Since our decision release, many students who have been offered admission for the spring 2010 semester have asked, “what does it mean to be a spring admit?”
Spring admission is an option for those students who really want to be at Northeastern. We have been pleased to expand the size of new student enrollment in January to 450-550 to accommodate more interested students. It’s important to note that spring admission is a guaranteed spot at Northeastern – which is not the case for the waitlist.
Students who are admitted for spring have a number of options including work, participating in community service, traveling or attending classes at a local college. Northeastern offers spring admits the opportunity to participate in the NUin program, which is a pre-college study abroad program in four locations (Australia, China, England and Greece). We fully understand this option is not for everyone and our admission representatives are happy to talk with spring admits about what may be best for them.
As for the transition, we do get questions about how the spring student will ‘fit in’. In January, we hold our annual “Welcome” activities which brings the newly enrolled spring students together to participate in programs to help them transition to Northeastern. Additionally, spring students attend an Orientation together (in the late fall) where they are meet other new spring students and begin building relationships. In terms of housing, it is first-come, first-serve and every effort is made to house spring students with peers (whether transfer and freshman) however in some cases it does come down to space availability. The Residence Life staff also provides programming and reaches out to our new spring students to offer assistance with settling in.
If you are interested in taking classes in the fall and enrolling at Northeastern for the spring, please be sure to check our Spring Admitted Student website for specific information related to your major.
Until next time…
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