apartment-style dorms, but it’s really not worth it. The cost comes out to $12-13 per meal.</p>
<p>How is the music industry program?
What’s the difference between that and the music technology program?
How successful are graduated of the music industry program?</p>
<p>I think it is rather amusing that the person who started this thread never came back to answer a single question. Fortunately it has thrived anyway.</p>
<p>I took NEU as a saftey school and I even forgot to send them my SAT scores. Anways, its kinda weird but I got in to the business school (major in international business/German)… which I have no idea what it is…I randomly choose business slash german only bc I’ve study German for 6 years…since I failed on my other schools, I decide to enroll. Questions!</p>
<p>1) Can somebody please briefly tell me about my major and the college of business? how is the reputation? any advantage?
2) Since I want to transfer after freshmen year, is it hard to get a GPA above 3.8 in the college of Business? (say I want to transfer to Ivy league so I need hard courses)
3) How are the interactions between professors and students? hard to get recommendation letter? any research program in freshmen year?
4) How is the swim team? debate club? theater club? student union?
5) My friend says that the housing is really lame, is it true? how is the LLC of business?</p>
<p>Thanksss a lot!!!</p>
<p>Since you plan to transfer after freshman year, you would be better off enroling at a less expensive state school.</p>
<p>my other choice is case western… 
I only applied two safety schools
boston is way better</p>
<p>How difficult would it be to switch from a Bio major to Poli Sci? I’m doing pre-med.</p>
<p>How is the classroom experience, specifically for an engineer major? I know the class size will generally be around 30-70, but will the teachers know you on a more personal level? Will they just lecture you or will there also be hands on work and class participation?
I know in some schools, some professors even give students their cell phone number, does northeastern do this? I’ve heard mixed comments about their advisors, but can you switch your advisor?</p>
<p>Bus2012DVC…I would recommend contacting a realtor that specializes in rental units. My son was off campus for two years just four blocks from NEU in a brownstone. My niece and nephew are subletting a condo in Chinatown that is beautiful. They all found these properties through a realtor. Most rentals right next to campus are low end and not well kept. Check classifieds as well. If you go through a realtor there is a one month commission paid to the realtor. Their rents are between 2800 and 4000 a month.</p>
<p>Bethorama33…my son had one bolted to the top shelf of his closet when he was in Stetson. We had to pay a rental fee for it and it is worth it as his laptop fit into the safe.</p>
<p>@happyramen -
It depends on the class. You will have classes that are just lecture, while others are more interactive. Your intro classes will be more lecture. But if you do stuff like go to office hours and answer questions, even in a big lecture, professors will hone in on that and you can make it more personal. Two weeks ago, my professor in biochem singled me out by name when everyone no one else raised their hand to answer a question because he said he knew I was good at this. I had no idea he even knew who I was! As for cell phones, no idea. It would depend on e prefossor, and I would only likely see that happening in a small seminar course.
With advisors, they are assigned by major, so you don’t have a choice. But you have a lot of advisors - a faculty advisor for questions in your major, an academic advisor for general class questions, a co-op advisor, etc., so there are a lot of places you can turn to. I had a particularly frustrating experience with my co-op advisor, but I was able to work with the co-op advisor for a different major to fix the problem.</p>