Northeastern in Boston

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Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

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Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

Except the NE data is always skewed because they report only for kids who started in Boston freshman year. The data they report accounts for less than half the kids in a graduating class

I actually have nothing against the school but the posters who continue to tout the incomplete data after being told why it is misleading te super annoying.

Do the kids that start in other locations--internationally or outside of Boston have lower credentials ? Is that why they aren't included in the stats?

That’s the rumor. No one can say because zero data is released about them.

The "non-boston start" kids do not really have lower stats. Everyone admitted has high stats. Majority of those kids are Full pay because the programs are expensive and you cannot use federal aid for them. last year Nu Bound in London was over $85K and NO FOOD was included in that price. So you are looking at $90K+ easily. My kid was admitted, their stats were inline with the CDS

Did your kid actually attend? Anecdote is not the same as data. If the stats were the same, NE would release them. Emory provides all stats for students who start at their Oxford campus.

My kid did not attend--they wanted to spend their freshman year on the main campus not overseas studying abroad---they also wanted to take meaningful courses for their degree freshman year and with all their AP credits there were not high enough level math courses for them (would not have had a math class to take fall semester as an engineering major).
However, they were admitted NUBound, and were slightly above the 50% for the CDS for that year (2022 fall) for the admitted students on the Boston campus. So given that only 33% of those admitted submitted SAT scores (and only 11% for ACT, and lets assume at least 4-5% of those were double) so approximately only 40% or less of students submitted scores, and my kid was above the 50%, so I'd argue that there were likely plenty in the "not included in the data points" who were above the 50% and would not "drag down the scores". If anything including my kid's data point would have actually RAISED the scores in the CDS.

Maybe 5-8 years ago, those admitted to NUIn had slightly lower scores (note I stated slightly, because it was still competitive back then). In the last 3-5 years I don't believe that's the case anymore. Also, it's highly likely that majority of the 60% of kids who started fall in Boston who did NOT submit scores had lower scores than my kid---my kid just choose to submit their scores (790 math to show strength for engineering major).

Admitted kids with high stats who chose not to enroll don’t really tell us anything about the stats of the kids who did enroll.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do people get angry at colleges LOL
I have three kids in colleges. They received all sort of decisions - accepted, deferred, denied, waitlisted, and alternate path admission

For example, one offered an alternate path admission by Georgia Tech. Basically 1 year somewhere else then to the main campus.
We thought that was obviously better than reject, and kept that option in hand for a year, and threw it away.
One was waitlisted by UVA(although VA schools were at the bottom of the list). So kid had option to go to Wise campus for a year and to the main campus.

At the end, they all were very satisfied with the schools they ended up attending, and so no hard feelings for other schools at all.

+1

Let me guess - you manage to control yourself and not come to DCUM to voice your anger at any or all of those schools, because you are an adult, and you behave accordingly.

I have never heard of a school that does not have an additional campus, and would be concerned if a school I was considering did not, in this day and age. I also don't gauge which schools allegedly say what about what those schools do and do not do. I am not even as vested in my own DCs school - I can't imagine being that vested in a school that rejected us.

You are not very enlightened then. Most schools do NOT have alternative campuses, except for large state schools(that traditionally have a few to several other branches of X State U).

So I'd love a list of schools besides states schools that have extra campuses that are ranked in the T100

You will have to learn to do your own homework. Great factual (factual) commentary by those actually (actually) in the know, keep them coming!

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I would venture to say that OPs multiple NEU posts are not about NEU, at all.......

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Anonymous wrote:I would venture to say that OPs multiple NEU posts are not about NEU, at all.......

What the heck are you talking about? There is no proof that this isn't a legitimate question.

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Anonymous wrote:I would venture to say that OPs multiple NEU posts are not about NEU, at all.......

What the heck are you talking about? There is no proof that this isn't a legitimate question.

Of course there is! Your posts are redundant and monotonous, and a tremendous sign of other issues.

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People who are actually attending or graduated are reporting great experiences and results.

People who have never even been there complain about something they don't know LOL

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Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

Except the NE data is always skewed because they report only for kids who started in Boston freshman year. The data they report accounts for less than half the kids in a graduating class

I actually have nothing against the school but the posters who continue to tout the incomplete data after being told why it is misleading te super annoying.

Do the kids that start in other locations--internationally or outside of Boston have lower credentials ? Is that why they aren't included in the stats?

That’s the rumor. No one can say because zero data is released about them.

The "non-boston start" kids do not really have lower stats. Everyone admitted has high stats. Majority of those kids are Full pay because the programs are expensive and you cannot use federal aid for them. last year Nu Bound in London was over $85K and NO FOOD was included in that price. So you are looking at $90K+ easily. My kid was admitted, their stats were inline with the CDS

Did your kid actually attend? Anecdote is not the same as data. If the stats were the same, NE would release them. Emory provides all stats for students who start at their Oxford campus.

My kid did not attend--they wanted to spend their freshman year on the main campus not overseas studying abroad---they also wanted to take meaningful courses for their degree freshman year and with all their AP credits there were not high enough level math courses for them (would not have had a math class to take fall semester as an engineering major).
However, they were admitted NUBound, and were slightly above the 50% for the CDS for that year (2022 fall) for the admitted students on the Boston campus. So given that only 33% of those admitted submitted SAT scores (and only 11% for ACT, and lets assume at least 4-5% of those were double) so approximately only 40% or less of students submitted scores, and my kid was above the 50%, so I'd argue that there were likely plenty in the "not included in the data points" who were above the 50% and would not "drag down the scores". If anything including my kid's data point would have actually RAISED the scores in the CDS.

Maybe 5-8 years ago, those admitted to NUIn had slightly lower scores (note I stated slightly, because it was still competitive back then). In the last 3-5 years I don't believe that's the case anymore. Also, it's highly likely that majority of the 60% of kids who started fall in Boston who did NOT submit scores had lower scores than my kid---my kid just choose to submit their scores (790 math to show strength for engineering major).

Admitted kids with high stats who chose not to enroll don’t really tell us anything about the stats of the kids who did enroll.

It demonstrates that kids admitted to "off campus fall starts" are NOT just kids with "lower stats".

[Anonymous]

Peer quality is the last thing you need to worry about for Northeastern.
Very independent, interesting, and smart kids overall across the board.

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Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

Except the NE data is always skewed because they report only for kids who started in Boston freshman year. The data they report accounts for less than half the kids in a graduating class

I actually have nothing against the school but the posters who continue to tout the incomplete data after being told why it is misleading te super annoying.

Do the kids that start in other locations--internationally or outside of Boston have lower credentials ? Is that why they aren't included in the stats?

That’s the rumor. No one can say because zero data is released about them.

The "non-boston start" kids do not really have lower stats. Everyone admitted has high stats. Majority of those kids are Full pay because the programs are expensive and you cannot use federal aid for them. last year Nu Bound in London was over $85K and NO FOOD was included in that price. So you are looking at $90K+ easily. My kid was admitted, their stats were inline with the CDS

Did your kid actually attend? Anecdote is not the same as data. If the stats were the same, NE would release them. Emory provides all stats for students who start at their Oxford campus.

My kid did not attend--they wanted to spend their freshman year on the main campus not overseas studying abroad---they also wanted to take meaningful courses for their degree freshman year and with all their AP credits there were not high enough level math courses for them (would not have had a math class to take fall semester as an engineering major).
However, they were admitted NUBound, and were slightly above the 50% for the CDS for that year (2022 fall) for the admitted students on the Boston campus. So given that only 33% of those admitted submitted SAT scores (and only 11% for ACT, and lets assume at least 4-5% of those were double) so approximately only 40% or less of students submitted scores, and my kid was above the 50%, so I'd argue that there were likely plenty in the "not included in the data points" who were above the 50% and would not "drag down the scores". If anything including my kid's data point would have actually RAISED the scores in the CDS.

Maybe 5-8 years ago, those admitted to NUIn had slightly lower scores (note I stated slightly, because it was still competitive back then). In the last 3-5 years I don't believe that's the case anymore. Also, it's highly likely that majority of the 60% of kids who started fall in Boston who did NOT submit scores had lower scores than my kid---my kid just choose to submit their scores (790 math to show strength for engineering major).

Admitted kids with high stats who chose not to enroll don’t really tell us anything about the stats of the kids who did enroll.

It demonstrates that kids admitted to "off campus fall starts" are NOT just kids with "lower stats".

But your kid had good enough stats to have better options and so didn’t attend. Which is why the government (and US News) only care about enrolled students’ stats.

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Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

Parent of high stats kid applying this year.
- Any idea how the co op plays out for kids going in undecided for major? Has some ideas, but nothing firm. Would major naturally be determined well in advance of searching for co ops?
- How hard is it to get co ops? I read somewhere (maybe reddit) that some students were having difficulty getting them. GPA plays a role, presumably?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

Parent of high stats kid applying this year.
- Any idea how the co op plays out for kids going in undecided for major? Has some ideas, but nothing firm. Would major naturally be determined well in advance of searching for co ops?
- How hard is it to get co ops? I read somewhere (maybe reddit) that some students were having difficulty getting them. GPA plays a role, presumably?

GPA almost always plays a role with co ops. As far as actual co op assignments, no one can answer that, besides that students actual co op advisor. Especially since that particular student does not know until that particular semester.

I would not glean any of my college applicant information from any anonymous board, for the record, including DCUM or Reddit.

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Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

Parent of high stats kid applying this year.
- Any idea how the co op plays out for kids going in undecided for major? Has some ideas, but nothing firm. Would major naturally be determined well in advance of searching for co ops?
- How hard is it to get co ops? I read somewhere (maybe reddit) that some students were having difficulty getting them. GPA plays a role, presumably?

Don't worry, 93% chance they won't get in

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

Parent of high stats kid applying this year.
- Any idea how the co op plays out for kids going in undecided for major? Has some ideas, but nothing firm. Would major naturally be determined well in advance of searching for co ops?
- How hard is it to get co ops? I read somewhere (maybe reddit) that some students were having difficulty getting them. GPA plays a role, presumably?

Don't worry, 93% chance they won't get in

Right. I'm under the impression that high stats kids are often waitlisted.

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Anonymous wrote:Just one anecdote, but a friend’s kid just graduated this spring. Engineering. Really enjoyed her co-ops and had several job offers, including one at her top choice company, before graduation.

+1. I hardly ever write on NEU threads because most are started by trolls and trolls pretending to be annoying NEU boosters. Then the avid haters who have no personal experience with the school but are passionately against it. BUT I decided to write now because I finally have some perspective on what I think is most important--post-graduation.

Dc graduated this past May, had multiple companies interested, got an offer at a fortune 500 company and is making just under 6 digits. Graduated with $55k in bank acct from 2 co-ops during 4 years at NEU. 55k is actually less than what we paid (full tuition & room & board) for one year because of merit aid. I doubt dc would have found paid internships every summer to make that much w/o the co-ops. The 2 co-ops also really helped in deciding between 2 very different tracks dc could have done with the major. Even during Covid when many companies chose not to participate in the co-op program, dc found solid co-op opportunities (although it was, of course, virtual). And dc lived on campus housing every year (except one during Covid when everyone was home).

Sure, this is just our experience. But I did ask a couple of months ago whether dc knew anyone who graduated who was still looking for a job, and dc paused for full several minutes thinking and then said "actually no I don't." All of dc's friends have great jobs (at Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Moderna, PWC ....) or are at top universities doing graduate work.

This is just our experience but it is from someone who actually attended and graduated very recently from NEU (not, "when I was living in Boston 30 years ago...") Not saying this is a better or worse result than any other college or the result of every NEU grad, but I thought this gives an important perspective that you rarely get about this school on DCUM, because almost all the posts are from people who don't have personal experience with the school and is about the application process, the ranking, the housing.

As an actual parent of NEU student, you really see a weird disconnect between your student's experience and what is said on DCUM. It's very strange. I'm not saying the school is perfect or the next MIT but its portrayal on DCUM is very extreme. It is a mid tier school offering similar experience and outcome as other mid-tier schools. Currently in Boston, companies seem to view it at similar level with BC and BU. Actually, my dc was hired at the same time alongside another recent grad, from Cornell (same position, same salary). All this nit-picking at the rankings, and whether it's justified or not, seems to be largely insignificant once they get out.

Parent of high stats kid applying this year.
- Any idea how the co op plays out for kids going in undecided for major? Has some ideas, but nothing firm. Would major naturally be determined well in advance of searching for co ops?
- How hard is it to get co ops? I read somewhere (maybe reddit) that some students were having difficulty getting them. GPA plays a role, presumably?

Don't worry, 93% chance they won't get in

Right. I'm under the impression that high stats kids are often waitlisted.

I am under the impression that high stats kids are often admitted, resulting in the high number of ingenuous NEU threads.