<p>The information sessions by the ISP director is very useful. Feel free to ask him any questions. He is very forthcoming and helpful. S found the session very useful and it persuaded him to join ISP.</p>
<p>Got it. You are really nice and helpful.
Do you take classes with students in other majors? Or you have your own professors and systems？</p>
<p>ISP stream is different from the regular stream. iSP students typically take the same classes unless you get AP credits in which case you might go for a higher level class. All ISP students will be double majoring (if not more) anyway…so they will be attending the regular classes pertaining to the other major.</p>
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<p>I know this quote is very old, but I wanted to point out that I think it is apples and oranges in that no one is forced to take ISP at NU if it’s not the right curriculum for them. It’s been my experience that one can create a very open curriculum at NU if one chooses to. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>I don’t think you are wrong. The posts from last year appear to demonstrate a concern about doing a CS major and an ISP major, and not having room left for electives. The CS major appears to have a larger number of requirements than most other majors, and there does not appear to be any course that could satisfy CS, ISP and distribution requirements, hence the “dilemma”. The unique nature of the CS courses, and the number required, appear to be the problem, which has nothing to do with ISP. </p>
<p>NU appears to be a school where a student has one of the better chances to double-major and still take a good number of electives, since students take 12 courses per year, as opposed to 10 or 8.</p>
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<p>@TheBellLap - That has certainly been our D’s experience at NU (so far she’s actually fit in closer to 15 courses per year… tho she might be a crazy person), but she has two non-science majors so I wasn’t sure how her experience translates to other majors.</p>