<p>We got there at 9. Had to guess our way to the registration desk. Signs and balloons
were not very helpful. Reception was over crowded. Not all the clubs were there. Financial
Aid was not very helpful. The Engineering students and talking to them was the best part.
Big push about research and coop.A bigger state school had a better organized welcome event.
I was not impressed but I am only a potential tuition paying parent.</p>
<p>Interestingly, as a counterpoint, our impression was that the event was very well organized. We arrived at 8 and had no problem finding registration after parking in the appointed garage (followed signs inside the garage to the pedestrian bridge to campus, and from there there were signs directing one to the Curry center for registration), and found it to be very efficiently run, even though there were lots of people arriving at once. Our main complaint was that the different sessions were quite spread out across campus, and our schedule was such that we ended up doing a LOT of walking between sessions. </p>
<p>Part of me wonders if the spread of events across campus was intentional to get you to see more of the campus. But then the other part of me realizes they probably had to work around the busy class schedules taking up most of the good rooms in most of the good time slots. I guess that’s another reason why they’re doing more construction on campus!</p>
<p>We attended the Saturday event for CCIS. There were registrations for different schools in different locations.
We arrived by the Green Line, and many people drove and arrived in the parking lot.
There were university wide events, like dormitory tours, and school wide events.
We were disoriented a few times, but the students on campus were very helpful with directions.</p>
<p>For CCIS, were were handed a very long list of professors hired since 2010. It was obvious that the CCIS school is growing very fast. </p>
<p>nano, the event was on Sunday, so the busy class schedules doesn’t account for it. And we pretty much walked the same path back and forth across campus several times, so we weren’t really seeing much of campus that way. We didn’t mind the walk around when we were on an actual tour, just the hustle between distant locations on a cold day for what seemed like no good reason. Several sessions were in West Village which just seemed completely unnecessary.</p>
<p>Sessions in West Village were probably because that’s where admissions is headquartered, if I had to guess.
After over 3 years walking around campus, though, it really doesn’t feel all that big anymore. And it’s a lot more compact than places like BU, BC, or a lot of major state schools.</p>
<p>Indeed, NEU is a pretty compact campus. But still, if they’re trying to get a warm fuzzy feeling going, minimizing the amount of walking outdoors in February could have helped. 
I don’t mind walking for a good reason, but “we have a nice looking lecture hall over here” isn’t a great reason. </p>