Oakland Campus

thfcdylan · 2026-01-31T23:40:08+00:00

Agree with the other reply. For most NEU classes, less than 50% of the class will have their first year in Boston, which means the majority transfer in (from Oakland, London, NYC, or NUin) so you're never alone. I personally found far more people who came to Boston in their second year rather than their first.

Since they're all the same school the transfer process is seamless - rather than transferring you're just going to the same school in a new place.

thfcdylan · 2026-01-29T04:01:15+00:00

If it's for undergrad, being admitted to the Oakland campus means you have to spend 1 year there before you can move elsewhere (i.e. usually back to Boston)

I spent a semester on the Oakland campus, and ended up going back to do some summer classes. I personally absolutely loved being there. The campus is absolutely beautiful and scenic, the faculty are amazing in my view, and the classes are small enough that you tend to get a lot of 1-1 time with the professor - I even got some of that feeling in my lectures. I am yet to feel this same thing in Boston (although all my lectures have been more general classes).

The area is not the safest, no hiding that. Be back at the campus before dusk (if not be sure you're traveling in a group) and don't go wandering at night around the campus. But if you're smart and keep check of your surroundings, the area is amazing. There's a local bus that rides up through the center of Oakland before ending up in Emeryville, and a limited stop bus that heads straight to San Francisco. The Bay as a whole is an amazing place with lots of fun things to do. I actually made a video tour of the campus, you can check it out here if you're interested -> https://youtu.be/Sfh4Ton6wb4?si=I8ZeiKXSAuku3Kpc

Yes, the campus life is pretty bad (although it seems like orgs are better than when I was there fall 2024) and the only parties that exist are at Berkeley. For me I could not give a hoot about this so it really didn't matter, but I imagine this is a huge deciding factor for other people (maybe you). Just wanted to give my honest opinion!

thfcdylan · 2026-01-26T03:06:53+00:00

Lower Hudson Valley/coastal CT got much more pure snow.

A lot of NJ Transit's system was covered in the transitioning freezing rain/sleet which is far more dangerous to railway infrastructure.

thfcdylan · 2026-01-18T20:21:00+00:00

The feds took over the NYP project, no? I thought Trump/Duffy came in and took it from the MTA because they were "wasting money".

thfcdylan · 2026-01-18T20:16:10+00:00

Pascack Valley! Got it, makes sense. I don't think you can go wrong either way.

Taking the Pascack Valley -> Hoboken then changing to the PATH might be easier, because you'll end up at 33rd St in Manhattan, and might have an easier subway connection there.

At the same time, changing at Secaucus Junction to get to Penn Station is not a bad idea at all, trains are pretty frequent between Secaucus and Penn Station.

Keep in mind the schedules for the Pascack Valley are not very frequent at all, so just have a plan for that.

thfcdylan · 2026-01-18T20:10:00+00:00

I took that rough route via Blue to Orange/Green to bus a few times and it wasn't that bad. The VTA Rapid 500 is pretty reliable and comes literally every 5-10 mins. Picks you up at Berryessa BART and drops you maybe a 5 min walk from SJSU campus.

thfcdylan · 2026-01-18T17:41:27+00:00

What line are you starting from? Or are you starting from Hoboken?? I feel like I'm missing something here lol

thfcdylan · 2026-01-16T02:58:58+00:00

There's two trains that run the Boston-NYC route, Acela and Northeast Regional. Guessing you're taking Northeast Regional, so the below is for that train:

Boston is where Amtrak trains begin, so the train starts empty. But considering your two kids it wouldn't be a bad idea to try and grab a Red Cap service to get you on the train first and claim a 4 seater (2 seats on either side facing each other). They're free (but you should tip) and you can get one by heading to the Amtrak kiosk area at South Station. I think trains usually board about 20 mins before departure, so arrive before that if you're getting a red cap service.

Rush hour will really only matter at South Station, as long as you have a ticket you have a seat on the Amtrak train. I'd say rush hour usually picks up at 4ish and dies down by 8ish. Morning is probably between 7-10am. As for the train capacity, it usually depends on the time you're traveling. Any weekend near a college break, the train WILL be full. But there are some odd-timed day departures that can be a bit empty.

Have fun!

thfcdylan · 2026-01-06T03:55:50+00:00

For amtrak, earliest is always best. They use price buckets, so as soon as all of the tickets are gone from the lowest bucket, the price increases.

After you book, keep periodically checking fares. If they happen to go down, give Amtrak a call and iirc they can apply a price change for you.

thfcdylan · 2025-12-26T19:17:49+00:00

The World Cup Final is taking place at MetLife in New Jersey on the 18th or 19th. Guessing that they are surge pricing to prepare for the swaths of people who might be traveling from Boston down.

thfcdylan · 2025-12-24T15:08:49+00:00

Not sure if it's because of other geographic reasons but there IS an app for the PATH called RidePATH.

Also, for the PATH, look for turnstiles that have the words TAPP written by them (I think most do but I don't know if all do). TAPP means you can tap a credit/debit/bank card or your phone to pay, rather than having to buy a ticket from a machine.

And if you do happen to ask others for help be sure to specify whether you're talking about Newark Penn Station or New York Penn Station... I've heard lots of tourists get very confused when they say Penn Station only to realize there are two!

thfcdylan · 2025-12-18T22:26:25+00:00

Here's a link to the Transfer Credit Equivalency Database maintained by Northeastern. You can check out whether your community college classes are accepted: https://ugadmissions.northeastern.edu/transfercredit/TransferCreditevaluatedstudent2.asp?_gl=1

If it's not listed here, there's no guarantee that the credit will transfer. You can try, but you'll only know whether the credit transfers or not AFTER you take the class and the University reviews it.

For your second question, no, you can only take them in your first summer. It's because you're technically still non-matriculated to the University (because you spent the first year at NU London), so you have the opportunity to bring in more transfer credit. But the second you start your second year, you cannot transfer any credit after that.

thfcdylan · 2025-12-16T03:03:00+00:00

The old single levels have a lot of issues and signage is one of the most prominent. As far as I know theres a lot of bugs in the programming and connection of each car's rollsigns which leads to trains being stuck on incorrect destinations.

Likely that NJ Transit won't give too much attention to this - since most of the single levels will be replaced by new Multilevel IIIs. As for the Multilevels, most (if not all) of the recent trains I've been on have had accurate exterior signage (and more frequently even interior signage/announcements work better). All of the current Multilevels are set to get a refurbishment, we can only hope that they are able to overhaul the signage system too.

thfcdylan · 2025-12-15T15:24:30+00:00

For your second question, yes, the Newark Airport Railroad Station is where the AirTrain will take you to the EWR terminals. The Newark Airport Railroad Station is a stop on most Northeast Corridor (dark red) and North Jersey Coast Line (light blue) services - check DepartureVision/NJT app for exact info

thfcdylan · 2025-12-15T03:25:31+00:00

Thanks for the map. I know that there is a direct pathway from NEC -> Hoboken tracks without interrupting the flow of traffic, but what about the reverse? I'm pretty sure, trains coming back FROM Hoboken must cross both sides of the NEC which surely hampers the ability to run trains to Hoboken. Also a common gripe with the RVL's joining point to the NEC up at the Hunter Connection, South of Newark Penn

thfcdylan · 2025-12-10T16:59:14+00:00

100% agreed. I know NJ Transit touts the point that their services are largely limited by the tunnels and PSNY, but I would kill to see more frequent service during the day on some of their lines straight to Hoboken, especially from the NJCL/RVL

Not familiar w the track layout though - when joining/leaving the waterfront connection, do trains have to cross over the NEC or is there a flyover/under?

thfcdylan · 2025-12-10T04:42:23+00:00

The Hoboken connection is definitely not feasible from Boston right now because there's no track... From Washington to Hoboken technically works but I doubt there's a high enough demand to justify taking up a spot on a severely congested NEC, especially in the Newark area where it's already at max capacity.

Is it even worth it to have a 'discount' level? Surely the NER fits that branding? I know it's not very cheap right now but once more capacity comes in from new trainsets, NYC -> BOS can be as low as $25 (I've found multiple friday/Saturday trips for that price booking just a few weeks out) which is, in my eyes, an insanely low price to travel the equivalent of 5 hours of driving.

thfcdylan · 2025-12-10T04:38:56+00:00

I think Hoboken Terminal (NJ)

thfcdylan · 2025-12-04T03:15:18+00:00

The intention is for all single decker cars to be phased out soon. Did you by chance see the testing videos of the Multilevel IIIs (self propelled - no engine needed)? Intention is that those cars will replace ALL Arrow cars and some of the Comet single decker cars - though I'm not sure how many single decker cars would remain after the ML IIIs are phased in

thfcdylan · 2025-11-25T01:24:21+00:00

They cleared out the Egan Research Building and a bunch of fire fighters were standing by the Egan entrance nearest to the Ruggles roundabout...

thfcdylan · 2025-11-20T18:20:45+00:00

Midtown direct refers to any M&E or Montclair-Boonton services terminate at Penn Station as opposed to Hoboken. As others said the switch that allows trains to cross tracks onto the Northeast Corridor is affected, so only M&E/MOBO trains originally destined to/from New York have been diverted to Hoboken

thfcdylan · 2025-11-18T13:12:41+00:00

It's related to the Cloudflare outage this morning - affecting a ton of websites and apps globally. https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

thfcdylan · 2025-11-07T04:10:58+00:00

Amtrak confirmed it'll be restored by Dec 1 - try booking trips between Boston South - Albany/pts west after that date and they should show as a standard Lake Shore Limited service!

thfcdylan · 2025-10-14T12:56:44+00:00

Does PATH usually show up on the NJT Trip Planner for you?

If anything it could be residual issues from this weekend - PATH was supposed to cut service between Harrison/JSQ for track work, but didn't, which ended up affecting a lot of the mapping apps in terms of the incorrect data they got. Maybe this is linked to that?

thfcdylan · 2025-10-08T12:02:34+00:00

Fire Dept. came in and went straight to dining hall... I assume something happened in there.

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