<p>I was wondering if any current Northeastern students have anything to say about the business school. I just got into the International Business program - Spanish Concentration. It sounds awesome and I really like the program, but I'm wondering what some people think of it. </p>
<p>I know Northeastern's CBA is ranked in the top 30 (i think) by Business Week, but other than that I don't know much about it. Mostly I'm hesitant about the 5 year program. Is it worth it to do the co-ops and do they usually offer employment after graduation? Is the experience worth the extra year? </p>
<p>How are the facilities too? I hate to compare, but BU's SMG building was modern and state of the art. While on my Northeastern tour, we didn't go inside the classrooms in the Business Building, but I wasn't too wowed by it from what I saw. </p>
<p>Finally, I got into the Honors College. Any opinions on that? I heard that the housing is good, but since you're separated from the other Freshmen it's harder to make friends and hang out with people. Any truth to that? Are there any limitations to honors housing vs. regular housing? </p>
<p>Any other opinions would be really helpful. Northeastern is one of my top choices and I just want to know everything I possbily can before I commit lol.</p>
<p>Co-op is absolutely worth it. I can’t stress enough how worth it co-op is. No one I know is entering their 5th year regretting doing co-op… everyone who goes here can’t really imagine NOT doing it. You get to try out 1-3 different jobs BEFORE you graduate, letting you see what the real world is like and helping you tailor your education towards what you really want to do. You also have significant work experience to add to your resume, and yes, many companies offer employment to co-op students once they graduate.</p>
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<p>I have honors friends, and they all have pretty diverse social circles. You’ll hang out with mostly honors kids at first, but you’ll also meet people through clubs, classes, parties, etc. You definitely won’t be limited by the honors program or housing.</p>
<p>BU vs. NU facilities kind of evens out. Both have nice dorms and classrooms. BU wins with Agganis Arena, but NU has some beautiful buildings.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about international business though.</p>
<p>To be honest, being in business will probably distance you more from people than honors will. I’m honors, and as Emily said, you really only stick with honors people for the first couple of weeks before everyone spreads out. </p>
<p>Honors housings separated people a little bit in the past mainly because in the past 3 years many of the honors freshmen students lived in West Village F, which is a slight distance from the rest of the honors dorms. However next year honors freshmen will live in Parcel 18 (new building), where a LOT of other freshmen are living as well. So don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>International Business is a great program. As you probably know, you do two coops (one domestic, one abroad) and one semester abroad. Your entire junior year (4th year) is spent in another country. Even study abroad programs don’t offer that kind of experience. The language requirements are very strict, so you’ll be practically fluent. Combine that with spending a YEAR in Spain, half of which is spent working at a Spanish (presumably) company that deals with international business…</p>
<p>The business degree in CBA are all broad based education. You take marketing classes and finance classes and accounting classes and human resource classes… Then you take four more classes in one specific area as a concentration (example: finance and insurance). However, this is NOT a finance major. That is the major thing to understand when deciding about CBA. If you want to only take finance and spanish classes, and you’ll be miserable studying other aspects of business, then maybe this isn’t the program for you.</p>
<p>I would also like to add to the BU vs NU campus. Northeastern has some spots on campus that could stand to be fixed up (I know of at least two elevators that creep me out), but BU is spread across about 4 T-stops.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the statistics, but I’m pretty sure both job prospects and salaries are good. I’m not sure necessarily for BSIB, but business here in general has some really good connections. If you’re able to stand out among your classmates (grades, work experience, ECs, interview skills) then you’ll be able to land some really cool jobs. I have friends who worked for some really awesome companies and who are doing really well right now. They’re not concerned in the least about job placement after graduation, even in this economy, and it seems they’ll be making some serious $$. But, these kids are really top students and very ambitious, I’m sure other business kids are less successful, really depends on the individual.</p>