Why is Northeastern (NEU) so popular with both parents and students these days?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Easy App. Gamed the system and people have been easily duped. It’s working, they’re getting the applications and ED at that.

I understand the full picture (e.g., how they set out to climb in USNWR rankings), but I find these comments dumb. We've now visited 10 very competitive colleges and the co-op program at Northeastern is like no other. In fact I have a brother who works in Boston and he said that sometimes kids from other boston area colleges have trouble getting internships etc because folks take Northeastern kids.

So 2 things can be true... NE worked to game the system AND it's actually become a great school with rare opportunities and lots of smart kids.

What are these “Rare” opportunities that you claim for the school? Many others offer Co-ops. So what is it at NEU that is rare?

Co-op opportunities at a coveted school in a great college city.

why is co-op popular? don't we work our whole lives- i would've hated to miss one semester of college to go work (and there's nothing for an undergrad besides research to do in my field so would've been a waste or just a desolate campus if all my friends left). also what's up with the start college abroad? is that to some how game the system- like they don't count in the stats if they don't start in main campus the way some schools do january freshmen to evade the stats?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy App. Gamed the system and people have been easily duped. It’s working, they’re getting the applications and ED at that.

I understand the full picture (e.g., how they set out to climb in USNWR rankings), but I find these comments dumb. We've now visited 10 very competitive colleges and the co-op program at Northeastern is like no other. In fact I have a brother who works in Boston and he said that sometimes kids from other boston area colleges have trouble getting internships etc because folks take Northeastern kids.

So 2 things can be true... NE worked to game the system AND it's actually become a great school with rare opportunities and lots of smart kids.

What are these “Rare” opportunities that you claim for the school? Many others offer Co-ops. So what is it at NEU that is rare?

Co-op opportunities at a coveted school in a great college city.

Again, other schools offer these, so the Co-ops themselves are not rare. But, we’ve likely hit the limit of your logic.

[Anonymous]

I think SO many kids these days (at least kids from around here and kids I know in major east and west coast cities) want a city school and NU is right in the middle of a great city AND it has an actual campus...that is a real draw for a lot of kids. Once it started attracting smart kids and getting harder to get into, it just snowballed....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC making a decision soon but I'm puzzled how this school seemed to come out of nowhere onto the top of most student lists here (one of the W schools). I get that their acceptance rate has dropped to 1 to 2% and that can drive a fomo feeding frenzy but what also is causing this?

Its more attainable and they throw some money as merit to get full pay students in.

[Anonymous]

Marketing. Marketing. Marketing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey! The NEU Booster is back!
Time to shut down the thread.

Yup. Posing like a mom who is questioning the whole popularity phenomenon but then slyly throwing in this 1-2% assertion. That is some tacit advertising, you Sly Dog.

And, did anyone else notice the resurgence of threads trying to smear Ivies? Is that the political poster or this NEU marketer trying to have the Ivy threads next to this NEU one. So weird, this campaign.

What is wrong with just being a good school in a cool town with coop and an easy app? Sounds fine on its own. I don't get the posturing bt NEU booster. It's actually a turn-off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think SO many kids these days (at least kids from around here and kids I know in major east and west coast cities) want a city school and NU is right in the middle of a great city AND it has an actual campus...that is a real draw for a lot of kids. Once it started attracting smart kids and getting harder to get into, it just snowballed....

NU is in Evanston

[Anonymous]

NEU is the new Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU is the new Harvard.

Hahahahaha. Good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU is the new Harvard.

They are very close together and have similar acceptance rate so practically the same school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey! The NEU Booster is back!
Time to shut down the thread.

Yup. Posing like a mom who is questioning the whole popularity phenomenon but then slyly throwing in this 1-2% assertion. That is some tacit advertising, you Sly Dog.

And, did anyone else notice the resurgence of threads trying to smear Ivies? Is that the political poster or this NEU marketer trying to have the Ivy threads next to this NEU one. So weird, this campaign.

What is wrong with just being a good school in a cool town with coop and an easy app? Sounds fine on its own. I don't get the posturing bt NEU booster. It's actually a turn-off!

It’s completely bizarre.

[Anonymous]

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.... It's just easier to apply because of the lack of supplemental essay requirements.

...which makes it popular.

Only from the standpoint you get to simply check a box. Most would never attend if they got in.

Except NEU's yield is 50%.

[Anonymous]

NEU's ED applications are over 6,500 now. This for 2,500 Boston students, plus 1,000 NU.in students. 98,000 applications.

It's RD yield is 50%.

How they got there is a chicken and egg...but they ended up with great students with undeniably strong stats, massive investment and construction, top notch faculty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Easy App. Gamed the system and people have been easily duped. It’s working, they’re getting the applications and ED at that.

I understand the full picture (e.g., how they set out to climb in USNWR rankings), but I find these comments dumb. We've now visited 10 very competitive colleges and the co-op program at Northeastern is like no other. In fact I have a brother who works in Boston and he said that sometimes kids from other boston area colleges have trouble getting internships etc because folks take Northeastern kids.

So 2 things can be true... NE worked to game the system AND it's actually become a great school with rare opportunities and lots of smart kids.

What are these “Rare” opportunities that you claim for the school? Many others offer Co-ops. So what is it at NEU that is rare?

Co-op opportunities at a coveted school in a great college city.

why is co-op popular? don't we work our whole lives- i would've hated to miss one semester of college to go work (and there's nothing for an undergrad besides research to do in my field so would've been a waste or just a desolate campus if all my friends left). also what's up with the start college abroad? is that to some how game the system- like they don't count in the stats if they don't start in main campus the way some schools do january freshmen to evade the stats?

Interesting and probably accurate.

[Anonymous]

NEU feels sleazy to me. I can't put my finger on exactly why it feels that way. We got that feeling when we visited. The students were obsessed with the co-op and making money. That's not what college should be about.