Northeastern Admittances

[Anonymous]

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And I think schools like NEU that engage in racketeering are gross.

My kid was just admitted, and is seriously considering going. I am honestly curious about why you think Northeastern is a racket. What are they not delivering that they are promising? Or is it something else? I can see where someone thinks that the sticker price is too much for the education one is going to receive (and that same argument can be made for many other schools!), but I just don't understand what you think Northeastern is doing wrong.

The kid probably failed and dropped out of NEU.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moco public
female
1550 SAT
3.95 UW
12 AP/IBs, all taken exams are 5s
Leadership in multiple ECs
National media attention for one EC
Visited, emailed with admin rep 3x
Outstanding recs (according to counselor)
Deferred

How do I put this?

Harassing the staff is never a good idea.

The staff is like apply ED already then

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moco public
female
1550 SAT
3.95 UW
12 AP/IBs, all taken exams are 5s
Leadership in multiple ECs
National media attention for one EC
Visited, emailed with admin rep 3x
Outstanding recs (according to counselor)
Deferred

How do I put this?

Harassing the staff is never a good idea.

PP here. Her older sister, with slightly higher stats, was deferred two years ago. After the tour, the current applicant asked an admissions counselor how to avoid being yield protected if you actually are interested in the school. She was told to show lots of interest, and that kids are given scores based on how much interest they show (which includes in-person visits, opening emails, sending questions, going to the at-school presentations, etc).

Only sharing this to be helpful so people can prepare their kids for tomorrow, she was also deferred at Michigan. She got in RD to two T10s, so is fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NEU is gross. Yield protection, scamming parents -- it's all such a blatantly transparent racket. I seriously don't understand it. It has such an unappealing brand, too. I know multiple people in my orbit who have expressed disdain at NEU and all their shenanigans. At some point, the other shoe is going to drop, no?

And, no, boosters, none of my kids applied to NEU.

What a bizarre post. Who calls a school "gross" and parents that they don't know "scamming"?

Someone whose kid got rejected and then pretends like they didn't.

At some point, the boosters will have to come to terms with the fact that a lot of people, for better or worse, look down on NEU due to a host of factors. Not everyone who dislikes a school, especially one like NEU, was jilted by them. What a weird worldview to have.

What is weird is calling a school 'gross' when you, in theory, have had no direct experience with it since your kids didn't go or even apply, right? Also weird that you use terms like "parents in your orbit" and a school's "brand" not to mention that those said parents express "disdain" on a college that they too likely have no direct experience with....actually, less weird than just sad.

You're telling me that you have zero opinions about any school that you or your kids didn't attend? So that leaves, what, like 2-3 colleges that you're allowed to have opinions on? I'm sorry, no commenting on any of these threads for you, ever again.

Be real. Lots of people have lots of opinions on a lot of things. I think legacy favoritism is an issue (there's about 15 schools off the top of my head just there). I think the college admissions scandal was illuminating (another 5 or so I can think of). And I think schools like NEU that engage in racketeering are gross. Deal with it.

Sure, I have plenty of opinions of various college characteristics...I don't much like fraternities or sororities, nor do I like the advantages that athletes or legacies get in admissions. I don't really like that Harvard charges sky-high tuititon despite having a $50 billion endowment. Yet I don't suggest that these things that I don't like are "scams" or "racketeering".....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- 1530 SAT
- 3.97 UW GPA
- Around 10 APs
- Decent ECs with some leadership
- Applied to College of Business
- A sibling is a freshman there, and they even sent us a letter that the kid will be considered as a legacy.
(We thought it's a good sign)

Deferred and shocked

I think they have some sort of sophisticated formula and algorithm.

I think they figure that this student is getting in elsewhere and if they really want to go to Northeastern, they will stay for RD and end up getting in- esp with a sibling there.
Had they applied ED, this person would have probably gotten in.
That's my guess

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That seems wretched. My DC had 9 other apps in when they got accepted ED and withdrew all. It wasn’t easy, actually. They don’t always have a withdraw button to click (and one school still hasn’t acknowledged the withdrawal despite multiple emails sent to the admissions office). One school where they got in rolling doesn’t have a decline button and continues to send mail and stuff trying to persuade acceptance of the offer despite DC having sent multiple emails to admissions to decline. Would turn my stomach if DC got a merit offer that should go to someone else. Maybe they tried to withdraw but weren’t successful?

Thats great about your kid withdrawing their applications. However acc to my kid their friend would like to know where else they would have been accepted. They are also waiting on USC and some other UC schools plus BU and others. The friend applied to 19 schools. Mostly all top 50

We just found out recently that a friend had applied ED to a highly competitive school years ago. They did not comply with the contract and kept other applications active. Their father was a lawyer and helped them break the contract (don't know if they payed a financial penalty or not). When we learned what they had done we weren't completely surprised. The signs that this person wasn't very honorable were there. It was why we didn't socialize with them as much anymore. And everyone who wants to say "well you don't know. Maybe they needed to compare financial aid packages" can skip it. They went to a well-known prestigious private school in this area and their lawyer parent was pulling in 6-7 figures each year as a partner in Big Law. They were selfish and knowingly scammed the system. I think you either have values or you don't. This person lacks values.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That seems wretched. My DC had 9 other apps in when they got accepted ED and withdrew all. It wasn’t easy, actually. They don’t always have a withdraw button to click (and one school still hasn’t acknowledged the withdrawal despite multiple emails sent to the admissions office). One school where they got in rolling doesn’t have a decline button and continues to send mail and stuff trying to persuade acceptance of the offer despite DC having sent multiple emails to admissions to decline. Would turn my stomach if DC got a merit offer that should go to someone else. Maybe they tried to withdraw but weren’t successful?

Thats great about your kid withdrawing their applications. However acc to my kid their friend would like to know where else they would have been accepted. They are also waiting on USC and some other UC schools plus BU and others. The friend applied to 19 schools. Mostly all top 50

We just found out recently that a friend had applied ED to a highly competitive school years ago. They did not comply with the contract and kept other applications active. Their father was a lawyer and helped them break the contract (don't know if they payed a financial penalty or not). When we learned what they had done we weren't completely surprised. The signs that this person wasn't very honorable were there. It was why we didn't socialize with them as much anymore. And everyone who wants to say "well you don't know. Maybe they needed to compare financial aid packages" can skip it. They went to a well-known prestigious private school in this area and their lawyer parent was pulling in 6-7 figures each year as a partner in Big Law. They were selfish and knowingly scammed the system. I think you either have values or you don't. This person lacks values.

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That school dodged a bullet.