<p>to graduate from Northeastern in four years only?</p>
<p>Yes, you can forgo the coop experience and graduate in 4 years...but the coop experience is one of the main reasons students choose Northeastern.</p>
<p>Typically their co-op system involves summer school sessions and three 6-month co-ops over a 5 year period - you have the summer after your freshman year off but after that you will either be in co-op or taking classes in the summer. Depending on the major, you may still be able to do 1-2 co-ops and graduate in 4 years by also taking classes over the summer.</p>
<p>It's not the only reason: unbeatable location, a reasonable mix of academics and social life, diverse and tolerant student body, right size, up and coming name in the northeast, pretty urban campus, decent financial aid.</p>
<p>scansmom, I'd rather take classes during fall and spring semesters, and do co-ops over the summers.</p>
<p>Best to check with their co-op center and also the dept for whatever majors you are interested to see what they say about 4-year programs. Co-ops over summer sounds more like internships. Again, it REALLY depends on your major. This is a co-op school after all, and some majors are very structured so the only way to get all the required classes you need may be by following their co-op schedule since that is partly how they determine when to offer classes (ie not all classes are available in summer sessions). If you really are not interested in co-ops, you may want to reconsider, there are many comparable 4-year schools out there.</p>
<p>I might also add that Northeastern is pretty selective--over 28,000 applicants for 2800 spots this fall, so if you have no interest in co-ops, that may be a big strike against you--there are LOTS of other kids who are!</p>
<p>No way!</p>
<p>2800/28000 = 10%. Schools like Columbia and Amherst have that kind of selectivity; you must be on some heavy duty stuff!</p>
<p>ok, I stand corrected--according to Maxiumus, CC's expert on Northeastern, there were 27,100 applicants for this year's class, I also checked the school website and saw that there were 2955 enrolled undergrads this fall. Their acceptance rate has been just above 40% for the past few years but has been getting lower each year. The school also went up 17 points in US News rankings this year and is now in the top 100. They anticipate 29,000-30,000 applicants this year.</p>
<p>It's not 10% acceptance, just 10% of those that apply end up enrolling. That's about acceptance and yield.</p>
<p>And the "typical" coop is 6 months, but they might try to work something out if you really wanted to do it over the summer.</p>