This is how Northeastern gamed the system

[Anonymous]

An oldie but a goodie
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/?fbclid=IwAR02ctjk6GvP6CbOJXt-pZTFoxfBHdcXSvk67LcUrHHrNaFumt4BVpXjUtg

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry Northeastern hurt you, OP.

[Anonymous]

Op here… I see nonstop threads on here about NE so when I came across this I thought I’d share. My children did not look at it or consider it.

[Anonymous]

Yes, OP. We all know about how Northeastern game the ranking system. This is not anything new, right? But thanks for the link.

[Anonymous]

We toured NE last year after DS being admitted. We liked the location, vibe and based on talking to a few alumni, the career outcomes. DS thought it was too small and didn't want a city school but other than that, it seemed like a great school.

Rankings be damned.

[Anonymous]

College students like living in a vibrant city and receiving training and education in skills that will result in a well-paid and interesting job after graduation. Seems like a model other institutions should consider emulating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College students like living in a vibrant city and receiving training and education in skills that will result in a well-paid and interesting job after graduation. Seems like a model other institutions should consider emulating.

Generalize much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College students like living in a vibrant city and receiving training and education in skills that will result in a well-paid and interesting job after graduation. Seems like a model other institutions should consider emulating.

Well, mine specifically did not want to go to school in a city. I support that given the generally high cost of living in cities and higher crime. Before y'all jump in to defend Boston (I have family there), crime is just a couple of blocks in the wrong direction - in any city. It all depends on time of day.

[Anonymous]

Hey, it's a new topic that's never been discussed!🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry Northeastern hurt you, OP.

It's clearly a deep wound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, it's a new topic that's never been discussed!🙄

It’s never too late to post an eight year old article!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, it's a new topic that's never been discussed!🙄

It’s never too late to post an eight year old article!

LOL. With a strategy implemented almost 25 years ago!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry Northeastern hurt you, OP.

It's clearly a deep wound.

+1.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t read the article to the end but from the part I read I didn’t see anything negative in what NEU did. They didn’t cheat, they actually did a lot of good things like hiring more faculty, building more dorms, attracting a bigger pool of students, reducing the class size. Sounds like they deserve the higher ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn’t read the article to the end but from the part I read I didn’t see anything negative in what NEU did. They didn’t cheat, they actually did a lot of good things like hiring more faculty, building more dorms, attracting a bigger pool of students, reducing the class size. Sounds like they deserve the higher ranking.

No, they gamed the system because they improved themselves instead of staying in their place as a lowly commuter school.

Everyone knows the only schools that deserve high rankings are those that have admitted students for centuries based on their parent's 7-8 figure donations. Anyone else is getting uppity.