<p>Are a lot of people really off of campus due to co-op (in lamest terms does the campus feel empty)?
How is the food on campus?
Are there lots of parties?
Is NEU a more conservative or more liberal campus?
Do lots of people bike around campus?
Are the non-honors dorms big?
Is NEU a fun place to be (overall)?</p>
<p>We already answered your first question here, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/651361-empty.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/651361-empty.html</a>, and those answers are all correct: campus is never empty. Even in summer. The only time campus feels empty is winter break and 7-11 am on saturday/sunday mornings when people are hungover and sleeping.</p>
<p>Food is decent. I’m a middler and still go to the caf and go to a lot of on-campus food places. If you ever get bored there are a million restaurants within like 5/10 minutes.</p>
<p>There are lots parties, but they’re usually somewhat smaller apartment parties, like 30 people max, and they can be hard to find as a freshman when your friends don’t have apartments. Especially now that I’m older and have made a lot of connections, I can always find something to do if I want to go out.</p>
<p>NEU is pretty liberal, but there are a lot of people who aren’t very politically active. I think people could probably fit in regardless–I definitely know some republicans around campus.</p>
<p>People don’t bike around campus because it’s very compact and crowded. Everything on campus is basically 10 minutes away (15 tops) from everything else so walking is most convenient. But, if you live further off campus (ie Mission hill), or co-op within biking distance, biking is pretty popular. I for one do NOT feel the need to bike down the busy streets of boston, because I’d probably die.</p>
<p>So what do freshmen do for fun if they don’t have parties to go to? Hang out with people in their hall? </p>
<p>Also, I feel like I heard somewhere that Boston doesn’t have any 21-under clubs…is that true? In DC there are zillions and they are very popular with the college set…in fact, most are just 18+, with the 18-20 just getting special wristbands or something so they don’t drink. Actually, it seems like Boston has a lot of rules that hurt college kids (the 4 people to an apartment thing seems evil)…does that get in the way of having fun? Also, with a security guard on the floor of many residence halls, are parties busted fairly quickly?</p>
<p>You can FIND parties, it just is harder as a freshman than it is when you get older. I lucked out and made a lot of older friends my first year so I had parties to go to, but I also did a good amount of hanging out dorms drinking with other freshman. There definitely isn’t a security guard in residence halls. There are RAs. Whether or not a dorm party gets busted depends on A) how cool your RA is, and B) how loud you’re being.</p>
<p>There are only a few 18+ clubs. They’re all sketchy.</p>
<p>The 4-person apartment rule isn’t really enforced yet, and there are loopholes. </p>
<p>There’s plenty of partying going on in Boston. There are “rules”, just as there are at other colleges. It doesn’t stop anyone. Case in point: the outrageous amount of kids walking around totally sloshed last tuesday for St. Patrick’s. At like 4pm.</p>
<p>Are a lot of people really off of campus due to co-op (in lamest terms does the campus feel empty)? No, it isn’t empty at all. It is a huge school so even if some students are on co-op there are probably about 10,000 students on campus during summer and fall</p>
<p>How is the food on campus? The dining hall is alright but you get sick of it pretty fast, there are tons of other places to get food near campus that are great though</p>
<p>Are there lots of parties? A lot of northeastern parties are not open to anyone and you have to know someone to get in. So for freshmen it is a bit hard to find parties on or near campus even though there are plenty. But the good thing there are tons of colleges in boston and you can go to parties at all of the other schools.</p>
<p>Is NEU a more conservative or more liberal campus? it is in massachusetts and it is a college, so more liberal</p>
<p>Do lots of people bike around campus? soem people do, if you live on campus there is really no need to bike. If you live in an off-campus apartment it is a good idea.</p>
<p>Are the non-honors dorms big? most non-honors freshmen dorms are really tiny, after freshmen year the housing gets much better though</p>
<p>Is NEU a fun place to be (overall)? Definitely, there are tons of on campus events going on and you have the whole city of boston to hang out in</p>
<p>As for the college being liberal, I feel that it’s an understatement. I’m from Florida (which is actually quite liberal is some parts due to the amount of people from New York and New England who moved) and I’ve always considered myself extremelly liberal. I’m originally from New York, and I’ve been considered more liberal than most of my family from New York. Yet when the election came around… You couldn’t say the name McCain without getting told a speech about why he’d be a terrible president. My roommate is from Vermont and she would talk straight through the debates about how his hair was terrible or he stuttered his words, etc etc. Several people would insult Florida to my face because we have a Republican governor.</p>
<p>Obviously that’s just my experience, but I really wouldn’t suggest this school to someone who would hate being in such a liberal environment.</p>
<p>So does that mean that if I’m hanging out with a group of friends on a Friday/Saturday night it’s hard for me to find a party I can get into?</p>
<p>What people are saying about the party scene isn’t that there aren’t parties freshman can get in to. There are. There are lots of them. There are parties everywhere (try walking down hemenway or columbus 12:30 on a friday). </p>
<p>The problem with parties in boston is that we all live in small apartments, that can only fit so many people, so it’s hard to have big open house parties where everyone can just come inside. Generally, people just invite their good friends, who bring friends with them… and that fills up the apartment. So, when you’re a freshman and you don’t know any upperclassmen, you aren’t going to be able to just walk around and walk into a huge party.</p>
<p>What happens is that you make lots of friends who are freshmen. Some of them are going to have older friends who they know from home, clubs, sports, classes, etc. They take you to parties. You make older friends. They invite you to parties.</p>
<p>You also have the option of just hanging out with other freshmen in the dorms, which can be a lot of fun if your RA is cool or not really around. I had parties to go to as a freshman, because I played a sport and had older friends, but I also had a lot of fun partying with my dorm friends.</p>
<p>If you’re the kind of person who wants to party/is social/likes making friends, you’ll be just fine. You just can’t sit in your dorm waiting for a party to magically appear across the street, with doors wide open and beer balls flowing freely.</p>
<p>So, since this keeps getting asked: THERE ARE PARTIES AT NORTHEASTERN.</p>
<p>This is how it works:</p>
<p>As a freshman, you will walk down columbus ave, hemingway, symphony, gainsboro, etc and hear lots of loud parties and people having fun. However because we are in the city, you cant just walk into the party like Emily said. You need someone at the party who knows you to buzz you in. I can almost guarantee though that within the first week or two you or some of your friends will meet/know sophomores or middlers with apartments whose parties you can go to. Joining a club not only looks good on your resume, but also puts you in contact with upperclassmen who will invite you to parties. As a freshman, you can still drink in your dorm, just be careful about it. Throw your own party if you want, just keep it down if you are on campus. </p>
<p>And I just wrote that without reading Emily’s last post and realized we said the same thing but I’m not deleting it. </p>
<p>You’ll have a great freshman year. Go to hockey games, meet people, and you’ll be at a party every weekend.</p>
<p>Really the only thing you have to worry about as a freshman is making sure that if you do have a party in your dorm instead of going off campus, keep the noise down else the RA will come.</p>