Hi guys! I’m currently deciding between Northeastern and Brandeis. I’m concerned about the pre-professional vibe at Northeastern. As someone with a lot of interests that I want to try out (economics, comp sci, biology, pysch), would I be better off going to a liberal arts university like Brandeis? I know Northeastern has an undeclared program, but I feel like most people know exactly what they want to do there. Will my course selection be much more restricting at Northeastern than Brandeis? Do students end up getting PhDs at Northeastern, or do most just look to get a job right out of college? Also, I feel like Northeastern is strongest in pre-professional areas I’m not really interested in, like engineering and pharmacy. But I want to try out business, which it’s very strong in.
BTW, I prefer Northeastern’s location and size much more. Wow, it felt good to write down my thoughts.
Hey! So I kind of worried about that too, as I had an idea I wanted to do business but really wasn’t sure at all when I was in high school. I’m attending now, and I absolutely love it. I came in as a marketing concentration, debated being compsci/business, switched to accounting, switched to finance, switched to dual finance/accounting, just added an econ minor and briefly debated a compsci minor again. In short: you can definitely explore!
I think the distinction at Northeastern is that our program kind of forces us to think more practically about what we want to do. It’s not so much a focus on “what do I want to study” as “what kind of career do I want to lead?” (Note career, not job; we’re thinking broadly and long-term, not just certain job titles). You will start to piece together what is exactly you do and don’t want to do, and how your interests can combine. Course selection is very open in my opinion and I don’t feel restricted as far as exploring.
Plenty of our students get grad degrees. Plenty also enter the workforce for a brief period, and have their company pay for their grad degrees 
Others might never get one at all. There’s not one overwhelming trend. You can quite literally do whatever you want at Northeastern.
My D did not come in undeclared but has considered dual majors and major/minors. Her advisors were very supportive of laying out options so she could see how things would lay out and incorporate a Dialogue of Civilization etc.
There is an office to assist undergrads develop post grad study including fellowships:
http://www.northeastern.edu/fellowships/
They also had multiple teams apply (and several accepted) to present projects at the Clinton Global Initiative.