Should Northeastern be T20? Or even T10?

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is weird.

It's a fine school but no, it's not a top ten school. I went to a top ten school though and I'm going to tell you, being top of your Class at a #49 school, making good connections, doing research and getting published, etc. Is going to serve you better than barely scraping at a top ten school.

But running around claiming Northeastern is better than the Ivy league schools just makes you look like you're overcompensating and it's weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit older in my 30s but isn't NEU a 4 year community college? My cousin transferred from NEU to UMass after getting grades up to upgrade but that was several years ago.

You totally got it backward. Looks like you are already suffering from memory loss.

Northeastern is where everyone wants to go: Acceptance rate 7% (class of 2026)
Northeastern is where Smartest kids go: Middle 50% SAT: 1470-1540
Northeastern is where they want to stay once they get in: Retention rate 97% (7th among national universities)

UMass whatever is a much lower tier state school.
Congratulations to your cousin if they successfully transferred to Northeastern from UMass.

Get your head checked out by a brain doctor.
You are only in your 30s and already having a memory loss.

What a load of crap. It's a safety school, period.

Only in your delusional imaginary world.

I speak with data and facts.

Yes and the facts say it is ranked number 49. You just can't accept it and created your own "facts". Very trumpian of you.

Yes Northeatern kids don't care much about the random ranking or prestige.
Many of them can go to a bunch of higher ranked schools, but they chose value and fit.
They are very confident kids.

Those nubmer are still hard facts.
Numbers and data don't lie while the various rankings are subjective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

OP is pathetic, and keeps posting the same OP over and over. So obvious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

OP is pathetic, and keeps posting the same OP over and over. So obvious.

The conspiracy theorist in me suspects OP is actually trying to make Northeastern sound bad? Because the level of obtuseness here isn't exactly making Northeastern look good, if OP is representative of their alumni (I kid. I have a friend who went to Northeastern and she'd find what OP is doing ridiculous too).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

Yes Northeastern kids are pretty successful.

Top feeder college to Tech - #15 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Top feeder to Wall Street - #30 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Best Colleges in the U.S. by Salary Score - #23 Northeastern
https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

Yes Northeastern kids are pretty successful.

Top feeder college to Tech - #15 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Top feeder to Wall Street - #30 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Best Colleges in the U.S. by Salary Score - #23 Northeastern
https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

If you actually wanted to boost the school posts like this aren't how you go about it. Writing up what you like about the school and why you think kids should apply there is one thing. Claiming it's a top ten school when it's simply not (and then attacking people who point this basic fact out) makes you look obnoxious.

And I'll tell you, I remember being 16 and being super excited about a particular school running into an extremely obnoxious booster at an event and losing all interest. I didn't even apply.

One bad run in with an obnoxious booster absolutely can turn you off a school. So no, you're not actually doing Northeastern any favors with these threads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UCLA, UCSD, UCI and probably even UCSB all get over 100k applications every year, UCLA is barely T50 regardless of public news rankings, the others are around a T100 school which is actually pretty good, think 50 states, T100 is top 2 per state and given states like NY and MA have many elite colleges T100 is actually very good

Northeastern is a solid school but in all seriousness its barely a T100, maybe in a few decades it could be perceived as a T50, but still too early to tell

A telling indicator is endowment, NEU is barely above $1 billion which is not in the T100 in the US

The T10 schools have enormous endowments which provides a real competitive advantage to not only attract students but also their experience + influence among alumni

Harvard has $53 billion, Yale $43 billion, Princeton $38 billion, Penn $38 billion, Columbia $14 billion, Cornell $10 billion, Dartmouth $8 billion, Brown $7 billion - keep in mind to get these endowments alumni + their networks had to donate funds which indicate that the alumni are disproportionately successful + loyal, important factors for consideration among the most talented of college applicants, think top 1% of top 1%, that one kid in a great high school that everybody knows can go anywhere, etc. - these are the kids that largely end up at T10 schools

NEU is around the T125 to T150 at $1 billion, similar to Fordham, Lafayette, or Bucknell

Its a great school but the perception among younger students is that its safety for students that are targeting T30 to T50 schools

UCLA is barely T50 and UCSB, UCSD are T100? What are you smoking?

Endowments relate to the prestige garnered by the school throughout its entire existence more so than its current quality.

Also, public universities tend to have lower endowments despite having a huge number of successful alumni because (a) they don't bother much in getting donations out of alumni and (b) they are backed by the state so (a) is unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern carefully studied what it needed to do to rise in the USN rankings and did those things. Shrank just enough class sizes to score points, bought higher stats kids with copious merit aid, started denying the local kids who had always filled their classrooms in favor of applicants from around the country in order to build national name recognition.

They rebranded and people fell for it.

Seems like they are doing exactly what is rewarded by the market then.

If having class sizes and having high stats kids is what makes a university great according to the public, why shouldn't NEU be rewarded for doing exactly that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

Yes Northeastern kids are pretty successful.

Top feeder college to Tech - #15 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Top feeder to Wall Street - #30 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Best Colleges in the U.S. by Salary Score - #23 Northeastern
https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

If you actually wanted to boost the school posts like this aren't how you go about it. Writing up what you like about the school and why you think kids should apply there is one thing. Claiming it's a top ten school when it's simply not (and then attacking people who point this basic fact out) makes you look obnoxious.

And I'll tell you, I remember being 16 and being super excited about a particular school running into an extremely obnoxious booster at an event and losing all interest. I didn't even apply.

One bad run in with an obnoxious booster absolutely can turn you off a school. So no, you're not actually doing Northeastern any favors with these threads.

I just provide some data, facts, and references.

Peopole do whatever they do with the info.

Why are you even here LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

Yes Northeastern kids are pretty successful.

Top feeder college to Tech - #15 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Top feeder to Wall Street - #30 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Best Colleges in the U.S. by Salary Score - #23 Northeastern
https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

If you actually wanted to boost the school posts like this aren't how you go about it. Writing up what you like about the school and why you think kids should apply there is one thing. Claiming it's a top ten school when it's simply not (and then attacking people who point this basic fact out) makes you look obnoxious.

And I'll tell you, I remember being 16 and being super excited about a particular school running into an extremely obnoxious booster at an event and losing all interest. I didn't even apply.

One bad run in with an obnoxious booster absolutely can turn you off a school. So no, you're not actually doing Northeastern any favors with these threads.

I just provide some data, facts, and references.

Peopole do whatever they do with the info.

Why are you even here LOL

Why are you here? People are telling you if you're trying yo boost the school, you're having the opposite effect. So what exactly is your goal here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit older in my 30s but isn't NEU a 4 year community college? My cousin transferred from NEU to UMass after getting grades up to upgrade but that was several years ago.

You totally got it backward. Looks like you are already suffering from memory loss.

Northeastern is where everyone wants to go: Acceptance rate 7% (class of 2026)
Northeastern is where Smartest kids go: Middle 50% SAT: 1470-1540
Northeastern is where they want to stay once they get in: Retention rate 97% (7th among national universities)

UMass whatever is a much lower tier state school.
Congratulations to your cousin if they successfully transferred to Northeastern from UMass.

Get your head checked out by a brain doctor.
You are only in your 30s and already having a memory loss.

What a load of crap. It's a safety school, period.

Only in your delusional imaginary world.

I speak with data and facts.

Yes and the facts say it is ranked number 49. You just can't accept it and created your own "facts". Very trumpian of you.

Yes Northeatern kids don't care much about the random ranking or prestige.
Many of them can go to a bunch of higher ranked schools, but they chose value and fit.
They are very confident kids.

Those nubmer are still hard facts.
Numbers and data don't lie while the various rankings are subjective.

This is just demonstrably untrue, as evidenced by the behavior of NEU alums/students/boosters both on the internet and IRL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To OP and the over the top NEU boosters, I say this as nicely as I can. You are hurting yourselves with these obnoxious posts and the follow up responses. Let your school speak for itself. Don’t force people to move NEU up in their minds. Let your kid’s success speak for itself. What you’re doing here is pathetic.

Yes Northeastern kids are pretty successful.

Top feeder college to Tech - #15 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

Top feeder to Wall Street - #30 Northeastern
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Best Colleges in the U.S. by Salary Score - #23 Northeastern
https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

If you actually wanted to boost the school posts like this aren't how you go about it. Writing up what you like about the school and why you think kids should apply there is one thing. Claiming it's a top ten school when it's simply not (and then attacking people who point this basic fact out) makes you look obnoxious.

And I'll tell you, I remember being 16 and being super excited about a particular school running into an extremely obnoxious booster at an event and losing all interest. I didn't even apply.

One bad run in with an obnoxious booster absolutely can turn you off a school. So no, you're not actually doing Northeastern any favors with these threads.

I just provide some data, facts, and references.

Peopole do whatever they do with the info.

Why are you even here LOL

Why are you here? People are telling you if you're trying yo boost the school, you're having the opposite effect. So what exactly is your goal here?

This is a thread about Northeatern and I have a great deal of interest in it.
I correct wrong information and provide information.

By the way I'm not OP and I think OP is a troll or casully joking at the most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit older in my 30s but isn't NEU a 4 year community college? My cousin transferred from NEU to UMass after getting grades up to upgrade but that was several years ago.

You totally got it backward. Looks like you are already suffering from memory loss.

Northeastern is where everyone wants to go: Acceptance rate 7% (class of 2026)
Northeastern is where Smartest kids go: Middle 50% SAT: 1470-1540
Northeastern is where they want to stay once they get in: Retention rate 97% (7th among national universities)

UMass whatever is a much lower tier state school.
Congratulations to your cousin if they successfully transferred to Northeastern from UMass.

Get your head checked out by a brain doctor.
You are only in your 30s and already having a memory loss.

What a load of crap. It's a safety school, period.

Only in your delusional imaginary world.

I speak with data and facts.

Yes and the facts say it is ranked number 49. You just can't accept it and created your own "facts". Very trumpian of you.

Yes Northeatern kids don't care much about the random ranking or prestige.
Many of them can go to a bunch of higher ranked schools, but they chose value and fit.
They are very confident kids.

Those nubmer are still hard facts.
Numbers and data don't lie while the various rankings are subjective.

This is just demonstrably untrue, as evidenced by the behavior of NEU alums/students/boosters both on the internet and IRL.

I blame your mommy for this.

[Anonymous]

I find the hate for Northeastern University hilarious. They are so upset about Northeastern improving and investing in their university along the metrics of the same rankings that everyone holds up as gospel.

Northeastern is a very good school for what it does - co-ops. That's perfect for students that want a bachelors and immediately enter the workforce rather than going to medical/law/graduate school.

As an overall university, a school like Boston University is academically stronger for those interested in professional/graduate studies.

The SLACs that everyone claims is the perfect environment for undergraduate education essentially require the students to go on to graduate/professional schools because they do not invest in their career centers at all.

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is no ones dream school. Period. It gamed the rankings and isnt a target school for top tier employers. Perhaps the back office, but nothing more. It is a safety school for good students and a layup for great students. Period.

It's not even in the top 5 in Boston. Get real and stop thinking USNWR is the end all be all. They worked the rankings. Great. Doesnt change a pedestrian academic reputation.

Back-office? You realize the vast majority of office jobs are considered back-office? The job you are working is likely considered back-office.

The jobs that the vast majority of UVA grads get is back-office as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find the hate for Northeastern University hilarious. They are so upset about Northeastern improving and investing in their university along the metrics of the same rankings that everyone holds up as gospel.

Northeastern is a very good school for what it does - co-ops. That's perfect for students that want a bachelors and immediately enter the workforce rather than going to medical/law/graduate school.

As an overall university, a school like Boston University is academically stronger for those interested in professional/graduate studies.

The SLACs that everyone claims is the perfect environment for undergraduate education essentially require the students to go on to graduate/professional schools because they do not invest in their career centers at all.

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is no ones dream school. Period. It gamed the rankings and isnt a target school for top tier employers. Perhaps the back office, but nothing more. It is a safety school for good students and a layup for great students. Period.

It's not even in the top 5 in Boston. Get real and stop thinking USNWR is the end all be all. They worked the rankings. Great. Doesnt change a pedestrian academic reputation.

Back-office? You realize the vast majority of office jobs are considered back-office? The job you are working is likely considered back-office.

The jobs that the vast majority of UVA grads get is back-office as well.

I think your animus is misdirected. [Most] people aren't saying that NEU isn't a good school. They're taking issue with the fact that NEU boosters are trying to claim it's a T20 or T10 school, sometimes even at the expense of other schools. It's just overall unhinged and desperate behavior.