I figured that since admissions decisions were released tonight, there are probably a lot of people on here that may be looking into Northeastern closer than before. There are a decent number of Northeastern students and parents on here, and I hope some others may participate in this thread as well.
To make it easy for prospective huskies to get a feel for Northeastern, please ask any questions here! Specifically, anything with student life, co-ops, majors, freshman LLC’s, class schedules, you name it!
I will of course not be on here 24/7, but feel free to let questions pile up and I will do my best to get to them in a timely manner! Again, others on here may answer before I get there as well.
To those deferred, temper your expectations but don’t give up hope! Northeastern admits a solid number of EA deferrals in RD.
Just chiming in- also a current student happy to answer questions or provide a different perspective. Can offer specific insight in terms of:
-the business school
-co-op; my experience and my friends’ as well
-housing/dorms/dining halls
-study abroad/dialogues
and also more broad questions about Boston, student body, etc.
Also chiming in! I can talk a lot about Bouve College, study abroad, student life and all its nitty gritty details (clubs, dorms, dining etc etc) and pretty much anything else. Congrats future huskies! Hope to see you all at Welcome Day in April!
Is it true that the CCIS LLC is for boys only? I read that somewhere online a couple of years ago but I can’t see how something like that would be true.
Can you say anything about freshman dorms? I’m finding it very hard to find information online, and I’m just in general very confused about how the housing process works (applying for it, choosing it, choosing a roommate).
It is for anyone, though as you would expect it is significantly male-dominated currently. You would be surrounded by nerds of multiple genders though!
Sure! So, you fill out a single survey, which asks for general habitual information, and the ranking choices of your top 3 LLC’s. You are then placed with a roommate, in one of your top choices. Nearly everyone gets their first choice. You can request a roommate, but I highly recommend going random. You will have a whole LLC to share interests with - your roommate is best matched based on living habits, and the survey does a decent job at that.
LLC’s are put in buildings based on their size, and besides IV, most of the options are more or less the same. You’ll get a double 99% of the time, and anything bigger has the appropriate space. In general, it’s a very typical freshman dorm experience. Th housing options are stellar from your second year onward.
I’m not too familiar with gluten free options, but Stetson East (Levine Marketplace) has a gluten free section that I would assume is contamination free. You can look at the menu online. I would recommend looking back in time at the menu, since winter break is coming up.
@Calimom3 I have Celiac so I can talk a bit about this! I’ll break it down as best I can.
We have 3 dining halls in campus, Stetson East, Stetson West and International Village. All have gluten free bread, and there’s always fruit and salad stations available, so you can always eat something. However, Stetson East is my particular favorite. There is a gluten free station specifically for people who can’t eat gluten, serving a variety everyday. Usually a fish or chicken, some kind of vegetable and potatoes or rice. Occasionally there will be a quiche or other option to change it up which is nice. They even had the station running during our finals week midnight breakfast, which I really appreciated. There’s also a fridge that is stocked with gluten free waffles and French toast, and they also have gluten free cookies, brownies, and occasionally muffins available if you ask. The staff is so friendly and they’ll always send you home with 2-3 cookies even if you ask for 1.
I personally don’t eat in Stetson West because it’s so close to Stetson East which has more options. However, I know that they have the gluten free bread / cookies available and while I don’t think there’s the specific station I’m sure there’s option.
International Village also has good options. Sushi is always safe, so I’ll eat that a lot. There is also “Zone 7”, a station that prepares meals without any of the major food allergens. I had some kind of rice noodle dish there once topped with lots of vegetables, it was surprisingly pretty good. Again, there’s gluten free breads and cookies, and a salad station in which they make the salads for you instead of the do it yourself of the other dining halls (let’s face it, it always tastes better when it’s made by someone else.
@PengsPhils Cool, thanks for the information. You mentioned the housing survey, too. What does that cover? Is it just the basics (sleeping habits, pet peeves) or does it go any deeper than that?
@oldtown348 Yeah I am, finance and accounting with an econ minor.
You’re going to hear it a lot but co-op was a huge factor in the decision. I cannot stress the value of it enough. I’ll be graduating with 18 months of work experience in my field. Employers constantly tell us how much they appreciate their Northeastern grads because they can depend on them for being good at their job, and have already proven they’re professional-- a lot of students from other schools don’t have as much knowledge in office etiquette, politics, staying off their phone, etc. Business co-ops are paid very well, and as you’re not paying tuition on co-op, it’s a great way to save up some money.
In addition, it helps you really nail down (or at least eliminate) exactly what you want to do post-grad. You can try a job in investment banking for example, find out it’s not for you, do the next in corporate finance and enjoy it but maybe want a different company culture, and then find a great fit for the 3rd. By graduation, you’ll know exactly what to look for you and are MUCH less likely to get stuck in an unsatisfying job as compared to students who have less experience and will apply to any job with “Bachelor’s in business” in the qualifications. Furthermore, as NU students complete a job search three times, we are pretty darn good at interviewing, balancing multiple offers or holding out for a different job, etc.
Students set to go on co-op receive access to our NUCareers portal at the beginning of the semester. Jobs are posted regularly and there are hundreds if not thousands at any given time. Based on the descriptions and qualifications, you flag as many as you’d like, and meet with your co-op coordinator regularly during the process. Typically, you’d send a small batch of resumes to jobs in which you’re interested in every week/few weeks and continue until you accept an offer. Your co-op coordinator will not send your resume to jobs for which you are not qualified (i.e. low GPA, really unprofessional behavior, no Excel skills, etc.) Employers will reach out if interested to schedule interviews, occasionally do second rounds, and will then extend an offer or not. You have 3 days to accept or decline. It can be pretty crazy as there are so many jobs happening at once; this October, I believe I had 6 interviews in a week (a few firsts, some second interviews, and a phone interview from Germany) and ended up with 3 offers at once from which to decide.
If you sign up for a double room and they end up assigning you to a single, are you required to pay the single room upcharge? Basically, do you have to pay for a single if you are in a ‘forced single’ instead of a double?
