I’m trying to really get a feel for Northeastern’s campus. What are some good places that I should look at that might not be on the tour/not covered in depth. Thank you!
I’m not a student (senior in high school, it’s my top choice), so take my advice with a grain of salt.
The second time I visited I decided to walk over to International Village (which they pointed out from afar, but did not show on my tour), talked to several students, looked around, and ate in the dining hall (expensive, but delicious and a lot of food).
Granted, my tour guide was by the far the worst tour guide I have EVER experienced (my mom meekly asked if I was still applying - it was my first choice beforehand too - afterwards), so I’m not sure if that’s a part of the less terrible tours.
Also, check out the bookstore! Lots of really cool stuff.
One last piece of advice : if you are eating lunch on their campus, avoid the little corner shop next to the building they hold the info session in. I’m sure it would be useful to students because of the chips and goldfish and what not, but the sandwiches and stuff are actually awful. There’s a cafe in one of the gyms and a sandwich shop also on campus that are much, much better.
Yeah, for lunch check out Chicken Lou’s (if you’re feeling unhealthy), or sandwiches from Wollaston’s in Marino, or walk east down Huntington Avenue to and check out a bunch of restaurants in the area. (I’m hungry right now so I’m thinking mostly about food.)
In general, I’d spend some time just walking around campus. It’s a relatively small campus, but of course they don’t cover everything. Head over to the east side of campus to check out the science quad past the student center, take a look at East Village and International Village, and go look at the buildings where your potential department is housed.
I would second @nanotechnology on those.
As far as food directly on campus, look at Amelia’s for the best Mexican option.
The tour covers most of campus except for IV and the areas already mentioned. It’s a very compact campus which is nice.
I think an important point is that the neighborhoods around campus are very much almost a part of campus. Spend some time checking out the Fenway and Symphony neighborhoods if possible. Fenway offers great food options on restaurant row (personal favorite El Pelon), and the Symphony area has the reflecting pool, which is always beautiful to walk through (except right now, there’s a bit of construction, but still very nice).
Rebecca’s is always super popular, I personallly like Boloco burritos/smoothies. As for buildings, if you’re engineering go to the Snell Engineering building and check out the tunnels (you can enter them in Curry past the bookstore. They’re mostly classrooms but they were just redone and look really nice.
Boloco was definitely a go-to! But I heard they’re closing that location?
Boloco is closing at the end of the semester, along with Taco Bell, so they won’t be able to claim that on the tour anymore.
But otherwise, on the tour they won’t show you the new Engineering building or anything over on Columbus, which is where they’re really building up the facilities. Could be a plus if you’re in that field.