Northeastern University

Having attended Northeastern for both undergraduate and graduate study, I am consistently amazed at how often I am let down by the quality of this school and its administration. In so many cases, offices that are set up ostensibly to help students (Title IX, the registrar's office, student financial services) have interacted with me in the least supportive, most indirect way possible. On more than one occasion, I faced erroneous charges on my account, complete lack of clarity regarding required coursework for graduation, and strange, last-minute lobbying on my behalf by my advisor just to make it to the end of my degree program(s). Additionally, when I was a victim of sexual assault, the university treated me as a liability, staying clearly at arms length while I navigated the process of reporting to the police. At other times, verbal abuse from high-up administrators in my department was condoned and completely undermined any solidarity between the grad student body and the faculty as a whole. I am a creative, hard worker and was stifled by these many negative experiences into what amounts to a kind of trauma I am working through now. Frankly, I am disappointed in myself that I put up with this kind of frustration, which was a true distraction from my actual studies, for so many years. Several faculty members were excellent to work with, but these two or three relationships are the only ones I care to carry forward from my entire academic career. At this point, with the experiences I have had, I would NEVER recommend attending Northeastern University to anyone.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000