Thank you to all who responded to my questions. This past weekend, we visited BC (we couldn’t make admitted students day) on our way to NU’s admitted students day. It is a beautiful campus, but where was everyone?? It was a sunny and warm Saturday afternoon and we counted a total of perhaps 20 students, all who walked right past us while looking at their shoes. It struck me as odd, so we stayed for a while, thinking we would eventually get a better vibe. We did not. I am sure we were just there at a bad time, but in talking to a few friends, I discovered they had experienced the same thing. In contrast, my son found Northeastern to be vibrant, which is no surprise since it is in the middle of a bustling city. Groups of students could be seen all over the campus either eating, studying or just hanging out. Additionally, my son and I both liked what we heard during the Dean’s presentation. The co-op is a very strong reason for attending Northeastern, especially for us, having no connections to Wall Street at all. I do believe the alumni network at BC is what makes the connections to Wall Street so strong, in addition to producing highly qualified candidates. Children of bankers attend BC, so the cycle continues. My son likes the concept of the core at BC, since it would allow him to take classes outside of the business school. He does not like the grade deflation since he experienced this at his HS and is pretty much done with that. A student cannot go wrong at either school, but for us the co-op, substantial merit aid (BC=$0 NU=$48,000 over 4 years - and let’s not forget the income generated by a full year or year and a half of co-op pay) and fit sealed the deal. Northeastern, here we come!
@MsGamora Congrats!
As a heads up, you’ll also have plenty of chances to take classes outside of the business school. Northeastern doesn’t place restrictions on classes between colleges and the core curriculum will in fact require him to take classes outside of it.
More info on the core classes:
https://www.northeastern.edu/core/requirements/
Sunday’s can be a little quiet on many campuses. This time of year academics are getting pretty intense. Sunday is a big study day at BC according to my D.
We found it was not a great day to tour schools in general. @BCBoundMaybe and @bbfan1927 are students and would know more than me.
However I said the same thing last year visiting h and some others in a Sunday. D said maybe they are sleeping in ? I was thinking hungover. But college has changed.
Check out videos of college game day this year at BC. and red bandana night. You won’t see anyone liking at their shoes. I’d visit one more time and go from there.
@MsGamora last week and this week were probably my toughest so far my freshman year. Not sure why, but I had exams in calc2, bio and Spanish all together. And then to make things interesting my philosophy and leadership classes decided to have their major papers due. So I was one that you didn’t see this weekend. I went back to the dorm Friday and crashed until 11 and then we went to parties from then to about 3. Woke up Saturday around 2 and did my take home bio exam all day. I was ticked because it was wicked nice Saturday. Went out again Saturday night around midnight and then got up Sunday around 1 and had to study for calc. It definitely was not a normal weekend. One of my buddies went into northeastern to a party and another went out to UMass. If you come on the weekends, you may want to be out around midnight to see us students. I love it here and there’s a ton to do. Weekends are definitely the chance to catch up on sleep. Maybe teachers were trying to space exams out so they don’t back up too close to finals. BC is awesome and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
As a parent of a CSOM accounting major, it could not have been easier. The sophomore accelerator class teaches them everything they need to know about real world job searching. There are meet & greet events downtown they are invited to as underclassmen. My D interviewed for her junior summer internship in the fall of sophomore year, landed a bunch of offers…she was still 19 years old and never interviewed again. Did the internship, got a full time offer before senior year started. Didn’t have the stress of co-ops, got to study abroad, go to football games and tailgates and be a normal college student.