<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I was researching recently and found some website that talked about the negative aspects of NU. One of them was the ´´NU shuffle´´and one of them said that it is hard to get the classes you want at NU?</p>
<p>I am really worried about those two, since I really want to get the most out of this university by paying such a high amount of money. Can anyone just clarify things up please? Are those two aspects really true?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I don’t think the problem of class selection is unique to NU (if indeed it is a problem which I don’t know) My oldest D is at GW, her friends are constantly complaining that they can’t get the classes they want, she has not had the problem. In reality it is partly because people want not only the class they want, but will only take it at a certain time. She has been more flexible and has gotten the classes she wants, perhaps not always at the most convenient times for her but she has managed. I wonder if it is the same for NU… ?</p>
<p>I cant accurately answer you’re question, but being in community college I have learned that every school has its own “shuffle”, some may be worse then others, but its present at every college/university you will go to. </p>
<p>The same applies when signing up for classes, again I don’t know how NEU does this. But if you sign up for classes online, its a first come, first serve basis. Just make sure you sign up for classes ASAP and don’t procrastinate.</p>
<p>In many majors at Northeasterm students are “seeded” or preregistered in required courses. A problem is that many students want a schedule Monday through Thursday 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM with a preferred prof. You may have to take an 8:00 AM or 4:00 PM section from time to time and you will likely have Friday classes too. As JAC said, register at the first opportunity. </p>
<p>For most students, college is the first time that they have to deal with a large organization on their own. If you don’t follow the bureaucratic/administrative rules, you will have issues.</p>
<p>NU shuffle is pretty outdated… the phrase was popular like 10 some years ago about dealing with lots of red tape and going on wild goose chases to find advising/forms/get into classes etc etc etc. When I got here in 2006 the older kids still joked about it but always said that it had gotten way better. There was also a website called the NU Shuffle which was a satirical newspaper (doesn’t seem to be online anymore).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it. Yes. Sometimes I run from office to office to get something done. It’s a big school, lots of students, there are some round-about systems. Happens at essentially all big schools. More often than not, my advisors return emails, forms are easily found online or at the appropriate office, it’s not that difficult to get things accomplished. We still throw around the phrase “NU Shuffle”, but it’s just us whining. It’s the same way I whine when there’s a long line at starbucks, or when it takes forever to use the library printers, or when the gym closes early for holidays–these are inconveniences, they don’t make me hate northeastern. I don’t think NU shuffle is really a major issue, just sometimes a minor inconvenience.</p>
<p>Dealing with bureaucracy is a part of life. Find me a school without some Shuffling, I will eat my sofa.</p>
<p>Yeah I’ve never heard of it referring to classes, because every single school has its own issues with registering and personally northeastern’s isn’t half bad compared to some state schools that cut funding in the past few years.</p>
<p>Whenever I’ve heard it, it’s about how we have so many advisors. So if you mention to your major advisor that you aren’t sure about co-op, they’ll tell you to ask the co-op advisor. But if you ask your co-op advisor what classes you should take to look competitive for jobs, they’ll tell you to talk to your major advisor. And then if you do a dual, you often end up talking to the head advisor, plus adding on advisors from the new major. And then for some reason we (at least in CAS) also have an academic advisor in the college who pretty much just tries to get you to graduate as early as possible but whenever you try to get paperwork through them, they make you talk to your major advisors first…</p>
<p>It’s kind of a pain if you have a particular question and you aren’t sure who is best to ask, but except for one advisor, everyone has been so nice and willing to TRY to answer in my time here. It’s just a matter of who considers themself the subject matter expert. And that’ll happen in absolutely every organization.</p>