<p>Had I gotten in as a jan admit, I probably wouldn’t have come to NU either, and at 18 I would have been really turned off by the idea, plus I had other acceptances that I would have happily taken, so I would have had no real reason to put off college until January. I think it’s totally reasonable to go somewhere else over coming doing jan admit.</p>
<p>Still, the people who have chosen to do it in the past end up just fine… by march they’ve fit right in and no one knows that they started in january rather than september. We’ve all been saying it’s “no big deal” because once you hit late freshman/sophomore year of college, everyone is doing things at a different pace anyway, and a semester won’t make a difference. But I think most of us also understand where you’re coming from… I personally wouldn’t have been happy about a january admit either.</p>
<p>Emily07 - you said earlier that study aboad is $$ and not to do it. Do you (or others) have information on the quality of the courses in Greece or London? Might it be a reasonable way to fulfill some core requirements?</p>
<p>Does anyone know if my daughter can go to Stony Brook University for the Fall Semester and then if she wants, take up tthe option to go to Northeastern for the Jan Start Program. We want her to start somewhere in the Fall. If she loves Stony Brook and wants to stay, no problem. But if she wants, can she just go to Northeastern in the spring start?</p>
Seems like a pretty good option to me. I’m sure NU would try to throw some long lines and red tape in (they love our money) but I’m sure it’s doable and that it’s been done, like blinkangel said.</p>
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The fall study abroad deal is new (maybe the 2nd year they’ve done it?) so I don’t really know anything about it. I imagine you get course credits which could fill a core req, or in the very least give you some elective credits which will be helpful down the line… you’d have to ask an advisor for specifics. </p>
<p>NU’s study abroad programs are usually pretty good so I’m sure these would be a great way to spend the semester… people who study abroad never regret it, it would be a lot of fun. I just wouldn’t do it because there are much cheaper ways to travel and you can always just make up for the lost semester with some summer classes. But if the cost isn’t much of an issue, I think it’d be really cool… getting to study abroad (as a freshman or otherwise) is a pretty awesome opportunity.</p>
<p>I agree with Emily about the red tape. Perhaps try to talk with NU beforehand to see how the credit would transfer, because I’ve heard from transfer students who didn’t get all the credit they were anticipating.</p>
<p>same thing…i was accepted to jan start and was kind of bummed but they gave me a bit of money…for the semester, id pay about 11K (not bad) so if i were to attend, i’d go to umass or another university to start the fall, but im already in fordham and syracuse so idk what to do.</p>
<p>If a student is accepted for Jan. admit and also accepted to another university (like UMass), I doubt he/she could accept two universities as a matriculated student. I supposed one could take classes at another university. Does anyone know if you can actually attend UMass, live in the dorms for the first semester and then go to Northeastern for January?</p>
<p>I called NU regarding attending another college/university for the fall semester and going to NU, and the admissions counselor did not say that I could not do it. However, she did say it was not recommended (they just want your money, haha). She wouldn’t go into specifics of exactly HOW to go about doing so and how to set it up, but she never said that I would’t be able to do it… so all in all, I’d assume, from what the admissions counselor told me and said, that you would be able to do so.</p>
<p>You mean why is Linguistics part of the College of Sciences? Its just because they put it there. They divided the majors according to resources and similar major types. Linguistics can be seen as a “science” sort of, just like psychology. Communications is now in the media college, even though the rest of the majors there are all artsy types. But admissions is based on major not college, so being in science won’t matter (except for honors placement-- but I wouldn’t be surprised if they still do top 10% if all CAS as opposed to top 10% of each college). Each department is given a certain number of slots they should fill.</p>
<p>My daughter (from So Cal) is considering Janstart. She is either going to do a semester in Israel at Tel Aviv Univ or at San Diego State. I have studied abroad and reviewd the London and Greece programs. Although they look good, NE charges much more than the actual programs cost if you attended without going through NE - therefore, I really do not think it is fair and NE makes a lot of money for you going to Greece or London, much more than the actual cost of the program. I would not spend so much money on those particular programs. There are many other study abroad programs that likely transfer for less money. She also got into Emerson for Fall so she is not sure. We are visiting both NE and EMerson next week and hopefully she will fall in love with either. NO money from either and she is also thinking about Univ Denver which gave her 13K - Calif UC and State colleges are really a mess financially and take a long time to graduate - so still weighing options. Money is an issue so we are not sure about NE and Emerson just right now. NE is especially expensive! Any comments would be helpful. - So Cal mom</p>
<p>interestingly- i’ve been reading these threads just out of curiosity.
I was accepted EA… but…
Did any of you jan-start students recieve merit scholarships? Northeastern automatically gives scholarships out to the top 25% of their accepted students pool.
Just something to think about if you’re all wondering how students are chosen… :x I don’t know, but back in the descisions of EA days, many members (including myself) on CC who got into northeastern seemed to only get in with scholarships- there didn’t seem like many that were accepted early without them.
Just thinking- Maybe NEU put off admitting anyone that wasn’t in the top 25%, and now they got screwed with how many good students (that werent in the top quarter) there are?
Dunno. Just a theory.</p>
<p>Hi! I was admitted into the jan-start program as well, and I am probably going to be going to greece for my fall semester. it makes sense to me as I get to study abroad in a place that is just so unique,a dn at teh same time, get credit for it!</p>
<p>Emily, at least in the case of Middlebury, it has NOTHING to do with how much they wanted the student or how qualified the student was. Middlebury chooses febs (February admits) based on certain qualities they seek. Febs tend to be a bit more outgoing and better able to deal with starting school in the middle of the year.</p>
<p>I too was accepted to the Jan Start program. I guess I never thought of it as a big deal until reading all of these posts. I took it as an honor-Northeastern is a pretty difficult school to get into, and to be honest, I did not think that I would get in at all. Being admitted for the spring semester is really exciting. I love the idea of studying abroad my first semester, but at the same time, it’s not exactly what I had planned. </p>
<p>I received my acceptance folder in the mail a few weeks ago. It’s a pretty convincing folder, quoting past students who did this program. Overall it seems like a great opportunity to gain independence. Northeastern has such a unique education that it won’t matter at all that we’re “behind” a semester. In any case, if you do do study abroad, you’ll be getting 17 credits, so at least with that option, it is not a complete waste of time. </p>
<p>I’m actually deciding between UMass and Northeastern at this point. I like the idea of starting at UMass and taking classes there the fall semester, and then transferring to Northeastern in the spring with my credits. I think I will call the admissions office monday to see if this is possible. I’m also wondering if I could do this with BU? I was accepted there as well, but they did not give me any money… like, 6k, so I can’t really afford tuition. However, i’d rather take courses at BU and be in the city fall semester and then just simply go to northeastern second semester. How sick would that be? </p>
<p>Anyway, if anyone has any opinions on this, please let me know. Good luck everyone else!</p>
<p>yea i called them and they said it was possible to take classes at umass. the guy told me i would have to call the scheduling people so that they could give a recommended list of classes to take</p>
<p>Are you talking about accepting UMASS, going to their freshman orientation, and living there as well? Can you accept two schools simultaneously?</p>