NEU FAQs Answered

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<p>Since I have some serious time to kill at work, and because I've been seeing a lot of questions being asked over and over again:</p>

<p>Co-op
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/701281-co-op-no-op.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/701281-co-op-no-op.html&lt;/a>
--Co-op & international business
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/680384-co-ops-other-states.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/680384-co-ops-other-states.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/670771-co-op-dates.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/670771-co-op-dates.html&lt;/a>
--How co-ops fit in to your 5 years
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691749-my-concerns.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691749-my-concerns.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/620359-co-op-question.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/620359-co-op-question.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Social Life
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/698364-sex-life.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/698364-sex-life.html&lt;/a>
--Also covers general social life at NU
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/586576-parties.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/586576-parties.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/682956-frats.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/682956-frats.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/671734-social-scene-more-questions.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/671734-social-scene-more-questions.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/649012-how-fun-neu.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/649012-how-fun-neu.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/648810-dry-campus.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/648810-dry-campus.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Safety
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/592406-housing-living-resdidential-life.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/592406-housing-living-resdidential-life.html&lt;/a>
--Also talks about Campus vs Off-campus life
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/471314-safety.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/471314-safety.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/510925-safeness.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/510925-safeness.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Overall NU life
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691412-northeastern-vs-tufts.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691412-northeastern-vs-tufts.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691749-my-concerns.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/691749-my-concerns.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/665731-northeastern-worth.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/665731-northeastern-worth.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/579587-pro-cons-northeastern.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/579587-pro-cons-northeastern.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/557794-there-anything-you-dont-like-about-neu.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/557794-there-anything-you-dont-like-about-neu.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>BU or NEU? Surely I'm the only person deciding between the two.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/696023-bu-vs-northeastern-vs-babson-vs-bentley.html?highlight=Northeastern%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/696023-bu-vs-northeastern-vs-babson-vs-bentley.html?highlight=Northeastern&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/679497-bu-vs-bc-vs-northeastern.html?highlight=Northeastern%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/679497-bu-vs-bc-vs-northeastern.html?highlight=Northeastern&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/675239-neu-over-bu-bu-over-neu.html?highlight=Northeastern+Boston+UNiversity%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/675239-neu-over-bu-bu-over-neu.html?highlight=Northeastern+Boston+UNiversity&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/690865-bu-neu-help-decision-o.html?highlight=NEU%3A+decision%21%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/690865-bu-neu-help-decision-o.html?highlight=NEU%3A+decision%21&lt;/a> (NEU forum)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/690934-bu-neu-help-decision-o.html?highlight=NEU%3A+decision%21%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/boston-university/690934-bu-neu-help-decision-o.html?highlight=NEU%3A+decision%21&lt;/a> (BU Forum)
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/680437-bu-vs-northeastern-vs-maryland.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/680437-bu-vs-northeastern-vs-maryland.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/646606-northeastern-u-vs-bu-pre-med.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/646606-northeastern-u-vs-bu-pre-med.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Perhaps I'll throw in Fin Aid/Cost and Housing later...</p>

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<p>Very nice emily</p>

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<p>I have a life I promise!!</p>

<p>Just a co-op job with excessive free time. :D</p>

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<p>Looooove it! And one of my threads made the list… at least I wasn’t being too redundant ;)</p>

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<p>this needs a bump :)</p>

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<p>thanks emily… hadn’t seen this before, but its really helpful</p>

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<p>Wow Emily thanks for the bump very informative…i laughed at the football comments lol</p>

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<p>another bump since this has disappeared from the forum.</p>

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<p>Thanks, Emily. We think my son could qualify for an excellent scholarship at NEU, so I was just about to dig into CC to look more about pros/cons. This was helpful.</p>

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<p>Hey Emily. I was just wondering where you co-op? Also do you know some of the places that business majors co-op? </p>

<p>Thanks for all the links. They were really helpful.</p>

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<p>I don’t know too much about business co-ops… I have a few friends who have gotten really incredible business co-ops (Goldman, Covidien, a few other big-name companies, as well as really cool international and out-of-state stuff) and some friends getting in to good graduate b-schools thanks to their co-op experience. It seems like the top students get excellent jobs, but I’ve also seen business majors get really screwed and wind up not doing anything interesting.</p>

<p>Like some of us have posted in the past, it comes down to having a decent GPA, but most importantly, having work experience. Having prior jobs will make your first co-op resume much stronger, since you’re competing with older students who already have experience. Basically the answer to “Where will I co-op” is that you might co-op somewhere awesome or you might be stuck somewhere that you hate. People end up in both positions, but the potential for a great job is there.</p>

<p>I’m a science major, so my experience isn’t really relevant to people looking at business co-ops. I work at a lab in a nearby hospital doing cell bio research, and lucked out (really really really lucked out) landing what is the dream job of essentially every kid looking to go into ph.d/grad school in science. I owe some serious thanks to NU for that one (although my massive tuition is thanks enough), but as far as how I got the job, it was due to A) luck, and B) coming in with related experience C) being a decent interviewee.</p>

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<p>Thanks Emily. That was really helpful information. Do you know if Engineering students ever do co-op/research ?</p>

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<p>Most engineers tend to pursue co-op jobs in industry (i.e. Raytheon, GE, iRobot, Draper Labs, etc). However, there are a bunch research centers and labs on campus that i know hire co-ops (i.e. CenSSIS, CAMMP, Center for High Rate Nanomanufacturing, etc.) I also know a few people who did research freshman year. So if you’re interested in research, the opportunities definitely exist… you just need to look for them.</p>

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<p>thanks for answering my question.</p>

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<p>time for a bump</p>

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<p>Do you know anything about how strong the communications or cinema majors are?</p>

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<p>bump for all the new posters that have been popping up since acceptances went out…</p>

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<p>I’m going to bump this one again…</p>

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<p>So Emily2007, what is oyur gut; When will we hear for EA this year?</p>

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<p>I got my EA acceptance 5 years ago (I’m ancient) around the 16th-18, and I’m pretty sure that’s been the window every year since then. I would say it’s gonna be thursday around 5pm, but I don’t follow admissions at all so grain of salt ect.</p>