<p>Hi, well I’m currently going into my sophomore year at Northeastern as a marketing and economics combined major, so hopefully I can help you out with some of these questions (still consider myself new to the school I guess). </p>
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<li><p>Studying business at Northeastern is very career-oriented. As in, all of the business students generally have an idea of what they want to do or are dedicated to the business sector. I can’t say we are VERY different because i’m still new to the school as well, but business is definitely one of Northeastern’s strongest suits. </p></li>
<li><p>I know the I.B. (International Business) route is a little bit more rigorous and difficult in terms of course work, but I think every business student needs to take a combination of these sorts of classes to graduate. We also have a Honors program, which you can get into with higher stats.</p></li>
<li><p>What makes our school “better” is the fact that we have a well-reputable co-op that nearly guarantee you a job if you make a good impression on the company you are working for. Co-ops differ quite a bit depending on your concentration in the business field and how long you want to work for a company (1/2 year to 1 full year). I’ll be getting my first co-op this coming year so we’ll see how that turns out.</p></li>
<li><p>Personally I think Northeastern looks for seemingly balanced students, but they do have a tendency of liking test scores. All schools like students with high GPAs, good SATs, and good extra-curriculars, but hopefully I can give you some insight with my stats: 2150 SAT, 3.8 weighted GPA, 3.4 unweighted (went to a hard magnet school in CA), Student Council (4 years, ASB Vice-President senior year), Korean club (4 years), swim team, etc. etc. Having extra-curriculars in the business field is always a plus. </p></li>
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<p>Our school is moving up in ranks really quickly (Already a top 50 school in the nation now), and I do believe it’ll go up even higher because of its ability to give students jobs. It’s definitely getting harder and harder to get into this school now compared to back in the day. </p>
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<li><p>There are plenty of clubs offering specialization in marketing and international business so that’s not a problem. </p></li>
<li><p>Typically, the normal Northeastern student graduates in 4-5 years because we participate in the co-op program. If you have a lot of transfer credits from AP or other things, you can get those classes out of the way and MAYBE graduate in 3, if you chose to limit your co-ops. </p></li>
<li><p>Because of the co-op program, students i’ve heard from generally take jobs in the Boston area, but because the program is so flexible, you can pretty much do a co-op anywhere. You can create your own co-op and work in other places or Northeastern can help you find a connection state-wide. Personally, I plan on taking two co-ops, one in Boston and one in Cali. </p></li>
<li><p>As a business student, you would be going for a bachelors in business admin. with concentrations in terms of your specific interests. For me, i’m a combined marketing and economics dual concentration. </p></li>
<li><p>Northeastern does give decent financial aid to out-of-state students. Personally i’ve heard some of my high school classmates getting full-rides, i’m getting about 30k/yr in financial aid from them and i’m from Cali. </p></li>
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<p>If you have any other questions feel free to message me or reply to this. If you could also give me some of your stats, I could help you out further! </p>
<p>Have a great day. </p>