<p>Okay, Ill take a stab at those questions.</p>
<p>1.
No you do not have to declare a major going in to be on par with the other students. For the most part all freshmen students take the same classes (with of course a little variation) so either going completely undeclared or undeclared in a certain college is fine.
Personally I went undeclared into the engineering college and all first year engineering students take the exact same classes except for 1 student-picked elective so I wasnt at all disadvantaged.</p>
<p>2.
It is technically possible to walk to BU but I just dont see why you would. The subway is really convenient as we have two lines that run through campus and it will get you to other colleges and around Boston really quickly. Oh, and the so-called feud between BU and NEU is really overrated and except for the occasional sports game were all very amicable (I have a number of BU and BC friends). In fact Ill even suggest that you apply to BU as it does offer the traditional college experience and is a very good school where youre certain to be challenged (ie grade deflation).</p>
<p>3.
Not everyone has to do the co-op program but most people do. You can still graduate in 4 years and do 1 co-op but if you really want the traditional college experience Im fairly certain that for almost all majors it is an option. More info can be found here: <a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/coop/welcome2.html[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/coop/welcome2.html</a></p>
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<li> Im not sure how many northeastern students go on to graduate school. I plan to go to grad school but I would imagine due to the co-op most students build connections with employers and go straight to work after. This would be a good question to ask when you visit NEU (which I highly recommend you do).</li>
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