<p>I am a 32yr old adult student interested in going to Northeastern. In fact its my first pick. Specifically, I really like the Information Science (BSIS) program.
My employer (US Coast Guard, active duty) has given me the opportunity to go to any school I could get into for 2 years to finish my bachelors starting fall 06. I intend to use the meantime to take more classes at UH so that I can finish an NU degree in the 2 yr time frame.</p>
<p>The CG’s one stipulation is that it be a techical degree in a computer/technology field.</p>
<p>My SAT score is 1220 (650V/570M) I plan to re-take it in Sept.</p>
<p>I have earned a 4.0 over the 5 classes I have taken here at U. of Hawaii (night classes) in the past coupe of years.
Micro-economics
world civ I and II
Math 110 (college alg)
micro-bio</p>
<p>I have also taken a handful of other classes at other school at different duty stations over the years (3.7 GPA).</p>
<p>Back in 90-92 when I was young and unmotivated I took classes at community college until I dropped out. I “earned” a 2.0 during that time.
Professionaly, I have an excellent record of acheivement in the Coast Guard as leader of an IT staff.</p>
<p>I guess my question is:
what standard does admissions use for adult students? Does work experience count for anything? Would they give less weight to my early college record?<br>
Or am i treated the same as the recent high school grads?
Thanks,
Mike</p>
<p>Mike, those are great questions. I give you a lot of credit, being so ambitious, and going back to school. I think that you should call or email them the admissions dept. directly bcs that is the way to make sure you have the correct info, and they are the ones making the admissions decisions. I wonder if you would fall into the nontraditional student category and if that would help. I would think that you would certainly have a lot to contribute to class discussions and that would be seen as a wonderful asset. Additionally, from what has been explained to me by someone involved in merit scholarships for freshman at another university, but I do not have personal experience, that the more distance you create through work between the 2.0 and now, the less significant the 2.0 is. He explained that colleges/univerisities love seeing work experience. He was referring to grad school admissions though. All that said, I think you need to contact Northeastern’s admissions and inquire. Good luck.</p>
<p>good advice. I’ll call the school and get the scoop on what I need to do.
Thanks again.</p>
<p>i dont think u need to retake the SAT’s because i think if ur out of high school for more than 5 yrs. u dont need them anymore. but i would check with admissions b4 doin anything</p>
<p>I think kimmibee is correct about sats. I agree go and check that out thoroughly. </p>
<p>Kimmibee good luck there in Sept… Boston is a lot of fun. I recently visited the school with my son and we really liked it. May I ask you how large the largest classes get? I forgot that part. The tour guide spoke so fast and raced through so it was hard to remember everything. We went to the info session but I was attending to what the adcom is looking for and info on the coops (since that is the biggest draw for us). Boston is such a great place to go to college. There is nothing not to love about it.</p>
<p>thankx!!!</p>
<p>well im gonna be a freshman in september so i dunno how big the classes get, but the biggest class i signed up for had 35 ppl in it but my schedule isnt final so i really dunno.</p>
<p>Thanks for getting back about that. I think most classes are small like that. I do remember reading that most classes are small which my son would prefer over larger lectures. I hope that when you get going next year you’ll continue to drop in here and let us know more. It is so exciting!</p>