Scathing Summary of Northeastern Admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's not saying anything new. If any applicant hadn't learned this prior to applying they probably don't deserve to go to any top 100 school.

If the end (smaller class sizes, more faculty) serves the goal (higher ranking) doesn't everyone win?

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

Students at Northeastern are descrobed as bright, motivational, intellectual, and independent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how people describe the Common App as clicking a few buttons.

Tell me you've never filled out the app without telling me.

The marginal cost is near zero. The common app is overhead for almost any college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weird take — writer is upset that they LIE because they only give the main campus numbers and so many more are accepted to other programs, but goes on to say no one wants those other programs when they apply. Well, if applicants only want the main campus, then that 5% or whatever stat isn’t a lie, is it?

NP yeah, it is.

Using easy number, if 20,000 apply and 2000 are admitted to the main campus and 4000 are admitted to satellite campuses, their acceptance rate is 30% but they report it at 10%.

You all don’t complain like this when NYU and USC do spring admits, Vanderbilt gives Verto, and Cornell gives GT offers. None of that factors into the acceptance rate despite being virtually the same as NU.In

Northeastern has done a better job of gaming the USNWR ranking than almost any school that has ever existed in any timeline or alternate unverse.
That alone deserves at least a little bit of recognition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weird take — writer is upset that they LIE because they only give the main campus numbers and so many more are accepted to other programs, but goes on to say no one wants those other programs when they apply. Well, if applicants only want the main campus, then that 5% or whatever stat isn’t a lie, is it?

NP yeah, it is.

Using easy number, if 20,000 apply and 2000 are admitted to the main campus and 4000 are admitted to satellite campuses, their acceptance rate is 30% but they report it at 10%.

You all don’t complain like this when NYU and USC do spring admits, Vanderbilt gives Verto, and Cornell gives GT offers. None of that factors into the acceptance rate despite being virtually the same as NU.In

Northeastern has done a better job of gaming the USNWR ranking than almost any school that has ever existed in any timeline or alternate unverse.
That alone deserves at least a little bit of recognition.

+1

It's been a great sales strategy. But smoke and mirrors have been involved and it's ok to point that out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

Students at Northeastern are descrobed as bright, motivational, intellectual, and independent.

It might be helpful to have stats on ALL admitted students, instead of just Boston. Why not publicized those?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Weird take — writer is upset that they LIE because they only give the main campus numbers and so many more are accepted to other programs, but goes on to say no one wants those other programs when they apply. Well, if applicants only want the main campus, then that 5% or whatever stat isn’t a lie, is it?

NP yeah, it is.

Using easy number, if 20,000 apply and 2000 are admitted to the main campus and 4000 are admitted to satellite campuses, their acceptance rate is 30% but they report it at 10%.

You all don’t complain like this when NYU and USC do spring admits, Vanderbilt gives Verto, and Cornell gives GT offers. None of that factors into the acceptance rate despite being virtually the same as NU.In

Northeastern has done a better job of gaming the USNWR ranking than almost any school that has ever existed in any timeline or alternate unverse.
That alone deserves at least a little bit of recognition.

Many schools have actually been caught cheating such as UCBerkeley, Emory, Columbia, etc. yet I never see people reflexively bring that up to bash those schools. Northeastern haters are truly bizarre, the level of obsession is borderline pathological.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

Students at Northeastern are descrobed as bright, motivational, intellectual, and independent.

It might be helpful to have stats on ALL admitted students, instead of just Boston. Why not publicized those?

It’s test optional so not sure what that tells you.

[Anonymous]

You can see admitted student stats in scoir.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

Students at Northeastern are descrobed as bright, motivational, intellectual, and independent.

It might be helpful to have stats on ALL admitted students, instead of just Boston. Why not publicized those?

Because it would expose the school and reduce their ranking. They don't want to be a 30-40% acceptance rate school and go to absurd lengths to build that illusion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is about to graduate from Northeastern in a few weeks. Took him 4 years, including 2 co-ops (so only had classes for 6 semesters, plus a one month summer program). Its been a great experience for him, and he's found his peers to be bright and ambitious. Its not for everyone (and its not easy to get into, especially Boston), but for the right person, its a fantastic program.

So it's more of a vocational school?

Seems like it. I've come across no reviews from my research students that describe it as intellectual, rigorous or stimulating. Just a lot of info on co-ops and how to go about getting them. I think it has a more practical, vocational spirit?

Students at Northeastern are descrobed as bright, motivational, intellectual, and independent.

It might be helpful to have stats on ALL admitted students, instead of just Boston. Why not publicized those?

Because it would expose the school and reduce their ranking. They don't want to be a 30-40% acceptance rate school and go to absurd lengths to build that illusion.

30-40% acceptance rate is physically mathematically not possible if you have a brain.

[Anonymous]

Haters are obsessed with the acceptance rate and ranking, but these are the reasons why it's popular and people choose it.

- Satisfaction and result which are reflected in the first year retention and graduation rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Outcome
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?167358-Northeastern-University

- Cohort quality,
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/50-smartest-colleges-in-america-by-average-sat-score/2022047

These are top 10 20 30 level.

Of course there are other factors like location, diversity, various programs, etc.
The school has little bit of everything for everyone, hence the appeal to the wider audience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haters are obsessed with the acceptance rate and ranking, but these are the reasons why it's popular and people choose it.

- Satisfaction and result which are reflected in the first year retention and graduation rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Outcome
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?167358-Northeastern-University

- Cohort quality,
https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/50-smartest-colleges-in-america-by-average-sat-score/2022047

These are top 10 20 30 level.

Of course there are other factors like location, diversity, various programs, etc.
The school has little bit of everything for everyone, hence the appeal to the wider audience.

+1

People who aren’t obsessed over arbitrary rankings can appreciate what the school has to offer.

[Anonymous]

Always good to see the northeastern marketing department on here