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<p>In international business, only 1 co-op has to be international, so you’d still be in boston for the other 2 (if you wanted to be). Co-op definitely will not prevent you from making close friends. Sure, you’ll spend a semester out of the country… but that happens at most schools when people study abroad. It’s no different here. </p>
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<p>No. Campus is very liberal, I don’t know anyone at this school who would ever ever describe NU as conservative. There are some rich kids here (it’s an overpriced private school…) but most of the people I know are pretty middle to upper-middle class. Even if you aren’t, no one will really notice/care. As far as preppy… I guess there’s a “preppy” population here, but compared to what I’ve seen at schools like BC and smaller LACs around new england, it’s really not bad.</p>
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Where are you from? I’m from the west originally and people there don’t really know NU, but around the northeast everyone will know it. And it has a very good reputation around boston.</p>
<p>You might want to take a look at this thread which covers some of the questions you asked:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/671734-social-scene-more-questions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/671734-social-scene-more-questions.html</a></p>
<p>NYU is a great school and I absolutely love the school and the location… but since you said you don’t think you’d fit in with rich kids, I think that may be an issue. I have several friends who transferred out of NYU because it was just too outrageously expensive to live there, and so many of the students were from wealthy families and didn’t have to worry about money. Plus, taking out 80k of loans sounds outrageous for undergrad. I’ll graduate with about 20k in debt, and I’d be really hesitant to take out much more than that.</p>
<p>Regardless, I think you have 3 very good choices. NU is your best bet financially, and the international business program is very very good (I have several friends in the program, they’ve gotten awesome co-ops and have good job prospects). But, NYU and UUIC are also good schools.</p>
<p>Have you visited these schools? If possible (although I know it’s expensive and deadlines are close), it’s a really good idea to visit again and try to get a better idea of what all three schools are like.</p>