<p>The person at the NUIN program office also said the airfare was included in the program cost. Does anyone know if that is true?</p>
<p>I can’t speak specifically to the NUin program, but airfare is typically included in study abroad program costs.</p>
<p>What’s up tom Sr- nothing else to say to me?</p>
<p>^^I have no idea. As Emily said above, college admissions is becoming a crap shoot.</p>
<p>When you have 43k+ apps for a 2800 student entering class, sometimes you just don’t get in. I got waitlisted from an inferior college although I have two alumni in my immediate family. Maybe they thought you were using NU as a safety if you are that over qualified. Your life isn’t over, you will not fail because you have chosen not to do NUin. If NU is a school you really really really want to go to, transfer in the Spring. Otherwise, idk…</p>
<p>Well, enjoy BU! But then again, that’s impossible!
(Sarcasm)</p>
<p>Like many others, the acceptance letter started with a congratulations to the nu.in program. After several readings of the letter and a bit of research on the nu.in program we realized that this was less of an acceptance letter than it was a sales job. We’re very disappointed in NU. Like many high school students, D was excited and anxious about starting college and was looking forward to the freshman experiences of living in a dorm, making friends, discovering the campus with her fellow freshman, etc… But the nu.in program denies her all of that. I’m sure it’s a good program for some students, but these postings prove that it’s not seen as favorable by the majority. If the program is as good as is claimed by NU, then it should be offered as an option - not as a take it or leave it proposition. Shame on NU.</p>
<p>haha I appreciated above. You kind of made my day.</p>
<p>I’m sorry to the people who don’t like the NU.IN. program, but it’s better than being rejected. And if you don’t think you should have been rejected… well… welcome to real life. Sometimes you’re just not a right fit and sometimes you probably should have worked harder, and yeah, sometimes they pick the person who has bad grades and bad scores because they seem more interesting even when you’re an amazing candidate. Ask anyone at Northeastern and they’ll tell you they got rejected from at least one school. If you don’t like the program, oh well. It’s a waste of time to complain about it. Just cross it off your list and start comparing the schools you actually got into. Getting angry at admissions because you think it isn’t fair is just going to make you more depressed.</p>
<p>And the person above me just posted the exact same message twice in two different threads. Bitter much?</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted into the JanStart, and she is thrilled at the opportunity to study abroad. Greece would be an awesome place to be! Boston is great, but she will get there in January and be there for four years. From our point of view, she would not missing out on a “college experience” since she will be in college abroad. I’m not sure why so many people are so unhappy with such an interesting option.</p>
<p>A friend of my son’s got accepted last year (2010) and did the fall semester at UMass Boston - are you telling me that they don’t allow that anymore???</p>
<p>CollegeTwinMom, If you are wealthy enough to write the checks for this “interesting option”, I’m happy for you. It is clearly a bad deal from a financial standpoint.</p>
<p>No they don’t allow it anymore. You either do the semester abroad in the fall or you aren’t accepted into the spring. You can’t even do something else like community service. It is mandatory. You must go abroad and do the NU program abroad. My upset is there is no financial aid while you are out of the country so basically, we have a big problem. There is a good chance this a)increased cost of attendance and b) no financial aid might prevent attendance.</p>
<p>These are two posts from this thread (#83 and #84) from last April. This is most likely why the Jan Admit without NUin option was eliminated. </p>
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<p>This is an official response from NUCollegeRep on CC to the above post:
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<p>Well that is understandable that they wouldn’t want to contribute to the double deposit issue as it is unethical. With that focus, they could have simply said the student could attend the abroad program which for many is a terrific idea or offer the option to not enroll in another college and begin NU in the spring.</p>
<p>My son was also accepted into the NU in program this week. Initially we thought his acceptance was for fall, and we were very disappointed when we learned the “real” decision. As we all heard from the admissions letter posted on the admissions site, there was a bit of confusion about that with several students. We are from the mid west and my son was fortunate enough to be accepted to many schools around the county. The NU Co-op program was however something he felt was the perfect opportunity for him. We have not totally dismissed the option and will be attending the information session at NU on April 11th. My guess is that we will probably go with a different university but want to at least give this a fair shot. Many of you have stated that the accepted students are the best of the non fall admits. I suppose that is true, but career wise, to me this small sacrifice is worth the education long term. I called the NU in office and have spoken to two students from from the Greece program. You can visit the site of the various universities affiliated with the program. For the most part they seen very legitimate and a reasonable option. Do any of us as parents, feel that any particular three month periods of our education were decisive in our present lives or careers? Probably not, and the experience of attending school abroad early can only make the student appreciate the opportunity more once they actually matriculate back into the “regular” program. Regardless of my son’s decision, I am proud of his acceptance into all of these great universities and look forward to his successes with or without NU on his resume !</p>