I am planning to major in Computer Science and Economics. Which school in NEU is easier for me to get into -college of social sciences or college of computer science? I am not trying to find a backdoor but I do want to maximize my chances. I have a 31 ACT and 3.85/4.2 UW GPA and 4:79/5 W GPA
Social Sciences and Humanities will be the easier of the two: CS has become very competitive.
Is there any way, based on NU published data, to figure out what are the most competitive colleges, largest colleges, etc…? @tomatoes124 makes a great point - if a student has multiple interests, it would be great to know what the best chances are for each college, making acceptance chances higher.
@suzyq7 - is it difficult to switch schools if admitted?
Universities that do admissions separately for each college typically publish that data – e.g., University of Minnesota shows average class rank and test scores of admitted students for its different colleges – but I’m not seeing that data for Northeastern. The most information you’ll probably find on this will be in the “common data set” – a set of data that every university must produce (just Google it for any university you’re interested in, as it is sometimes buried on the website). Here is Northeastern’s for 2014:http://www.northeastern.edu/oir/pdfs/CDS%202014-15.pdf
From what I have seen over the past few years, there are differences in the stats for different programs. CS, PharmD, and Business are usually the higher ones for various reasons. There is no published data though.
Switching majors and schools at NEU is pretty easy outside of specific programs like PharmD.
Thanks! I will probably apply as an Econ major then. Are my scores in the range?
You’ve got a pretty good shot as a look at the CDS or the posted NEU profile suggests. Pretty much a mid match school.
Thank you! Its nice to have resource like cc. Good luck to you if you are a 2016’er!
@tomatoes124 I’m actually an NEU sophomore haha, but good luck to you as well!
There actually is NO difference in the admissions rates across the schools, so it doesn’t matter which one you apply to. Apply to the school that matches most with your profile (ex: if you have a lot of CS extracurriculars, apply to CCIS). The Social Sciences and Humanities school has fewer people applying, but it is also a smaller college with fewer advisors (and therefore, fewer slots in the school). CCIS (and the engineering school) are two of the largest, in addition to D’More-McKim, but again, they are built for more students, so the acceptance rate is similar.
Thanks @Jazmine1423. I will probably do the Social Sciences school because I feel it maximizes my chances.