Northeastern University Campus Life

There are a few dining options around campus, Rebeccas being the most popular lunch spot, but unfortunately there isn't a lot of catering for special dietary requirements. Dining halls are large and spacious, and nicely decorated, and the dining hall staff are really lovely people. They have special celebrations on public holidays and birthday cake on birthdays, and are a really fun and enthusiastic bunch.

Compared to other campus food I've had, Northeastern is pretty great. On any given day you have access to three dining halls with stir fry, sushi, ethnic food, gluten free/wheat free/etc. food, burritos, grill, sandwiches, hot food, and others. The food court in Curry is also pretty good but prices can be pretty high.

There are three dining halls on campus that are all excellent. There are gluten-free, vegan/vegetarian, and kosher options, as well as several salad bars and rotating options for entrees. Rebecca's cafe is option during weekdays and is very popular for lunch, as you can use meal swipes for sandwiches and burgers.

The food program at Northeastern deserves all of the awards its been given. Obviously students get bored of the dining hall food, at the end of the semester and especially at the end of the school year, but overall, there is a great deal of variety while maintaining quality. Stetson East has a grill for chicken/burgers/grilled cheese, salad bar, pasta station, omelettes all day, and a hot food station usually with a meat choice, vegetable and corn/starch-typed option. There is also pizza, soft serve ice cream, desserts and renowned addictive cookies. The vegetarian/vegan room is here. Stetson West is noted for its personalized stir fry station, where you choose the meat, veggies and sauce. Northeastern installed a system where your number lights up on a wall when your dish is ready. The campus favorite is IV (International Village) where the possibilities seem endless between the Mediterranean station and all day sushi bar. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! At the end of the day, the food is well prepared and tastes good. Students will get tired of it occasionally, but I know NU has it better than other schools in terms of dining.

Boston offers a variety of different types of restaurants. Northeastern University itself has a very diverse food selection. It also has about five Dunkin Donuts on campus if you like coffee!

It can get tiresome and expensive but it's also convenient when you're too lazy to make your own food.

It is manageable. Chartwell's makes a real effort to provide quality, healthy food, albeit things can be lacking spice and flavor. You have three dining halls on campus (10 minute walk max), and plenty of other restaurants in the area.

Being in Boston great food is definitely not hard to come by. You can definitely survive without a meal plan. Dining halls are not bad especially if you're a fan of stir-fry. However, the dining halls can get exceptionally boring eating the same food everyday. Most of the time the food looks aesthetically pleasing only to be let down by the actual taste! Visit Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Shaw's frequently! Unless you're a freshman that is.

The dining hall is clean and the food is good. However like every other college campus the same food night after night does get old. There are many other options on campus though!

The food and dining hall are truly excellent. Every night they have any kind of food, from gluten-free foods, to sushi, to pizza.

Sororities and fraternities are present at Northeastern, but they are not extremely popular. They do not have houses for greek life here, and there is no pressure to join greek life if it isn't something for you.

If you're looking for the true Greek experience, Northeastern isn't the place for you. Although there are sororities and fraternities, you won't be painting coolers for a tailgate or wearing your Greek letters to a derby here. To put it simply, Greek life isn't a big deal here, as there aren't even frat/sorority houses. Do people participate in it? Yes, some do. Is it a big deal if I'm not in Greek life? No. To put it into perspective, Northeastern's Greek life is not comparable to those of big state schools or remotely similar to those at Southern schools. The people that I know who are in Greek life love to sport their letters and take pride in being part of their respective groups, but I don't feel like I'm missing out because I'm not in Greek. I hope that helps.

Greek life is rapidly growing on campus, but is still less than 5%. If you want to join it, it is there, but you don't have to. They are not exclusive at parties as long as you have friends in it, so don't worry about not being able to go out.

Not a school huge on Greek life but they sure try hard to make their presence known if your in to all that stuff.

Greek life is great here. If you choose to get involved there is a large community. Yet if you choose it isn't for you greek life goes unnoticed!

The city of Boston does not allow for fraternity houses so greek life is kind of lacking. This is something I wish I had known before I came here, but most kids just take the T up to MIT if they want to go to a frat party!

There are many sororities and fraternities as DELTA SIGMA KAPPA, and etc.

Haha, no.

not a large percentage of Greeks on campus but there are fraternities and sororities if that's what you want

There are several sororities and fraternities to pledge but they do not have houses on campus and it is probably not the typical Greek life experience.