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

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Really? I don't spend anytime thinking about it. My kids aren't attending nor applying so doesn't really concern me.

Yeah right, you don’t think about it, which is why you’re on the NEU thread. Lol

PP. Guess I just never considered the "sleaziness" of a school. Can really only speak to where my children or I have attended. Don't know enough to make a claim about any other school, particularly if it's derogatory.

Welp, maybe you should think about it. Since you're here in an NEU forum, without any real interest in NEU at all.
Think about NEU gaming the rankings and playing with acceptance rate numbers and toying with the undergrad experience for those who attend outside of Boston.

DP here. Maybe think about why any school you have been rejected from adversely affects you so very much, and compels this irrational behavior of yours.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Really? I don't spend anytime thinking about it. My kids aren't attending nor applying so doesn't really concern me.

Yeah right, you don’t think about it, which is why you’re on the NEU thread. Lol

PP. Guess I just never considered the "sleaziness" of a school. Can really only speak to where my children or I have attended. Don't know enough to make a claim about any other school, particularly if it's derogatory.

Welp, maybe you should think about it. Since you're here in an NEU forum, without any real interest in NEU at all.
Think about NEU gaming the rankings and playing with acceptance rate numbers and toying with the undergrad experience for those who attend outside of Boston.

DP here. Maybe think about why any school you have been rejected from adversely affects you so very much, and compels this irrational behavior of yours.

I'm not the same person you think you're talking to.
NEU Boosters are so much fun to rile up!

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Anonymous wrote:The NEU booster is on full throttle!!

I have a question. If NEU is such an amazing place, why can't it get below 40 on the rankings? In reality, the top schools have a consistent ranking history in the top 30, top 20, top 10. But NEU is odd in that they adjust their programs to the USNWR methodologies in an effort to game the rankings year after year. I guess what they are doing is legit, but still, it seems, well (as I mentioned earlier on this thread), sleazy.

NP. Serious question, why does it bother you so much if someone hyping a school?

It's not hyping, it's a personal attack for any negative opinion.

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Northeastern is a great university. Not sure why there are a couple of posters that have it out for it. Obviously the students who attend it love it (the retention rate is as higher than most other selective colleges). The students have great outcomes.

I get that some live in the past and can't fathom why it came from a commuter college 40 years ago to where it is today. But it appeals to a lot of students and their parents.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Really? I don't spend anytime thinking about it. My kids aren't attending nor applying so doesn't really concern me.

Yeah right, you don’t think about it, which is why you’re on the NEU thread. Lol

PP. Guess I just never considered the "sleaziness" of a school. Can really only speak to where my children or I have attended. Don't know enough to make a claim about any other school, particularly if it's derogatory.

Welp, maybe you should think about it. Since you're here in an NEU forum, without any real interest in NEU at all.
Think about NEU gaming the rankings and playing with acceptance rate numbers and toying with the undergrad experience for those who attend outside of Boston.

DP here. Maybe think about why any school you have been rejected from adversely affects you so very much, and compels this irrational behavior of yours.

I'm not the same person you think you're talking to.
NEU Boosters are so much fun to rile up!

That sounds like you enjoy trolling. Not sure why you would do that to a university. It is unusual to have such a personal vendetta against a university. Really really odd and most certainly devalues any argument that you make.

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Same reasons that University of Phoenix is so popular.

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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?

Interesting and probably accurate.

The stats for "non Boston start" programs are not lower (may have been 10 years ago but not now). However, majority of the "non Boston start" are full pay/rich kids. It's Jan start or sophomore start except NEU has found a way to capitalize on it by requiring you to start freshman fall at one of their many "off campus locations".

Proof? Don't think there is any since NEU not reporting any stats on non-Boston start kids

I personally know kids in several of those programs and I follow the Parents pages (have an upcoming kid who might be interested and one who applied a few years ago but chose not to attend). They have almost 100K applications. The kids in these programs have 1500+ and near perfect GPAs and tons of AP courses (most have 6-8+AP courses). That is not "lower stats". There are kids in those programs with 1580-1600 and 4.0 UW. The notion that these kids are 1400, 3.7UW and no APs is not accurate.

Not from what I have seen on college confidential, reddit, and knowledge of admitted students from our local HS.

You know kids with 1400 (who submitted them) and no APs and sub 3.7UW gpas that got into NEU? Not what I see on CC or Reddit. Plenty of reddit posts where kids stats for NUIn are higher than the kids who got into Boston. So nice try.
Fact is all kids getting in are top stats---they have 96K+ kids to select from.

Not true for ED.
CDS speaks a different story even for Boston admits. Have a read if you want to look at some hard data versus speculation.

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This thread has lost all focus.

The question was why is it so popular with both parents and students.

I think this has been answered by multiple posters.

No need to bash the school. No one is forcing your kid or anyone else's to go there. It's exhausting. Just move on if you have nothing nice to say.

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Northeastern received 6,400 ED applications this year. They only admit 1,400 students ED, give or take. I doubt that the stats of ED students are lower if at all from the RD round. What it allows Northeastern (and really any school using ED) to do is craft a good portion of their class without any doubt.

Historically, Northeastern takes about 35% of its class ED, which is lower than a lot of other private colleges.

I think the difficulty going forward for Northeastern is how they manage their yield. Since their yield is 50%, and they can't over enroll, they put a lot of kids on the waitlist this year instead of admitting them.

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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.

EDII admit rate this year was 20% according to https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/class-of-2028-early-decision-and-early-action-results.

I don't think Northeastern comprises at all on its ED applicants. When you get almost 100,000 applications for 2500 or 3000 Boston slots you can be kind of picky.

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.

The stats for "non Boston start" programs are not lower (may have been 10 years ago but not now). However, majority of the "non Boston start" are full pay/rich kids. It's Jan start or sophomore start except NEU has found a way to capitalize on it by requiring you to start freshman fall at one of their many "off campus locations".

Proof? Don't think there is any since NEU not reporting any stats on non-Boston start kids

I personally know kids in several of those programs and I follow the Parents pages (have an upcoming kid who might be interested and one who applied a few years ago but chose not to attend). They have almost 100K applications. The kids in these programs have 1500+ and near perfect GPAs and tons of AP courses (most have 6-8+AP courses). That is not "lower stats". There are kids in those programs with 1580-1600 and 4.0 UW. The notion that these kids are 1400, 3.7UW and no APs is not accurate.

Not from what I have seen on college confidential, reddit, and knowledge of admitted students from our local HS.

You know kids with 1400 (who submitted them) and no APs and sub 3.7UW gpas that got into NEU? Not what I see on CC or Reddit. Plenty of reddit posts where kids stats for NUIn are higher than the kids who got into Boston. So nice try.
Fact is all kids getting in are top stats---they have 96K+ kids to select from.

Not true for ED.
CDS speaks a different story even for Boston admits. Have a read if you want to look at some hard data versus speculation.

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Does NEU do anything like BU does where it gives admission offers for the student to start as a sophomore? Basically for BU, you can go to a community college for a year and then get a guaranteed transfer in.

For my DC that sounds like a good plan where you can save some money yet get a very coveted guaranteed slot, I know BU does this to raise money and help with its stats, but if used correctly can be a great program for the right kid.

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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?

Interesting and probably accurate.

The stats for "non Boston start" programs are not lower (may have been 10 years ago but not now). However, majority of the "non Boston start" are full pay/rich kids. It's Jan start or sophomore start except NEU has found a way to capitalize on it by requiring you to start freshman fall at one of their many "off campus locations".

Proof? Don't think there is any since NEU not reporting any stats on non-Boston start kids

I personally know kids in several of those programs and I follow the Parents pages (have an upcoming kid who might be interested and one who applied a few years ago but chose not to attend). They have almost 100K applications. The kids in these programs have 1500+ and near perfect GPAs and tons of AP courses (most have 6-8+AP courses). That is not "lower stats". There are kids in those programs with 1580-1600 and 4.0 UW. The notion that these kids are 1400, 3.7UW and no APs is not accurate.

Not from what I have seen on college confidential, reddit, and knowledge of admitted students from our local HS.

You know kids with 1400 (who submitted them) and no APs and sub 3.7UW gpas that got into NEU? Not what I see on CC or Reddit. Plenty of reddit posts where kids stats for NUIn are higher than the kids who got into Boston. So nice try.
Fact is all kids getting in are top stats---they have 96K+ kids to select from.

Not true for ED.
CDS speaks a different story even for Boston admits. Have a read if you want to look at some hard data versus speculation.

CDS does not break out data points for ED vs EA/RD. Given that only 28% submit SAT and 8% ACT (and assuming there's a few overlaps), that means less than 35% even submit their scores (and again no breakout for ED vs EA/RD). The 25% is 1460, so 75% of kids submitting scores are over 1460. And 95% of kids had a 3.75+ GPA Exactly what you'd expect.
There is no further breakdown of data. So not sure where you get your story.
So in reality you have no real clue what the other 65% of students got on their SAT/ACT and the numbers go up each year as more go TO and don't submit unless they have 1540+
My kid got in NUBound/GS (full year in London) with a 3.98UW, 10 AP, and 1540 (submitted score--800 Math for engineering major) This was the year they had to offer less kids Boston because they had overenrolled the previous fall. We are full pay, did not fill out FAFSA (so school knows you are full pay). Cost was $85K, no meals included. Yes, I'm 98% certain majority of kids offered this were Full pay, considering you cannot use federal financial aid for this program until back on Boston campus. Nobody who needs aid to attend can afford $100K for a year of school without aid (hey kid has to eat as well hence the 100K)
GS and NUIn are filled with mostly full pay kids, read the parents pages and CC and reddit. There are no "hard facts" for that but common sense indicates that has to be the case, along with antidotal evidence from online sources

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Really? I don't spend anytime thinking about it. My kids aren't attending nor applying so doesn't really concern me.

Yeah right, you don’t think about it, which is why you’re on the NEU thread. Lol

PP. Guess I just never considered the "sleaziness" of a school. Can really only speak to where my children or I have attended. Don't know enough to make a claim about any other school, particularly if it's derogatory.

Welp, maybe you should think about it. Since you're here in an NEU forum, without any real interest in NEU at all.
Think about NEU gaming the rankings and playing with acceptance rate numbers and toying with the undergrad experience for those who attend outside of Boston.

DP here. Maybe think about why any school you have been rejected from adversely affects you so very much, and compels this irrational behavior of yours.

I'm not the same person you think you're talking to.
NEU Boosters are so much fun to rile up!

It seems like you are oddly targeting someone, and you seem like the type of disturbed person who claims they are "kidding", when quite clearly they are not. As an adult (which you clearly are), you should expect more from yourself.

It seems clear why certain schools rejected you.

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Anonymous wrote:Same reasons that University of Phoenix is so popular.

Why would you write something so stupid and meaningless? Do grown adults make fun of where your child attends? Your posts tell your children that you are not proud of them. If someone were to send all of your posts to someone important in your life, what would they think of your behavior?

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Anonymous wrote:The NEU booster is on full throttle!!

I have a question. If NEU is such an amazing place, why can't it get below 40 on the rankings? In reality, the top schools have a consistent ranking history in the top 30, top 20, top 10. But NEU is odd in that they adjust their programs to the USNWR methodologies in an effort to game the rankings year after year. I guess what they are doing is legit, but still, it seems, well (as I mentioned earlier on this thread), sleazy.

NP. Serious question, why does it bother you so much if someone hyping a school?

Or merely attending a school? Not everyone gets to attend a school that they like, is that OP's issue? This is the type of behavior that points to OP clearly targeting someone in particular. For shame.