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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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