Will I get in as a transfer?

gibson99
Sun, 23 Apr 2006 03:01:39 +0000

I found out today that I have been accepted to Northeastern!!! For me, Northeastern beats Lehigh in every category except national prestige, which after my experience is much less important than people make it out to be. At Northeastern, I will get great paid work experience, a higher gpa than I would have achieved at Lehigh and I will be living in BOSTON! I think that after you get to a school that you chose mostly or somewhat based on prestige, you will quickly realize that you actually have to spend at least 4 years of your life there and if it doesn’t meet your expectations in other areas, it will be a long, long, 4 years. This happened to me at Lehigh, and although it may have had a better reputation, it just wasn’t worth sticking it out so I could graduate with LEHIGH UNIVERSITY on my diploma. People need to stop fixating on the U.S. News rankings and consider everything that will be included in the college experience.