<p>ok we all know the price is ridiculously high if u ask me..I am not complaining since eveyother school of mine has rejected me as of now except for texas and penn state..SO if i do decide to goto uni this year it will be 99percent here..</p>
<p>but do u think its worth it?....The reason y I am asking is that the business school is just not that well renowned every one keeps mistaking it for northwestern or ppl say they just havent heard about it..</p>
<p>Also i hear there is no college life here and that every one is competitive and that no one parties and that the city is too expensive, and more imprtntly that people are not that open...</p>
<p>I know im mentioning only the negatives, i know theere are alot of positives as well but at the end of hte day i wanna have a colleg life, do u guys think this place is worth the money in terms of fun and academics both...views would gr8ly be appreciated thanks..</p>
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<p>None of that is true at all.</p>
<p>I think that the co-op program at Northeastern is an important value-add. You’ll need to like the co-op idea though if you plan to attend. Campus-wise, the NEU city environment is lots different (and easier to get to) than Penn state… but you need to be OK with cities.</p>
<p>hey thanks for ur input…however what do u mean by “easier to getto pennstate”</p>
<p>doesn’t Northeastern have an acceptancy rate of 35% and Penn with over 50 i hear…</p>
<p>Also, do u think if i was offered the 2+2 plan(I think u start of at Behrend and graduate with Smeal) for penn state should i goto Northeastern for Business or Smeal?</p>
<p>The acceptance rate of Penn State isn’t really relevant to most unless its just for the University Park campus. The other 20 or so campuses are much easier to get into.</p>
<p>i think colorado_mom means that it is easier to get around places with the public transportation</p>
<p>"(and easier to get to) than Penn state… " </p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion. I meant the Penn State campus I once visitied, I think in State College (in the middle of nowhere) in PA. My point is that transportation to Boston/Logan is easier because it is in a big city.</p>
<p>hey calarado mom,</p>
<p>im still havbing trouble making a decision…from ure experience was psu okay good…im leaning towards northeastern but i dont wanna make a wrong decisions</p>
<p>I visited Penn State in 1983, and I don’t remember if we even took a tour. I just remember the long drive on the way back from other college visits. I encourage you to go look at their threads. We have a friend that LOVES Penn Stat, but she may not attend because other options are more affordable.</p>
<p>I do know a lot about Northeastern. Both kids looked at it and we’ve been there for three summer visits (including an Engineering Wednesday tour). It seems to be a great school, on the “upswing” with increasing ratings etc. But it only makes sense to go to Northeastern if you like the idea of doing co-ops. It will likely take you 5 years (but only 4 years of tuition) to get through. The three (or two) 6-month co-ops would give very valuable job experience.</p>
<p>Maybe Northeastern isn’t known down south or out west, but it’s known very well in the Northeast. Our business school is actually really good. The business students always win these awards and competitions that I don’t pay attention to so I can’t explain more in detail. And doing co-op and not doing co-op is just uncomparable for business students. Networking is a huge part of getting a job and the business school is really good at pulling in employers to visit that take in co-op students (so they like taking NEU grads too) and ones that don’t. Plus SO many co-op employers only want people with previous co-op experience. Please don’t mistake that to mean it is hard to get a job. I mean that if CO-OP employers want experience, what do you think people hiring normal grads want? They will be paying a lot more plus benefits-- they want to know they will be getting someone good. </p>
<p>Oh, and yeah when I first got in I got the “In chicago?” question a lot. But then people OTHER than my friends at school found out, and you’d be surprised where Northeastern grads have gone. Nearly every single one of my parents’ friends knew someone (or went themselves) to Northeastern for undergrad or for grad school or for law. So yes, when I go home (Florida), I have to explain twenty times to my friends that I’m not taking 5 years to graduate because I failed freshman year, it’s because of co-op. But when I got a part-time job over the summer, two of my managers knew people who had done the “really great co-op program”.</p>
<p>And blink is correct.</p>
<p>I haven’t actually visited Northeastern yet (I will in a week), but I know that Penn State is a major party school. In fact, there’s almost nothing to do EXCEPT drink. There’s even a holiday called State Patty’s Day where they all get DUIs and alcohol poisoning. </p>
<p>I’m not sure if you actually meant “drink” when you said “party”, but I know that Penn State is definitely a party school. Perhaps too much so.</p>
<p>dreamranger, thanks for the heads up… can u tell me how northeastern is once u have visited it…thanks again…</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I am an accepted student to NEU but I have no idea if I want to attend there next year since it is a very expensive school. Asian parents are very competitive and my parents are kind of hesitant on me going there because it’s not a very “renowned” school and they don’t know if they want to spend so much on it. Any insights?</p>
<p>My daughter is feeling the same, is it really worth it? Would love the co-op program. You don’t pay tuition to do that? Where do you live? Is the co-op strictly a non paid internship and you still live on campus? Still confused a bit.</p>
<p>You dont pay tuitoin to do the co-op program… You can live in dorms if you wish or you can live off-campus… Co-ops can also be out-of-state of you are looking in which case yo’d find an apartment nearby… Co-ops are paid internships and you can live on-campus if the co-op job is close to campus! You basically follow the job and if its far from campus, then you’d probably want to find a place closeby! </p>
<p>Its kinda late and I’m tired so I hope that made sense…</p>
<p>When you are on coop do you still get access to the Marino center?</p>
<p>When you are on coop semester, you are still considered a full time Northeastern student, even though you are not paying tuition. As a full time student you would have full access to the Marino Center, counseling services etc.</p>
<p>The vast majority of coop jobs are paid positions. You are an employee of that company. In some areas of arts and humanities, there may be unpaid “alternative” coop positions but those are quite rare. If your coop job is in the Boston area, you can choose to live on campus (you would pay room and board of course but not tuition).</p>
<p>In terms of prestige, if you are admitted to Harvard, GO! But if you are comparing NU to its non-coop peers, then NU has great advantages over them.</p>
<p>can some one clear this up for me…when u say u dont pay during the coop period…does that mean we end up paying 26,000$ for that year or do we still end up saying 52,000$ by the end of it for mere 6 months of class?</p>
<p>^You only pay for the classes you take. However, some students still live on campus during co-op, so you’d have to pay for housing, meal plans, etc. but NOT tuition when you’re not taking classes.</p>
<p>so that means 6 months of class will cost me half for that year…right?</p>