I’m currently a freshman at University of New Hampshire and am trying to transfer to Northeastern University in Boston for fall 2017. I’m in the college of engineering as an undeclared undergrad, but applied to Northeastern for mechanical engineering. Fall 2016 semester I took 17 credit hours. Calc. I (4 credits), Physics I (4 credits), Micro Econ. (4 credits), Intro to Engineering Design (4 credits), and a engineering seminar course (1 credit). This current semester I’m taking Chem for engineers, Calc. II, Honors Philosophy, and English. I’m wondering what my chances are of getting accepted to Northeastern as a transfer student.
My stats are:
College GPA: 3.58
ACT: 25
HS GPA: 3.40
Member of the University Honors Program
I’ve also started my own non-profit organization, and been involved in a sustainable energy project since 2013.
Are you full pay, and you have confirmed that NEU will recognise those CC credits? Your ACT and GPA from school are challenging for a ME entrant. Does NEU take account of those as you are a freshman transfer?
The website says "While the most successful transfer applicants have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or higher, all applications are reviewed holistically. " 3.3 appears to be a soft minimum, not an average. Admissions is holistic so they will look at all your information. A "reach’ is just that, a reach, not an impossibility.
Your classes really only have calc 1 and physics 1 as solid (??) eng classes. That again, is only if these classes are acceptable to NEU as eng level classes. If NEU does a lot of weed out in year one with calc, physics and chem for engineers, you might be in shock at what soph classes look like to you. As many kids arrive at such schools with APs, those lib ed classes would have been covered and all 14-16 credits might have been strenuous. Are you going to be able to roll with that in a school that already has a 5 yr + grad because of co ops? And again, you can pay all that $$? . You should be able to tell us whether or not those credits are transferable for eng?
I can’t confirm until after I hear back from Northeastern, but they’ll most likely transfer since the classes I took, and am currently taking, are all engineering level courses at UNH. Also the high school I went to is top 5 in the state, so it has prepared my well for a school like Northeastern. This is also why my GPA in college is significantly higher than my high school GPA.
Hi im applying to northeastern with an associates degree in natural science. Im applying for Fall’17, i have 60 credits, 3.7 gpa, im in phi theta kappa, women’s leadership, and student government, chance me!
The comments made literally just aren’t conclusive. How would he know about his credits and northeastern is just another school with the same difficulty as most good school, it’s just very selective (2nd commenter). 1st commenter, why are you so focused on his ACT…that absolutely will now matter as much as his college credentials. How about we address the actual question instead, and determine if a 3.58, and and a strong course load give him/her a chance. I t’s clearly not a reach since your GPA is substantially higher than the “average transfer GPA of a 3.3” so I it’s conclusive to deduct your a strong applicant. I trust future comments will address the actual question.