Before
looking into coming to Northeastern, ask yourself two questions. Do
I A. want to party every night, tailgate at athletic
events, live in a frat or sorority house, live in
an suburban area and get strait A?s easily OR B.
do I want to work hard, party on weekends (in
apartments), attend awesome hockey games, live in an urban setting,
be challenged and walk out of college with a stacked
resume? If you chose A then Northeastern is not for
you. However, if you chose B then Northeastern is most
certainly for you. When choosing a school I was torn
between those very two questions I just asked you. Did
I want to party every week, attend football games, join
a sorority and experience a college life that you see
in a lot of movies? Yes, absolutely, however, looking back
on my college career I am happy I went with
the exact opposite decision.
Northeastern gave me opportunities that I
never imagined. Not only do you get to go to
college an extra year longer than your friends that go
to other schools, but you leave Northeastern with awareness and
experience of the real world. After growing up around the
Boston area and then going to school in the city,
in my junior year, I decided I wanted to branch
out and seriously get out of Boston. I decided to
get more involved. I signed up for Alternative spring break,
where I went down South with other NU students to
volunteer, then I decided to do a summer dialogue (which
is a summer semester 5 weeks abroad with one or
two professors) then I came back from studying abroad to
go to New York City and complete a 6- month
co-op (internship). When my co-op is over, I will be
going abroad for the spring and coming back for a
summer semester of classes only to leave again hopefully to
California for another co-op in the fall.
All my
friends will be graduating this year, and I luckily still
get the chance to experience other places while building my
resume and still be a student at Northeastern. This is
a truly valuable school. If you are serious about doing
well here, then people will help. Some other comments stated
that the faculty did not care and this school sucked.
Those people clearly do not belong at Northeastern anyways. Northeastern
students work hard and do not expect everything to be
spoon-fed. If you show professors you care then they will
go the extra mile for you.
Pros: Awesome hockey team,
beautiful campus, huge gym, co-op, diversity, clubs and organizations of
every kind (One I especially like is the ski club,
$40 every weekend a bus takes you up to Vermont,
Maine, New Hampshire ski resorts), you get to travel and
live in other places while building your resume and getting
college credit.
Cons: Not so great football team, not a
huge Greek Life, cold winters, cant have a car, Boston
Bars close at 1:00 (not to mention if your not
21, your not getting in), Northeastern is near Mission Hill
(shady area), you never have a summer off after your
freshmen year, some professors are foreign and speak broken English
(However, I think your going to get that anywhere you
go).
This is an excellent school so do not let
anyone tell you differently. It is all about preference so
you should decided if you are a career gal/guy OR
party gal/guy. If you want a career and guaranteed experience
then Northeastern is for you!