<p>NU for free living at home</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>BU living on campus for 5k</p>
<p>they gave me a GREAT financial aid at BU and i think i got a NU full scholarship</p>
<p>what would u choose</p>
<p>i think im gonna do engineering…</p>
<p>Boston is better, but if you've been accepted---go to NU so I can get off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I'd take BU just to experience living away from home. Commuting sounds like significantly less fun.</p>
<p>issue: i already live on the NU campus, its a moot point</p>
<p>BU is definitely the way to go</p>
<p>They are ranked the same for engineering. But have you factored in the money that you would earn through Northeastern's co-op program? This can be quite substantial when you consider that some of the engineering co-ops pay over $22 per hour. I say pocket the 5K and go to Northeastern and use the co-op money to pay for on campus housing.</p>
<p>What would you be majoring in?</p>
<p>I would do Civil Engineering in NU, but im almost sure BU doesnt have that, so i'd make something up ^_^</p>
<p>i am a HUGE fan of the co-op program though...</p>
<p>Well if you go into Civil Eng, maybe you can co-op for one of the companies that are working on the Big Dig. Despite what you've probably heard, there is still lots of work to be done on that $14 billion dollar black hole. Maybe you can help turn it around or at least get to drive in the HOV Lane during rush hour without any passengers...lol!</p>
<p>I would chose BU and live on campus just to get the full college experience.</p>
<p>You mean a traditional college experience.</p>
<p>Without a real campus or a football team, I doubt that BU would qualify as a traditional college experience. Not that you can't have a good experience without a campus or football since many people still do. One more thing, first year at Northeastern is the same as most schools (two academic semesters). After that, you would be alternating between semesters of academics and semesters of co-op. But you would be making professional connections and would end up with a much stronger resume (not to mention would be earning cash).</p>
<p>The Co-op thing, in my opinion, is overrated. I know of a kid who majored in mechanical engineering and built cabinets for his internship. You can get an internship without having that program, and companies look better upon BU's ENG school than northeastern's. I'm a freshman in COM, so I've really only competed 4 classes. I went on 4 interviews for internships and got 3 of them, and I know that wouldn't have happened with out BOSTON UNIVERSITY written at the top.</p>
<p>And I really hope no one makes their decison based on a football team. Everyone wants different things out of college, and that's fine, but BU has so much more to offer, and I wouldn't trade it for a football team. And we DO have a campus. It is big and includes other things, but it is a defined space with plenty of grass to play frisbee and have BBQs. It's the perfect combination of city and grass.</p>
<p>I agree with Chrisso about the Engineering. I'm pretty sure that BU's engineering is much more respected than NEU's, plus they recently threw a ton of money into the Engineering School (specifically BME). If you're really set on Civil Engineering though, you'll have to look somewhere else.</p>
<p>When it comes to engineering, companies view Northeastern's program more favorably. Here's what another poster had to say about it on another thread:</p>
<p>"I work for a local (Boston) large high tech company and have been involved in hiring NEU Engineering Co-op's for the past 16 years. I bring in 2 co-op's per 6 month period and usually end up hiring them when they graduate. I have hired approx. 20-25 students over these 15 years and I swear by the program. I also have done internships/co-ops with other schools and hands down, NEU students are the best - at least in engineering. In addition, typically when we hire our past co-op students we offer them ~$5K more in salary because of their experience. This is just in my small engineering group. The company overall brings in about 30 co-op's each period and has hired countless co-op's and they are among our best employees and many have risen to managment positions. In fact the founder of our company is a Northeastern Engineering grad.</p>
<p>My D is a senior in high school and going through the college selection process and she is looking for an engineering program due to her strength in math & science. She has enrolled at NEU and I am very proud to have her attend as I think NEU has the best balance of academic and hands on experiential learning....Anyway, after my long affiliation with NEU I would highly recommend the school especially the Engineering program."</p>
<p>From another poster:</p>
<p>CelloMom
Junior Member</p>
<p>Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MA
Posts: 47 Here's some first-hand experience regarding NEU co-op: son graduated Fall 03 from the school of Computer Science (he did it in four years and one summer semester including 3 co-op sessions because of AP credit while the school was still on quarter system). He did 3 co-op terms, interviewed for several co-op positions for each term and had more than 1 co-op to choose from each time. Had three different employer co-op experiences. The last co-op placement kept him on part-time during the summer while he was finishing up his courses and then hired him full time as soon as he was finished. He started at around 70K with a nice benefit package. He is now earning 75k+ and his Master's degree work through Johns Hopkins U is being fully funded and he's halfway through the program while still working full-time. The experience he gained from working the co-ops as well as the experience of preparing resumes and doing interviews was invaluable. His three room-mates who were engineering majors also had no difficulty finding co-op placements, employment when they graduated and one is working on a Master's degree at Tufts University also re-imbursed by his employer. Did Northeastern and it's co-op program work as advertised for these students? I would say most certainly, yes.</p>