Hey everyone!
I confirmed today through email that there is a supplement this year, but that you can only access it after you turn in your common app and get your NUID. I haven’t yet turned mine in (I am retaking the ACT on Saturday and waiting for that score to come back), so I can’t see the question.
Is there anyone who HAS turned in their common app and knows what the supplement essay is about?
Thanks!
Thank you for the info. Really good to know. We believed there was no supplemental essay question.
Here’s her email after I’d asked about an essay :
[My name],
Thanks for reaching out!
The supplement that was referred to is going to come after you submit the
application. Because it is new this year, it¹s an option for students, but
is not necessary. Once you¹ve submitted your application and received a
NUID, you will have access to your Application Status check. At this
point, there will be an option to submit additional information that you
would like us to see. Guidelines and suggestions for this material will be
on this page as well.
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
Best,
Alice
Alice Smith | Assistant Director
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Northeastern University
150 West Village F, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
617.373.5412 (direct line) | 617.373.2200 (main line) | 617.373.8780 (fax)
For those wondering how to show interest, this is the best way.
Anybody find out what the topic is? Also will doing it vs not doing it have an effect on scholarships?
If you are serious about NU, I’d submit it. This is probably a new way for them to weed out those that are applying only to see what merit aid they might get offered vs. those that really want to come.
For Early Action, would the supp essay have to be submitted by Nov. 1 even though it is not released till the Common App is submitted and the stated deadline for that is Nov 1? confused as to expected timing regarding submitting the supp essay. thanks!
@CA1543 I’m very worried about that too! I was planning on submitting my application by October 1st anyway, but now I will do so for sure…
I just went ahead and emailed her back to ask.
[My name],
That’s a great question! We normally allow for about two weeks to receive
all of the additional materials from an application, so as long as this is
submitted in the following few weeks, you should be fine. We will be
evaluating the supplement at the same time as your application, so it will
need to be submitted around the same time.
Please let me know if you have further questions.
Best,
Alice
Alice Smith | Assistant Director
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Northeastern University
150 West Village F, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
617.373.5412 (direct line) | 617.373.2200 (main line) | 617.373.8780 (fax)
So it seems that if your supplement is in by around ~15th of November, you’ll be fine.
So someone has to submit the app to find out the supplement and so far no one here has done that (which makes sense, considering its only Sept 9th now)?
I really don’t get why they are making this such a secret. Between this and keeping the new honors program secret, getting rid of scholars, the SAT changes, the ACT essay changes etc… Class of 2017 continues to get hammered with changes. Can’t they just be forthcoming with the info?
We will reach out to our local contact and try and get more clarity. In the meantime, if someone does find out what the supplement question is, please post.
I knew that Northeastern has been considering adding a supplement. This is perhaps a clever way of easing into it. If it works well, then next year they may add it to the common app as either an optional or required essay.
So I have slightly more information.
I had emailed my regional director but got an out of office reply, so I emailed someone else (who replied above). The regional director just replied… with a slightly different response than the first person.
Hi [my name],
Thank you for your email and my apologies for a delayed response. Northeastern will not have a required supplement this fall, but students will be allowed to upload something extra (i.e. a resume, a link to their LinkedIn profile if they have one, and so on) should they wish.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Courtney
Courtney L. Kipp | Senior Assistant Director of Admissions, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Northeastern University
150 West Village F, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115
617.373.5012 (direct line) | 617.373.2200 (main line) | 617.373.8780 (fax)
So not an essay I suppose, a “something extra”. Does that mean we could upload writing supplements, etc.?
@marijke That doesn’t sound much at all like a supplement. I’m sure you could email you counselor about your interest if you wanted to show it that way, but if they are just asking you to upload any extra information I don’t think that will involve supplements. Was your email directly asking about a supplement?
Yes, I directly asked about a supplemental ESSAY. The title of the email said “Northeastern Supplemental Essay” and the text of my email (I used identical emails minus the names of the officers) was :
"Hello;
While at an information session this summer, I heard that while Northeastern University currently doesn’t have any supplemental essays, they would be adding one to the application this admissions season. I am ready to submit my EA application on Common App, but there appears to be no place for a supplemental essay. I was wondering if I had misunderstood the presence of this essay, or if one will be put out, but has not yet?
Thank you so much,
[my name]"
I’m extremely disappointed that it doesn’t sound like it’s an essay at all… I consider writing my strong suit.
Until someone submits their common application and gets access to myNEU it is only guesswork.
I’ll guess we will just have to wait an find out. I was excited for a supplement this year.
Even if it is just “additional information” it would be a chance to submit an essay.
@TomSrOfBoston I’m assuming it were just additional information there wouldn’t be a specific prompt. Would we just be able to write about our interest and why we chose Northeastern?
How can they not have a consistent message about this yet? Something is bizarre with NEU admissions this year… they are being mysterious with the honors program changes/termination of scholars program, and now this. Par for the course for Class of 2017.
I just found out that writing section of the ACT has been retooled again. Whoever took the ACT this winter/spring will no have to be concorded to the “new writing” scores. Its never ending.