Transferring to Northeastern

RightCoaster
Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:41:15 +0000

Clarkson seems to quite generous with merit and aid. Northeastern, not so much.

I was rather impressed when my son looked at Clarkson, it seems like the kids come out of there and do pretty well for themselves. My son was thinking of playing a sport there and studying in the Clarkson business school, but he ended up enrolling at Northeastern. I can assure you that Clarkson was a much better deal money wise. Northeastern has gotten more competitive and they are only giving $$ to people who can help them improve in certain areas like high GPA/test scores, minorities, poor, first gen etc.

I would stick with Clarkson and their generous aid and finish your undergrad degree without a lot of debt. You are probably not going to get a much higher paying Civ Engineering job from Northeastern vs Clarkson to offset the higher tuition costs. I’d save your money and maybe go to a good grad school if possible.

Good luck with your decision.