<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am a recent alum. I will take any questions that you may have about academics, admissions, student life, and the co-op program. Ask away.</p>
<p>How is the journalism co-op program for someone planning to become a foreign correspondent?</p>
<p>What are the pros and cons of student life at NEU?</p>
<p>Hi Poison Ivy,</p>
<p>The Journalism co-op program is excellent. Students can work at the BBC: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.nupr.neu.edu/6-04/bbc.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.nupr.neu.edu/6-04/bbc.shtml</a></p>
<p>Student life:</p>
<p>Pros: Very diverse student body (anyone will fit in here); Plenty of student clubs to choose from and lots of intramural sports leagues (flag football, basketball, broomball, rugby, rollerblade hockey, volleyball, squash, tennis, wiffleball, softball etc.); outstanding recreational facilities (best in Boston); Boston is the mecca of college towns (the entire city caters to college students).</p>
<p>Here some links showing NEU recreational facilities:</p>
<p>Cons: The football stadium is off campus. But plans are in the works to build a new on campus stadium; the hockey team hasn't won a beanpot in over ten years; the basketball team hasn't had an NCAA appearance since the early nineties (but the team is improving); bars in Boston close at 2:00am.</p>
<p>Here is a link to athletics website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gonu.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.gonu.com/</a></p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Alan5,</p>
<p>I was interested in your comment on diversity. Do you know the percentage of the student body that is African American? How do you think this college would be for someone who is multiracial and wants to hang out with all kinds of people?</p>
<p>Also, tell me about the size of your classes.
Thanks</p>
<p>Hi Sac, </p>
<p>About one third of the student body is nonwhite (African American, Asian, Latino, and American Indian). Eight percent is African American. There is also a fairly substantial international student population. Given the diversity, I think that Northeastern would be a great school for someone who wants to interact with all kinds of people.</p>
<p>African American Community at NEU:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.african-american.neu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.african-american.neu.edu/</a></p>
<p>Asian Community:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.asian.neu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.asian.neu.edu/</a></p>
<p>Latino Community:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.latino.neu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.latino.neu.edu/</a></p>
<p>Jewish Community:</p>
<p><a href="http://68.167.98.124/tiki/tiki-index.php%5B/url%5D">http://68.167.98.124/tiki/tiki-index.php</a></p>
<p>International Student Community:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.issi.neu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.issi.neu.edu/</a></p>
<p>Most class sizes are fairly small (between 20-30 students). Honors classes are even smaller (10- 15 students) (Honors program: <a href="http://www.honors.neu.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.honors.neu.edu/</a>.). Northeastern's student faculty ratio is somewhat deceiving because only about half of the upperclassmen are taking classes in a given semester. The rest are out interning at companies or studying abroad. Northeastern is also in the process of hiring 100 new tenure and tenure track faculty which will make class sizes even smaller. Read this:</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Yes, that's helpful. Thanks.</p>
<p>You're welcome. Have you visited the campus yet?</p>
<p>I always wanted to work at BBC.</p>
<p>My you're helpful.</p>
<p>I heard NEU has pharmacy program. Is it true? if so, how is it?</p>
<p>b/c I'm thinking about applying pharmacy colleges.</p>
<p>Hi my Frint.</p>
<p>The pharmacy program at NEU is outstanding. As I mentioned on another thread, the program is housed in an amazing new state of the art health sciences facility:</p>
<p>Students can co-op at top hospitals in the world renowed Longwood Medical Area which is only a few blocks from Northeastern's campus. </p>
<p>Longwood Medical Area Map:</p>
<p>Other co-op placements include top biotech companies like Genzyme, Biogen, Amgen, and top pharmacetical companies like Dow.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>That's cool. Thx for info.</p>
<p>I'll definitely apply NEU.</p>
<p>You're welcome. Best of luck with your application.</p>
<p>This is a financial aid question. My son just started at NEU. He's in the honors program at the College of Engineering and has the Dean's Scholarship. He has great stats from high school---high GPA from very competetive high school, 4's and 5's on AP's in Physics, Calculus, German and Environmental Science, 1480 on SAT, etc. (And a very nice guy, I must say ;) He got accepted to some highly selective schools but he LOVED Boston and he is absolutely pumped about the co-op program. I think he made a great choice too. But here's my question.
Even with the scholarship, NEU is expensive. Is there anyway to renegotiate for additional merit aid? We make too much money for financial aid but nowhere near enough money that $30,000 a year is easy for us (and I have another son coming up in the ranks in a few years). I don't want to burden my oldest son with loans. Would Northeastern be willing to provide more merit aid to keep a high achieving student in their student body?</p>
<p>Hi I wonder_why,</p>
<p>Yes, you can always renegotiate for additional merit aid. But keep in mind that cost of attendance significantly decreases after freshman year. This is because your son will be on co-op for half of the year (frosh don't co-op). As I am sure that you are aware, students don't pay tuition while co-oping. So the cost of annual tuition decreases from $30,000 to $15,000 (soph to senior year). </p>
<p>Another financial benefit of attending Northeastern is that the co-ops are paid. The engineering co-ops typically pay anywhere between $13-$20 per hour:</p>
<p>Some of the honors students can earn as much as $25 per hour.
To pick a conservative number, lets say that your son earns $16 per hour for a six month co-op stint (i.e. 26 weeks of work). This is equal to $16,640 (gross). Even taking taxes into account, the co-op earnings should cover a substantial portion of your son's tuition. </p>
<p>Another possibility is that there are several full tuition scholarships that are solely performance based. The first one that comes to mind is the Presidential Scholarship. This scholarship goes to the top performing sophomores (something to think about next year). The scholarship covers the entire cost of tuition for the remainder of the student's academic program.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>How DO you renegotiate? I appreciate the fact that my son was given admittance to the school and I wouldn't want to alienate anyone by seeming ungrateful. I'm not. I'd just like this whole college thing to hurt a little less than it does...</p>
<p>Should I call financial aid? I mean, how does it work? I went to a state school and never had to go through any of this myself.</p>
<p>Yes, call financial aid and explain the situation to them. As a second option, contact the Department of Enrollment Management. This office focuses on student retention.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Can you double major in engineering and business at northeastern?</p>
<p>Hey Adjlad,</p>
<p>Yes, you can double major in engineering and business. Both are excellent programs and the co-ops are some of the best in the university. Many of the top international companies recuit at NEU and participate in the co-op program, including Fortune 500 companies Microsoft, Boeing, and Raytheon, , and investment banks like Merrill Lynch.</p>
<p>Business co-op program:</p>
<p>Engineering co-op program:</p>
<p>Have you visited the campus yet?</p>
<p>Hey alan
I just got my SAT score back and got a 1260. Up 100 points! So do you think my chances are better now. I posted my stats earlier but i guess the thread got erased so i'll do them again.
SAT 1260
ACT 24
GPA 4.0 last year, might be a little lower now
ECs:Piano 13 years
Swim team 3 years (will be 4 next year)
Cross Country 1 year
Hospital Volunteer one summer
President's Service Award
NHS
9 or so years of country club swimming in the summer
Nannying this summer </p>
<p>Applying for architecture. I'm from the midwest.
I'm guessing that my chances are low but worth a shot, what do you think?</p>
<p>Hi, I am a college sophomore very interested in transferring to Northeastern. I know it is late, but I think that I would like to apply for the Fall of 2005. As of right now its only about a 3.1, however, i should be able to bring it up significantly this semester. My high school stats include 3.7 uw gpa, 1200 sat, class rank 10/240. I'm from a very small town in maine, and I think I've just decided that i'm bored with my atmosphere (at a rural university down south), and I just haven't been impressed with the quality of the academics here. I would really like to enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences with a major in history (possibly the 5-year masters program?) Just a few questions I have.....Is it too late to consider transfering?/Is it harder to transfer as a junior? What about my gpa...? How is the history department there? </p>
<p>Thank you so much, I appreciate your time.</p>