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Northeastern University
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my favorite professors seem to be jaded by the uncaring culture of the institution.
No support for guiding students through administrative processes.
Don’t be surprised if you receive attitude or flippant responses from staff or TAs.
Entrepreneurship professors give great advice on how to optimize service for customers. It’s a shame that the institution doesn’t ask them for such guidance for their issues.
Career services seems like the only department that enjoys their job and performs exceptionally.
1. Stimulating Courses – While there were several stimulating courses, the quality of the professors that I had were far lower than in similar ranked institutions like Boston University (which I think is a far better school academically) and in lower institutions like Umass Boston (which invests most of their money on good professors)
2. Quality of Professors – I had some friends in some doctorate programs that mentioned that the quality of professors would be rather poor to mediocre and they were not wrong! There were very few highly intellectual top-notch academics here as almost all of them were mediocre teachers, but also mediocre researchers. Very few Award-winning academic researchers, along with a general lack of the great undergraduate teaching that some other similarly-ranked institutions have.
3. Networking and the “Co-op” – While this school has a good reputation for their Co-op Program, they lack a conclusive job placement program after graduation. Since they focus so much effort on the very working class “Co-op” program, they forget to aggressively market their students in the REAL job market. You should clearly ask them questions about this before deciding to go here.
4. Campus – One of the best things about Northeastern University was the location in Downtown Boston, the MFA, Symphony Hall and close proximity to a much more intellectually-enlightened student population (Check out Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, Harvard University and MIT)
5. Overall – I would definitely say Northeastern is extremely overpriced for what you get from it, especially since the Co-op Program is only geared in helping those with internships not with real placement after graduation. The intellectual environment here is
This is true for ADMISSIONS, REGISTRAR, ATHLETICS, PROFS, EVERYBODY. You will see delay after delay after delay for the simplest paperwork, can’t be seen by a doctor etc etc
I passionately dislike this school! Went there 3 semesters before I transferred out! Worst year and a half of my college life!!!
In regard to take classes, the school officials who are responsible for designing courses are very “considerate”: because they care about students’learning progress, people at lower class standing cannot register up level classes as an elective; and if you forget to register your courses immediately after receiving a time ticket, you will be fortunate to take less than 4 courses, which greatly reduces your school workload (lol, except the only drawback is that you have to pay the full tuition). There are good professors, but they expect students to solve difficult problems on their own (isn’t it ironic? if I was able to figure answers out why would I go to school? how come they get paid as professors without doing what professors should do?) Bad professors share the same trait and they can’t even get through a single study point (I had a professor who loved to teach students things that were not related to his field of study; as a result, I wasn’t quite sure my learning objectives were fulfilled although I had no absence).
Going to college is one of the most important decisions that everyone makes in his/her life. If you really value job experiences, Northeastern might be the place to choose (if you are pretty sure that you will get a job); otherwise, do not waste your money there.
So this is a suggestion: completely reorganize the Coop program, and other admintrative offices and fire those dumb fat asses collecting a paycheck every week.
Then there is the administration. I made an appointment with the career counseling office to get a head start on job hunting. The counselor looks at my resume and cover letter and says “You’re fine. Not much I can do to help you.” What. I then go and dig for a few hours on the school’s long-forgotten sites to find a paltry amount of links and networks for job hunting.
They refuse to accept a national standard (CLEP) even though nearly every other school I read up on accepts their testing score. This lead to a sticky situation where I didn’t have the prerequisite for a required course due to having CLEP’d out of ENG101 while at my previous school. In trying to find the answer, I was bounced between 4 departments 8 times, because each one said that my request was actually the job of one of the other three.
Then I managed to find an internship (through no help of their own). When the organization requested my transcript, I sent it out. Due to a clerical error, the “ATTN:” part of the address was cut off, preventing me from starting the internship for 3+ weeks (and counting). It was cut off due to a character limit that was not mentioned on the transcript request form. I understand this may not seem like much, but considering transcripts get sent to many institutions which require “ATTN: Jane Doe” in order to keep letters from being lost, it should be seen as a big deal.
That being said, the Financial Office is the only part of the administration which has been incredibly attentive, caring, and great.
you know how in high school teachers warn you will you go to a bad college if you don’t work hard? this one is it.don’t aspire to go here. aspire to go to a school that’s actually prestigious and good, instead of just pretending to be. go to emory, or uva.
ps – northeastern, YOU suck. not bu. get over it.
GO somewhere else.
Courses are average. When I attended, the art department was in shambles. They REALLY needed to get their act together. Everything else by my estimation was pretty run of the mill.
Professors, are, like most institutions, the only saving grace. Some of them are bizarre, elitist and obnoxious Baby Boomers. But others genuinely care about students and want them to challenge themselves.
The administration hovers over NU like some governmental Big Brother. The NU administration is big, fat, bureaucratic, and couldn’t care less about YOU the student.
Housing is unexceptional and not guaranteed. Underclassmen dorms feel cartoonish.
Dining is extravagant yet somehow unsatisfying. It seems like they offer a lot, but it’s really not that much. Also, lines form often during rush hours. So you have to wait a while just to get bland meals.
The student body is extremely immature. A lot of spoiled preppy kids, though I’m sure “emo” types have now infiltrated as well. Somewhat attractive, yet really arrogant, cold-hearted, and detached from reality to put it mildly. Everyone forms cliques and can’t see past their own egos. It’s extremely hard to make quality friends. Sad folks!
The area around campus is pretty unexceptional. You have to walk about 2-4 miles to get anywhere interesting, although the Museum of Fine Arts is just down the street. The really only good attribute of the “Huntingtion Ave” area is the Ruggles commuter rail stop, which can take you all over the northeast corridor if you want to really escape.
Overall, NU feels like a grandoise rip-off. It offers “everything” in the sense that it’s in Boston, has a big flashy gym, and a certain degree of prestige now (where the f**k did that come from??) yet it feels like you’re getting absolutely spit squat. The price is too high, and the results are way too little.