My son was admitted through nuin last year. He was initially unhappy about the acceptance as he wanted a traditional freshman experience, but as NU was his top choice, he decided to go for it. It ended up being a great experience. As other posters have said, he ended up making great friends, some of whom he is rooming with now, gained independence and traveled around Europe. He had opportunities to do things some people never get to do. He has had a seemless transition to Boston, joined clubs, and made numerous friends outside of nuin.He looks back very fondly on the whole experience.
As parents, it was difficult for us to send our 17 year old to Greece when he hadnāt been away from home alone ever! We didnāt rest well while he was abroad. I did take the opportunity to take a little trip and visit him. I felt everything was very well run and the kids were safe and had a good support system with the adults from NU.
One of the hardest parts for him was the waiting for the semester to begin. His program did not start until mid Sept. and all his friends had gone off to start their adventures while he was stuck home with us and the constant questions from well meaning adultsā¦What do you mean youāre going abroad your first semester? or Youāre still here? When are you ever leaving for college? LOL If you choose to do the program and it is a late start, I advise planning some fun things to do together to pass the time and keep them upbeat. We did all the shopping for spring move in as one of the things to keep it fun.
Hope this helps!
@nanny1: Good to hear about your sonās experience in the program and that sounds encouraging! Is he in the Engineering program as well ? And how has his coop experience been so far? For Engg, there are 3 options for places: Australia, Greece and Ireland. Actually my son owuld have preferred Canada but they seem to restrict on where these kids can go and thatās kind of a bummerā¦
@DIBM96 He is only a freshman so he has not done Coop yet. He is a business major. His friend was an engineering major who had an awesome experience in Austrailia.
@nanny1 Thatās great to hear! Am so relieved to have heard from families whose children did thisā¦if you dont mind, are you a local person? We are in CA and so I was wondering if we have to go all the way to Boston for Admitted Students Welcome day or try to get into one of the CA bsaed events so that we can get more infoā¦
Iām from northeast so Boston is only a 3 hour ride. I felt the admitted students day was very well run and informative. They had a special session for nuin families that was especially good. Iām not sure what they offer locally for ca families. If he decides to go there will be a mandatory pre-orientation that is very important to attend in my opinion.
@DIBM96, Iām from CA, Coastal Bay Area. My older D just graduated NEU, and is halfway through a masters too, even while emoployed now since mid-January. My younger D is finishing frosh year at NEU. Neither did NU in but the program got so popular that NEU offered regular Boston Fall admits the opportunity to do spring NUin for the first time this spring. So there are plenty of NEU students that are itching to go study abroad even at this young age. My younger D was tempted (and wondered why she was offers this spring option) but the spring NU in in more limited and only offered for some majors (at least for now.). I think that speaks somewhat to the positive for the programs. My younger D had a friend from jo,e who went to Greece for NUin and she reached out to him in January thinking he might want some support in transitioning, but she hasnāt heard from him except for running into him someā¦ and she reported he is transitioning back just fine.
I also want to add this in terms of co-ops, in his field I would I,aging he would have a wide variety of options to choose from for medical research opportunities on campus, at all the great hospitals and medical facilities nearby, or medical companies. However, most do not make much more than what their housing and living expenses are, so I would not plan on making enough to cover other tuition costs (unless you are living at home or some tech companies might have corporate housing.) feel free to PM me with other questions if you wish.
My daughter had a different perspective on getting admitted to N.U.in. Northeastern was one of nine schools she applied to and was not one of her top choices. She was not familiar with the N.U.in program until she received the admission letter this week. For her, however, the opportunity to start her college career studying abroad made Northeastern more appealing and it is now one of her top three choices. After a wonderful experience during a five week exchange program in Spain following her sophomore year, study abroad programs became a priority in her college selection process. So we are now looking forward to attending the admitted students day and getting more information about Northeastern and the N.U.in program. My only concern now is that if she does select Northeastern, I have no idea in the world how we will pay for the program, but we will figure it out somehow.
While there are plenty of great things about the program, I would strongly suggest that if you have a significantly cheaper option and NEU would be a hard stretch/involve debt, that you really be careful. Figure out that āsomehowā and if it is a reality before you commit. If your D got into Northeastern and has 6 more schools to hear from, she will have many other good options, possibly with better prices. Good luck! If she does decide itās her #1, I do truly hope the finances work out 
Thanks for the thought. Other than UCONN, all of her top choices have roughly the same price tag as NEU. Next year we will have two kids in college at the same time, so we are extremely careful about considering our options to pay for school. I just like to complain and remind my kids of the investment in their future we are making. With two kids in college at the same time, the next few years will be a lot of fun for our family.
Hiā¦my son is also admitted to the Nu.in program and is considering between Greece and China. He was interested in Montreal, but filled up really fast. We live in CA and are uncomfortable sending our son all the way to Greeceā¦but he is very interested in Northeastern and is willing to do this. My concern at this point is also safety because of how things are transpiring in Europe. Can you comment a bit on that? We are almost inclined to send him to China because of safety, but he is leaning towards this honestly because it is the shortest.
Greece is not a hotbed of terrorist activity.
My son (business major) was in Greece Fall 2016. I was also very worried about his safety with the world as it is now. He never felt uneasy or threatened while there. I visited and the Greek people I met were very friendly towards Americans. All the cab drivers were very chatty and seemed honest. All they wanted to talk about was the Trump election! LOL
There were several girls who had their phones stolen or lost and it was a big pain to replace. This was the worst thing that I heard that happened.
They live in a hotel and have shuttle service to the college several times a day. They are walking distance to a nice town with a very vibrant night lifeā¦maybe too vibrant. My son had a blast.
It is definitely scary to send them abroad. You will have to decide if it is right for you and your family. I will say that it went by very fast.
Good luck in your decision making!
I agree - Northeastern makes sure students are well taken care of and safe, plus Greece is not any more of a dangerous country than the US, in my opinion. Yes, thereās some uncertainty with European politics and the EU, but no more so than our own politics at this point.
Thanks so much. This makes me feel better. I recognize three months will go by in no time - and its a short time in a four year college career. And Iām sure that that in time this will be an experience he will cherish foreverā¦he has decided to go for itā¦
@whyshywhy thatās great-congratulations! I am sure he will have an awesome time! Tell him to enjoy it because I know my son wishes he appreciated it more as it was happening. He looks back on his time in Greece very fondly. Also if he can put away some money to travel while he is there, that would be good. Many of the kids travel on the weekends and during their winter break.
Keep us posted on his experience!