<p>I know many think that NEU is a 5 year program but we also have a 4 year option. Its just matter of if you want to do 2 coops or 3.</p>
<p>Northeastern</a> to expand co-op through four-year option | Northeastern University News</p>
<p>Here’s an article from Boston.com on the same subject. It says that within 3 years, they hope to have a majority graduate in four years. Seems like a good plan to me. </p>
<p>[Northeastern</a> to offer students in co-op program 4-year degrees - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/12/09/northeastern_to_offer_students_in_co_op_program_4_year_degrees/]Northeastern”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/12/09/northeastern_to_offer_students_in_co_op_program_4_year_degrees/)</p>
<p>I’ve only been here for a little less than two years and our school has definitely undergone some major changes. They split the school of arts and science into three different segments, they got rid of the football program, and now they provide the four year option. I think Aoun is really looking to move our school up in the rankings. I’m not too sure if this is a good or bad thing.</p>
<p>It’s a good thing. Since Northeastern doesn’t operate on their endowments (like Harvard or something), they need to keep the school popular and advancing in order to pay the bills. </p>
<p>With the four year/two co-op option they will get more applicants who come in with lots of AP credit and who want the awesomeness of co-ops, but want to go to grad school afterwards and therefore don’t want to spend 5 years here.</p>
<p>(That being said, I’m still not sure the benefits of splitting CAS. I’m Econ/Math, so I’ll be in two colleges, and none of my advisors can explain to me how that’s going to affect me at all… My two co-op advisors haven’t even decided who I’m going to stay under.)</p>
<p>I don’t understand the correlation people are making between wanting to go to grad school and reducing the undergrad years. I want to go to grad school after undergrad but I am glad I’m doing the 5 year track to get more experience for my grad school application. Co-op doesn’t necessarily have to be for “real world” jobs-- my current co-op is as a research assistant at Northeastern.</p>
<p>I also think don’t think the split within CAS was a very well thought up one either. :/</p>
<p>I agree that the whole “gotta get to grad school in 4 years” is missing the point. I’ll likely be applying to ph.d programs and for a long time was considering med school… I’m in no rush, and many of my friends who are also going on to more school are still happy they did 5 years.</p>
<p>Losing one year of working, which you’ll be doing for the rest of your life, is really no big deal. To an 18 year old, 5 years might seem like a long time, but to anyone graduating college or having already graduated, an extra year in undergrad is nothing.</p>
<p>The older I get, the more awesome 5 years of college becomes. I’m in my 4th year now and definitely do not envy my friends who are graduating this may. No thanks.</p>
<p>I agree with you guys about not minding a fifth year. But then again I also know a lot of people from high school that are graduating in 3 years because they want to start working earlier or go to grad schools earlier. They never even consider a 5 year program.</p>
<p>I figure that NEU just doesn’t want to eliminate those applicants, even though most people don’t care.</p>
<p>I am interested in NU and the 5 year program is a plus and minus for me. I look at other colleges that offer internships and study and research projects abroad for free or for the same price as attending the university normally and the people graduate in 4 years still. I saw that someone here posted that in 4 years they want the majority graduating earlier(from 5 years –> 4 years), but I want to possibly get a masters, so the 5th year doesn’t seem pleasant to me. I will be hopefully attending in fall 2012, what is the current stance on the extra year or the “5th year”? Is it being reduced?</p>
<p>What was your major and where are you applying for grad school? Where are you attending? Is the 5th year option still common or is it going to be reduced to 4 years?</p>
<p>Plenty of people still do 5 years, but it’s common to see people doing four or four and a half. It’s just about how you arrange your schedule, since most majors can be completed in four years easily.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there are majors that even with fewer co-ops, you’ll probably be using up the whole five years, even with careful scheduling. Of course, there are many people who wind up doing the same at schools that aren’t normally five year.</p>
<p>Does the Honors Program cause honors students to take 5 years to graduate? So many majors (particularly International Business) seem so planned out, and it’s still unclear to me how many basic courses have a corresponding honors version (as opposed to honors students having to take honors electives on top of their major requirements).</p>