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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

It's lower than the hyper selective schools, but not low.

[Anonymous]

Wesleyan has no essays.

Getting 98k applications for a freshmen class of 3,000 with a 50% yield is the definition of selective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan has no essays.

Getting 98k applications for a freshmen class of 3,000 with a 50% yield is the definition of selective.

https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/

Wesleyan, acceptance rate 17.1%, yield rate 31.54%
Not bad but not really much of that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

My kid’s graduating class is over 600…not one student applied to NEU…non drank the Kool-Aid. My very high stats kid had no interest in the school. I agree with the pp, include mandatory's supplemental essays and the number of applications go south. Make SAT/ACT mandatory applications tank. I agree that Boston appeals to students; however, I’m from up north and the winters are long, gloomy, and brutally cold. Colleges play gimmicks to increase applications…NEU is not the only one. Do you think Tulane would receive so many applications if it charged?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

My kid’s graduating class is over 600…not one student applied to NEU…non drank the Kool-Aid. My very high stats kid had no interest in the school. I agree with the pp, include mandatory's supplemental essays and the number of applications go south. Make SAT/ACT mandatory applications tank. I agree that Boston appeals to students; however, I’m from up north and the winters are long, gloomy, and brutally cold. Colleges play gimmicks to increase applications…NEU is not the only one. Do you think Tulane would receive so many applications if it charged?

Which high school? I guarantee you will not name it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

My kid’s graduating class is over 600…not one student applied to NEU…non drank the Kool-Aid. My very high stats kid had no interest in the school. I agree with the pp, include mandatory's supplemental essays and the number of applications go south. Make SAT/ACT mandatory applications tank. I agree that Boston appeals to students; however, I’m from up north and the winters are long, gloomy, and brutally cold. Colleges play gimmicks to increase applications…NEU is not the only one. Do you think Tulane would receive so many applications if it charged?

Which high school? I guarantee you will not name it!

*none instead of non. Well, you are right about one thing at least. My kid wouldn’t appreciate the doxxing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

+1

BOSTON is the draw. NEU happens to be a good school too.

[Anonymous]

It's not one thing, it's a combination of many things:
Great location (Boston)
Co-op Program (great connections for employment afterward)
Research Institution
Easy application

Getting into the NEU Boston campus isn't so easy - ask the hundreds accepted abroad or to Oakland their first year, and the price tag also makes it a challenge for many

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

My kid’s graduating class is over 600…not one student applied to NEU…non drank the Kool-Aid. My very high stats kid had no interest in the school. I agree with the pp, include mandatory's supplemental essays and the number of applications go south. Make SAT/ACT mandatory applications tank. I agree that Boston appeals to students; however, I’m from up north and the winters are long, gloomy, and brutally cold. Colleges play gimmicks to increase applications…NEU is not the only one. Do you think Tulane would receive so many applications if it charged?

Which high school? I guarantee you will not name it!

*none instead of non. Well, you are right about one thing at least. My kid wouldn’t appreciate the doxxing.

lol..sure on the doxxing. You have 600 students in the senior class, assuming roughly 2500 students attend your imaginary high school. Not one applied to NEU. And you won't name the school. Sounds believable, my Nigerian prince who will help with my computer's infection after installing no-cost solar.

[Anonymous]

Yes but not really Boston for many freshmen - try Dublin or London or Oakland!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay. Some have up to five. Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.

Oh, so you are correcting yourself. It's not the essay. Got it.

Now it's the location?
There are a bunch of colleges in Boston but not many get that kind of applications unlike NEU.
Why?

My kid’s graduating class is over 600…not one student applied to NEU…non drank the Kool-Aid. My very high stats kid had no interest in the school. I agree with the pp, include mandatory's supplemental essays and the number of applications go south. Make SAT/ACT mandatory applications tank. I agree that Boston appeals to students; however, I’m from up north and the winters are long, gloomy, and brutally cold. Colleges play gimmicks to increase applications…NEU is not the only one. Do you think Tulane would receive so many applications if it charged?

Which high school? I guarantee you will not name it!

*none instead of non. Well, you are right about one thing at least. My kid wouldn’t appreciate the doxxing.

lol..sure on the doxxing. You have 600 students in the senior class, assuming roughly 2500 students attend your imaginary high school. Not one applied to NEU. And you won't name the school. Sounds believable, my Nigerian prince who will help with my computer's infection after installing no-cost solar.

Not quite 2500. And not one. NEU is simply not on the radar. Believe what you want to believe.