Northeastern VS Uconn Honors

novafan1225
Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:22:38 +0000

I don’t know what if any benefits the UConn Honors program offers. In my opinion, UConn isn’t known as being particularly strong academically whereas I think most employers are impressed with NU. The co-op program here is amazing; look into it if you haven’t already, but 2-3 experiences of 6 months of real world work experience in your field by graduation is hard to beat. 12-18 months relevant experience on a resume of a new grad vs. any other grad with maybe a summer internship? Yeah, I’d take the NU kid. Don’t forget… they’re paid! (And engineering pays very well).

Other considerations, are D1 sports/school spirit important to you? UConn wins easily there; while people here have immense pride about Northeastern (as I displayed above), it’s often shown through us talking up the school and our students, not cheering on the hockey team. Personally, you couldn’t pay me to live in Storrs, CT when BOSTON exists. Absolutely freaking fantastic city with so many opportunities, places to go, foods to eat… I love this place. The partying scene is different in a city than in the middle of nowhere if that matters, but yeah.