Global Experiences 4 Unexpected Things I Learned on the English Culture and Documentary Filmmaking Dialogue The summer after my freshman year, I had the opportunity to travel to London and Edinburgh for a month through…
Student Life 6 Tips for Better Time Management Hi everyone! My name is Andres Pinedo and I’m a second year Economics and Business Administration student from Mexico City!…
Student Life 7 Tips to Deal With Stress College is stressful. Sometimes you feel overwhelmed and defeated and like everything is going wrong. Unfortunately, this is a normal…
Global Experiences A Day in Spain- Using the Summer to Explore a New Culture Today was the Festividad de San Fernando in Sevilla, so we had off from our language classes. I just finished…
Advisor Perspective Advisor’s Perspective: Path from Undeclared to Undeclared I didn’t declare my major until my first day of junior year at UConn. I tried out a few different…
Advice Being Sure and Learning to Accept Ambiguity Cassandra (Class of 2024) is majoring in Landscape Architecture and has interests in Permaculture, Nutritional Health. She is part of…
Alumni Perspective Being Unsure is OK- And Worth It When I committed to attending Northeastern, I was so undeclared that I didn’t even know if I was really going…
Co-op Reflections Co-op During COVID It was finally here. My first co-op! My hands shook as I rode into the Financial District. I was wearing…
Co-op Reflections Co-op in the Health Sciences: a Lasting Impact, and Memories to Last a Lifetime! When most students are asked why they decided to come to Northeastern, co-op is clearly one of the most important…
Co-op Reflections Co-op Is Not “One Size Fits All” Many things at college, and in life in general, make us compare our paths, including our successes and failures, to…
Global Experiences Comparative Healthcare Systems and Communications in London By Erica Yee It is universally acknowledged that a person who loves Jane Austen longs to visit England. I am…
Major Moments Discovery Through Self-Awareness I entered Northeastern as a biochemistry major. Within the first few days of classes, I overheard a friend agonizing about…
Advice DrRacket: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fundies 1 “It has fundamentals right there in the name; how hard could it be?” – Dan Russotto, Summer 2013 It’s been…
Student Life End the Freshman Funk! Oh, freshman year of college. A new place for many, new people for most, and a new experience for all.…
Global Experiences English Culture and Documentary Filmmaking in London By Bakari Olivetti This past May, I embarked on my first Dialogue of Civilizations program for English Culture and Documentary Filmmaking…
Global Experiences Exploring Abroad- Criminal Justice in Munich Hi! My name is Keelin and I’m a second year combined Criminal Justice and Political Science major. I’m going to…
Major Moments Exploring and Reflecting- How I Decided on Civil Engineering Hi everyone! My name is Zoe, and I’m a second year civil engineering major with minors in environmental science and…
Global Experiences Exploring Australia- My Summer Abroad Hi everyone! My name is Astrid and I’m a second year Economics major with minors in Sociology and International Affairs. …
Alumni Perspective Exploring is A Lifelong Journey I started college with many ideas of what I wanted to study. However, these were only vague ideas, I had…
Co-op Reflections Exploring on Co-op: How My Co-op Helped Me Choose a Career Path Karleigh (Class of 2022) is majoring in Communications Studies and minoring in Political Communication, Media Production and Psychology. On campus,…
Major Moments Forever Undeclared – The First (of Many) “Aha” Moments I came to college thinking that my major would decide the rest of my adult life. Being the indecisive, over-analytical…
Global Experiences Four Continents in Three Years: How Travel Can Shape Your Undergraduate Experience By Allegra Mangione It was November, 2013 and I was sitting in my Tuesday morning Connections & Decisions class. The…
Student Life Friendships Across Interests- Meeting People Through The Explore Program If I was forced to pick a major before I started college, I probably still would’ve picked chemical engineering. But…
Major Moments From Camp Counselor To Career Connection Who would guess that I, a non-Christian girl who does not love kids, would choose to be a camp counselor…
Co-op Reflections How Being Undeclared Prepared Me for Co-op Every part of going on your first co-op is kind of intimidating; that is completely reasonable. After all, going on…
Alumni Perspective How Explore Shaped My Post-Grad Path When I first arrived on Northeastern’s campus, I wasn’t too concerned about not yet having a major. The Explore team…
Major Moments How Exploring Helped Me Find What I Love Hi Explore Program Students! I hope you are enjoying your time being in one of the best programs Northeastern has…
Major Moments How I Declared Criminal Justice As My Major [caption id="attachment_1061" align="alignnone" width="1063"] Abby sitting on the stairs of Ruggles[/caption] When I was 17 and applying to college, I…
Student Life How Joining Clubs Can Take You from Undeclared to Declared By Samantha Moore Hello Undeclared Students (and Declared Students who are, come on lets be real, probably still Undeclared at…
Global Experiences How Service-Learning Aided My Transition from N.U.in to Campus One of the best parts of N.U.in, besides the travelling, legality and cultural immersion, was the routine established in a…
Blog How to be coOL-My Guide to Being an Orientation Leader Exhilarating, new, terrifying: these are all words that freshman commonly use to describe their college orientation. It’s a time filled…
Advice How to Map Out Your Next 5 Years in 5 “Theoretically” Easy Steps I too started off where you are now, undeclared. I had no idea what was out there, what I was…
Advice How To Use a Summer to Explore Summer is probably one of the most anxious times for an undeclared student, especially if you haven’t narrowed down your…
Major Moments I AM Mr. Explore Henry (Class of 2022) is majoring in Communications and minoring in Psychology. He is part of the DREAM Program and…
Co-op Reflections I Love Co-op!- A Diary Entry Hi! My name is Emily and I am a 3rd year in the 6-Year Doctorate of Physical Therapy program. Below…
Student Life It’s Crunch Time | How to Ace Finals Season in 4 Steps Every semester it comes around, and every semester I forget about it until I see my final exam dates highlighted…
Undergraduate Research Learning Research Skills in Lab Classes By Katie Rosen As a student at a career-focused university like Northeastern, it can be easy to get caught up…
Co-op Reflections Lessons Learned Through My Psychology Co-op Welcome to the Explore Blog! My name is Ciara and I’m a 5th year Psychology student. I am a teaching…
Alumni Perspective Life After Graduation, Still Undeclared This month, I did something I never thought I’d do. I registered a business in my name. As I was…
Advisor Perspective Magic of Meet the Majors I remember my first Meet the Majors Fair. It was Wednesday, September 21, 2011, and I was a first-year student…
Advice Major Exploration During COVID-19 Shannon (Class of 2021) is a Health Sciences major with a minor in Healthy & Psychology, whose favorite class at…
Student Life Making Friends on Campus as a First-Year During COVID-19 Hi! My name is Bella and I’m a first-year student in the Explore Program at Northeastern University. As we all…
Blog Meet our Coordinators Elaina Phalen She/Her Recruitment and Training I am a third year Computer Science and Biology major from Alexandria, VA. On…
Co-op Reflections My Co-op at the Dr. Oz Show An apple a day keeps the doctor away, right? Not for me, luckily. Last semester, I worked at the Dr.…
Student Life My Decision to Enroll in a Service-Learning Section of Connections and Decisions Last summer, before I began my first year at Northeastern, I received an email from my Explore Program advisor. The…
Global Experiences My Incredible Experience on a Dialogue to Spain ¡Hola! My name is JJ French and I’m an incoming second-year majoring in finance and accounting. I just returned from…
Global Experiences My Three Rules to Having a Successful N.U.in Experience Abroad It finally hit me that I was leaving home to go to college when the day finally arrived. However, to…
Advice Proud to Be Undeclared Hello! My name is Ellen and when I grew up I wanted to be a mermaid. Now you must be…
Student Life Reflections From my Freshman Year I started my Northeastern experience as a freshman in the fall of 2018. It was a hot, humid August, and…
Advice Saving Money in College [caption id="attachment_1389" align="aligncenter" width="583"] Image credit: fastweb.com[/caption] College students (and their families) know that college is expensive! After two-and-a-half years…
