Hey guys,
I applied EA to Northeastern University. Now I am starting to regret paying the application fees. A lot of my friends say that Northwestern is better ranked and better overall compared to Northeastern. My friends are applying to Northwestern.
What are the major differences, similarities?
Are they both top, or is one significantly ranked higher?
Finally, if you had to attend one of them, which one would you attend, and why?
Thanks for all your input guys!
From your posting history you have a 26 ACT score and a 1740 SAT score. You will not be admitted to Northwestern with those scores. Northeastern is also pretty much out of reach.
Yes Northwestern is ranked much higher but has higher admission requirements that you do not meet from your stats.
I just noticed that you are claiming to be an international student although you have lived in CA for 7 years. You are also saying you now have that you have a 33 ACT. Was that a retake?
Also, try not to listen to your friends for college decisions. You’ll make new friends.
@TomSrOfBoston - lol; yes. I did retake and am an “international student” although I lived in CA for 7 years. I believe that these two schools are low reaches for me. I just want to know which one you would pick and why?
@2muchquan - I understand, but these friends had impacted me in such a great way.
Thanks!
Wasn’t northeastern a free application? I wouldn’t have thought these were really comparable schools. NE seems a reasonable try for a full pay international for engineering. NW would be a top school. If any money was wasted on a reach application, it would be the NW reach vs the NE possible as full pay.
Northeastern was not a free application. What do you mean full pay international for engineering?
Sorry, kid applied last year and it was free. Maybe not this year. But you are international, right?
If you have lived in the US for 7 years and are graduating from a US high school you are not an international applicant.
@Alfonsia Weird that it was free for your kid - must’ve had some fee waiver. I also applied last year and had to pay around $80 - particularly vivid in my memory because I forgot to pay the fee until admissions decisions were released
But, yeah, re. @Salutation : Northwestern is generally more prestigious and more competitive. I am definitely biased towards Northeastern, though. Look at both schools and see which fits you best if you end up getting into both.
Northeastern and Northwestern are very different schools. Northeastern is based on a co-op model and Northwestern is more traditional in its education approach.
OP, are you eligible for Federal Financial Aid?
^The OP needs a green card or US citizenship, otherwise he is international.
OP, also you are too late for NW’s ED. See http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university-mt/1830728-northwestern-early-decision-applications-increase-12-percent-this-year.html#latest
Though I have live in the US for 7 years and graduated from middle and high school here, I am still considered as an international applicant. I don’t have citizenship or a green card. I am dependent on an H1 Visa.
@anonymous26 What do you mean co-op model?
@julianstanley Why are you biased towards Northeastern?
@4kidsdad I am not eligible for Federal Financial Aid, because I am international.
Thank you guys for your inputs!
Really appreciate them!
@4kidsdad I know, I am not applying ED to NW. I was just wondering which one would be better to apply, and I might apply regular desicion!
NE is a very expensive school, the co op model means you are looking at 5 years possibly. They seemed stingy on merit. If you can’t afford UC schools full pay then NE isn’t going to be any cheaper.
Unless you convert to F-1 visa, you do not get to work at all. So you can’t participate in NE’s co-op programs with H4 visa. Co-op is the major selling point for Northeastern!
NW is the higher ranked school, but your stats make admission unlikely.
@saluation co-op model combines classroom learning with experiential learning such as an internship. http://www.northeastern.edu/coop/