I’m (college freshman, mechE) working on a transfer application, but having some second thoughts. I don’t think I have good chances of getting in, first of all. My 1st semester GPA was 3.48 (brought down by 1 class, but it’s an important one for my major), and I was rejected as a high schooler. I’d be living at home and needing financial aid. I know admissions is crazy for first years, but I don’t know what the transfer situation is.
Also, I’m not sure if it’s even a good fit. It’s bigger than I’d like, and it sounds like it’s pretty difficult to graduate in 4 years (a problem with transferring in general), which isn’t good financially, and just unappealing in general. I’ve also heard (anecdotally) that they’re not really as generous with financial aid as they say, but my dad says (according to last year’s npc) it should be affordable.
Basically, I’m interested in transferring, but not super invested in it. If it’s totally unrealistic to think I’d get in, or not worth it for other reasons, I might drop it. I just want to bounce this off someone besides my parents before I make up my mind
I drove through the UML campus today and wondered how you were doing!
I’m sure other people will have better insight, but I wanted to address the “not graduating in 4 years.” If you don’t graduate in four years at NU it is probably because you are doing co-ops NOT because you take more than 8 semesters to graduate.
Put another way, you would be paying tuition for the same number of semesters as any other school because you don’t pay tuition when you are on Co-op. In fact, for engineering when you are doing co-ops you are earning money, which can help pay for your tuition the semesters you are taking classes.
Did you graduate from a high school actually in the city of Boston? I know BU does give some preference to kids who do, but I don’t know about NE, and I don’t know if they would as a transfer.
@TomSrOfBoston has a lot of knowledge about Northeastern and might be able to give you some good info.
Why transfer if you aren’t invested in it? You’d be starting all over again socially, there are no guarantees that the things you don’t like about where you are won’t be present at Northeastern.
It’s supposedly really big on hands-on stuff, which is my main interest, and would probably have a lot more going on academically than my current college, as in, more interesting classes, (supposedly) better and more engaged students, more options for classes especially (I almost lost full-time status this semester because they cancelled one of my classes and for a while I couldn’t find anything that was the right subject and fit in my schedule. There were no options but online classes, which don’t count, until something opened up last minute. Don’t want that kind of thing to happen again). Also, location, but I’m still fairly nearby already so not as big a deal.
That makes a lot of sense. It does seem like transferring would mess things up, though- comparing my classes to their degree pathway and transfer credit site, a bunch of my classes (mostly electives) won’t count for anything, including the Intro to MechE (I’d have to take their equivalent, I assume, which is apparently 2 semesters not 1 like ours).
When I hear that word, I wonder what type of research you’ve done. For example, WPI is project based. I believe Louisville and Cal Poly SLO are as well.
Why not speak to an engineering advisor contact or student ambassador and ask.
Don’t assume that more academically accomplished students = more hands on, more interesting classes or anything else. Look at the requirements in the catalog (engineering classes will be common across most campuses), look at minors or focus areas…and talk to others.
NEU has co ops so you’re likely to get work experience but at other schools you can co op and/or intern.
I don’t see a common data set - to see the transfer acceptance rate.
That makes a lot of sense. It does seem like transferring would mess things up, though- comparing my classes to their degree pathway and transfer credit site, a bunch of my classes (mostly electives) won’t count for anything, including the Intro to MechE (I’d have to take their equivalent, I assume, which is apparently 2 semesters not 1 like ours).