Scathing Summary of Northeastern Admissions

[Anonymous]

Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just so odd that because some boomer parent had their kid rejected from Northeastern that it burns their soul so much they go on this quest to inform the world that Northeastern is the evil empire?

Northeastern is the poster child of how to survive as an academic institution in this day and age. Unfortunately for the OP they are thriving.

Nobody from an educated background is letting their kids apply to NEU. Full stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

Honey, it is not even T100 among those with basic critical thinking skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

I don't think you can put NEU in same category as BC, Tufts, or even BU.

BC and Tufts have always been in T40 and BU in T70. Northeastern is relatively new to the US News Rankings of T50 and it's position there hasn't yet become solid. Time will tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just so odd that because some boomer parent had their kid rejected from Northeastern that it burns their soul so much they go on this quest to inform the world that Northeastern is the evil empire?

Northeastern is the poster child of how to survive as an academic institution in this day and age. Unfortunately for the OP they are thriving.

Nobody from an educated background is letting their kids apply to NEU. Full stop.

+1. If the only way NEU can survive is by manipulating data, perhaps it’s a signal that it just can’t compete academically. My DC will stick with her T10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

I don't think you can put NEU in same category as BC, Tufts, or even BU.

BC and Tufts have always been in T40 and BU in T70. Northeastern is relatively new to the US News Rankings of T50 and it's position there hasn't yet become solid. Time will tell.

Bu is now t50, I think it is 42? Northeastern was sub 100 for a long time, started manipulating data, and now is t50. I think NEU has employed sketchy admissions and manipulated other stats to raise their ranking quickly. That being said, I think the coop program is better than anything BU, BC, or Tufts offers if your kid isnt a natural go getter who is going to get their own higher level internships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

There are like 100 colleges around the Boston metropolitan area.
Only BU, BC, Tufts, and Northeastern along with a couple LACs became what they are.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think anyone would argue NEU belongs among the T125-T200 schools.

However, fixating on the ranking and admissions stats is a red flag and suggests that there is a disconnect between what the school actually offers students and their numbers.

Look for where the alumni of any school have landed in life. If the alumni placement and network is strong, that means more than statistics derived by marketing departments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

I don't think you can put NEU in same category as BC, Tufts, or even BU.

BC and Tufts have always been in T40 and BU in T70. Northeastern is relatively new to the US News Rankings of T50 and it's position there hasn't yet become solid. Time will tell.

I don't see many good candidates to replace Northeastern unless USN&WR put more mediocre pubic schools in T50.
It's staying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

I don't think you can put NEU in same category as BC, Tufts, or even BU.

BC and Tufts have always been in T40 and BU in T70. Northeastern is relatively new to the US News Rankings of T50 and it's position there hasn't yet become solid. Time will tell.

I don't see many good candidates to replace Northeastern unless USN&WR put more mediocre pubic schools in T50.
It's staying.

Anybody can create a ranking and USNWR is just one of them. USNWR uses school provided statistics to create their rankings, so if the school employs creative approaches to fudge the numbers, they are essentially manipulating their rankings in USNWR.

You should check out 10 other rankings and see how NEU does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone would argue NEU belongs among the T125-T200 schools.

However, fixating on the ranking and admissions stats is a red flag and suggests that there is a disconnect between what the school actually offers students and their numbers.

Look for where the alumni of any school have landed in life. If the alumni placement and network is strong, that means more than statistics derived by marketing departments.

You can reflag it all day long, 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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Being a T50, Northeastern has leveraged its location along with BU, BC and Tufts. Those schools have piggybacked on the reputation of Boston with Harvard and MIT as the center of academia. That's one of the reasons those schools are thriving and schools like Syracuse are declining.

I don't think you can put NEU in same category as BC, Tufts, or even BU.

BC and Tufts have always been in T40 and BU in T70. Northeastern is relatively new to the US News Rankings of T50 and it's position there hasn't yet become solid. Time will tell.

Bu is now t50, I think it is 42? Northeastern was sub 100 for a long time, started manipulating data, and now is t50. I think NEU has employed sketchy admissions and manipulated other stats to raise their ranking quickly. That being said, I think the coop program is better than anything BU, BC, or Tufts offers if your kid isnt a natural go getter who is going to get their own higher level internships.

Instead of just citing USNWR like a caveman, check out where other dozens of other rankings place NEU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone would argue NEU belongs among the T125-T200 schools.

However, fixating on the ranking and admissions stats is a red flag and suggests that there is a disconnect between what the school actually offers students and their numbers.

Look for where the alumni of any school have landed in life. If the alumni placement and network is strong, that means more than statistics derived by marketing departments.

You can reflag it all day long, 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

Are these supposed to be good? Anything that relies on school provided numbers can be ignored. So all of that can be ignored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone would argue NEU belongs among the T125-T200 schools.

However, fixating on the ranking and admissions stats is a red flag and suggests that there is a disconnect between what the school actually offers students and their numbers.

Look for where the alumni of any school have landed in life. If the alumni placement and network is strong, that means more than statistics derived by marketing departments.

You can reflag it all day long, 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

Are these supposed to be good? Anything that relies on school provided numbers can be ignored. So all of that can be ignored.

Sure go with your gut feeling.

[Anonymous]

What is with this thread? Why is there so much hate for what is a fairly decent school? Northeastern isn't Harvard nor is it trying to be. It's trying to be successful in the current market. Plenty of students are choosing it and I don't understand why that offends people