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@SuperGymnast_04 I know people who have gotten slight changes, but it’s not going to be anything big. All you can do is be explicit about the situation - that Northeastern is your first choice and you would attend if you got X aid, but otherwise cannot. Sorry to hear that, but as I’m sure you’ve been told before, you should be able to succeed no matter where you end up - the student is more important than the college when it comes to success.

@collegemom38 It varies, but is usually much closer for those in more “typical” situations.

@PengsPhilis Thanks! Hopefully my story will have a happy ending, but if not then oh well.

Thank you !

@PengsPhilis Hi, I feel like you know a lot about Northeastern so hopefully you’ll know the answer to this! I’m in incoming freshman for the class of 2022 and I recently found a roommate. The only issue I think that might happen though is she is in the honors program and i’m not. So basically my question is, can honor and non honor students still dorm together?? Thank you! (:

Because the housing is different for honors, I don’t believe it would not be possible, though you could try.

That said, where did you find this roommate? If from Facebook or the like, it may be for the best. I’d caution that often, picking someone via those methods ends up worse than via the housing survey random pairings because you look more at personality than living habits. You don’t want a roommate first, then maybe a friend. If fried comes before roommate, you get into bad situations. You’ll have your entire LLC as potential friends, so you should already share some basic commonalities with your roommate no matter what. Focus on how any possible roommate would be to live with, not be friends with.

We meet through the Facebook page where you introduce yourself, but we became friends before saying we wanted to be roommates- it was more of a trying to make friends rather than find a roommate. We have eachother’s phone numbers so i’d say we’ve become close and genuine friends . Northeastern is my #1 but not hers so if she doesn’t end up going, I’ll definitely be doing random assignment. Thank you for the advice and caution!!

@PengsPhils Do you ever come across students from other universities in the summer? I have a college sophomore looking to take an engineering stats class, specifically 3081. Also, I noticed this particular class appears over-enrolled already. What does that mean for all the NEU students when there aren’t enough seats for all the students?

@wheatonmom

I’m not sure what you mean here - in the city, on a job, or on campus, or something else?

The registration process is done by credits earned, so the only people that will not be able to get into the course will be those furthest from graduation. It’s also over the summer, so those options will also be plentiful the following semester in fall to any underclassmen, who won’t be going on co-op yet by that point either. The over-enrollment is likely from any overrides from people who had scheduling needs that required the course over the summer but couldn’t register. If you’re an underclassman and can’t get that course, you can replace it with many other options I’m sure, and if you can’t, your advisor can often override the limits. It doesn’t look like there’s anyone on the waitlist, so it looks like any NEU student who needed it got in in this case since the initial summer registration process is already done.

Generally speaking, if you need a class there’s always a way to get it, and classes will be added / changed to meet demand. With co-op and various other scheduling complications always in play, everything has to be pretty flexible here.

Are the the housing rates and meal plans rates on the NEU websites for the entire academics year or not. I am currently considering my financial aid and cost of education without including the cost for books, transportation and personal expenses. is this a bad idea?

and if summer rates are included in the calculation for room and board, should i calculate it out since i’m not going to be at a co-op my first year and will not then have to dorm during the summer?

@plexus not sure what website page you are looking at but here are the semester rates for 2017-2018:
http://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/expenses/tuition-room-board-fees-per-semester/

@plexus

COA is calculated without summer classes included, but any summer costs will mean less full semesters, so the total COA will be the same: 4 x COA + (co-op earnings - room/board on co-op) will equal total COA unless you have AP credit that can give you over a semester or two of usable credit.

Yes. Books at least for sure, and transportation is a good idea. Personal expenses can be minimized but again it’s better to include to get a realistic picture.

To see how this breaks down over a pattern, here’s what 5 years 3 co-op’s would look like, assuming summer classes in year 3/4 with co-op:
Year 1: 1 COA
Year 2: 1 COA
Year 3: 0.75 COA + (co-op 1 earnings - housing/food)
Year 3: 0.75 COA + (co-op 2 earnings - housing/food)
Year 3: 0.5 COA + (co-op 3 earnings - housing/food)

Does anyone know if contacting northeastern about additional aid ever works out?

@snk153 Merit aid, no. Need based aid you may get thousand or so more, if you qualify for need based aid.

DD had listed 4 AP Exams/Tests to be taken in Common Application. But now she wants to skip 2 of them after she found out she may not get college credits for them (AP English Lit and AP Macroeconomics). Would that be ok with colleges? OR would NEU rescind her admission if she skips taking tests listed in the application? This is our first experience with college admission process, so we are worried. Appreciate your help, thanks!

@cc4help Are the AP classes going to appear on her transcript?

No college is going to rescind your acceptance because you don’t take an AP exam.

@cc4help I strongly recommend your DD take the exams. Even if they don’t transfer to whatever school she thinks she’s attending now, things change. SO many kids change majors, colleges etc. The AP credit is such a safety net for the future. She could end up changing schools and have that credit get her out of coursework.

If she ends up at NEU - they totally accept them and it helps out a lot and saves a lot of money. She just needs to get a 4 or 5 on the exam.

Considering that it looks like your D doesn’t know yet what college she’ll be attending, not taking the AP exams would be extremely short sighted and could cost you thousands of dollars in courses should could have been exempted from taking.

@math4bap yes, D has coursework reflecting all AP courses, except she plans to skip a couple of college board AP Exams although listed in the application as planned. I am little worried, so I am trying to find more information. Thanks for your response.

@MomOutWest thanks for your response

@suzyQ7 thanks for your response. I feel the same a you, but kids will like to take their own decision. We don’t mind the credits at this moment, but simply worried if admission is rescinded (not by NEU) by the college that she will choose to go to.