Northeastern over Notre Dame?

College Search & Selection
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<p>D (NMF, 2240 SAT) admitted EA to both schools.</p>

<p>Northeastern offers 4 yr full tuition merit scholarship, extra money ($8000) for international co-op/Study abroad, and participation in new University Scholar Program (The</a> Northeastern University Scholars Program) within NEU Honors Program, which would provide special advising, research opportunities, small honors classes, etc.</p>

<p>ND, of course, does not give merit aid, and we do not qualify for need-based FA.</p>

<p>D is leaning hard toward NEU--Boston, Co-op, Honors, etc. She really liked it when she visited as part of the USP weekend. She is interested in biology/marine bio/environmental science, but also likes a myriad of other disciplines.</p>

<p>I am a loyal ND alum, but feel like NEU may be the right call here.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>Northeastern is an excellent, often overlooked school. It may very well have the best Co-Op program in the US. I think I hear you saying that despite the lower ranking than ND, your child prefers this school for valid reasons.</p>

<p>IF this is the case, then I’d ask what you think your role is in the process and who should make the ultimate decision. (I mean this seriously, as parents there comes a time when we have to let our kids decide, unless they’re doing something positively foolhardy.)</p>

<p>If your child preferred ND – then there is a whole other analysis as to whether the cost is ‘worth it’ (whatever definition we use for worth it).</p>