Why is Northeastern (NEU) so popular with both parents and students these days?

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Anonymous wrote:Too long thread. Didn’t read it. But surely someone noted this: marketing. Read ‘Who gets in and Why’ - details NEU wish in late 90s to crack T100. Clearly reached goal - and more.

It's the opposite. Their marketing doesn't seem to work.
Never heard of it until we actively start researching for colleges.
One of my kids is attending now.

Your kid wouldn't be attending it now if it were 170th.

Now 50ish and well within top 100.

NEU: mission accomplished.

[Anonymous]

It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone on here wants the promote Northeastern, but it is not working. I hope it is an overzealous parent and that the school is not condoning or paying for this.

I’m not a parent with kids there and have nothing to do with it but I have posted when posters write ridiculous misinformation. A lot of people just correcting people inexplicably trying to portray it as less than it is.

The biggest question is this: If you are not applying or not attending, what should you care what other people do or do not do? Not one person that I know who attends or attended HYPSM, and I know quite a few, come here to rant about kids who got into lesser schools - but the opposite/inverse is not necessarily true, so these threads just state that OP was rejected and not feeling so great about it. Get over it, though. You are making an arse of yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine why anyone has the need to espouse so much hatred for a school they claim holds no interest and no value to them. Nealry 100,000 kids are clamoring for only 3,000 Boston spots, so there are tens of thousands who feel differently than you. In the words of Elsa, "Let. It. Go."

Agree. What is the definition os insanity? Posting about a school over and over hoping for different results? OP is what mental illness looks like. If "no one cares" about a school, why are there so many threads and posts about it? It's a good school. Let it go.

+1000.

So done with this post on NEU resurfacing every few months.

If the school is good for your kids, great! Why the need to defend it so much? What is the OP trying to prove?

Same with negative false information. Why bother doing that? It’s not fair to people legitimately looking for info. If you know nothing about the school, you should have no opinion either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine why anyone has the need to espouse so much hatred for a school they claim holds no interest and no value to them. Nealry 100,000 kids are clamoring for only 3,000 Boston spots, so there are tens of thousands who feel differently than you. In the words of Elsa, "Let. It. Go."

Agree. What is the definition os insanity? Posting about a school over and over hoping for different results? OP is what mental illness looks like. If "no one cares" about a school, why are there so many threads and posts about it? It's a good school. Let it go.

+1000.

So done with this post on NEU resurfacing every few months.

If the school is good for your kids, great! Why the need to defend it so much? What is the OP trying to prove?

Same with negative false information. Why bother doing that? It’s not fair to people legitimately looking for info. If you know nothing about the school, you should have no opinion either way.

+1. Agree. The OP and those like them come across as extremely ignorant. I have not seen posts to hype a school, but I have definitely seen posts to try to spread false information. I am shocked that the latter is allowed. Perhaps such posts are not about the school at all, but instead about how the OP feels about himself and his life. Be grateful you are not him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Go back to your troll like existence because no one cares what you have heard.

[Anonymous]

NEU is a fantastic school in a great location. Every year the students are getting better and better. They have incredible outcomes. The co-op program isn't for everyone, but what a great experience if that is the path you choose!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Go back to your troll like existence because no one cares what you have heard.

It is a fine school but by USNWR it isn’t T50. Bragging rights just isn’t the right word. It is a solid school no doubt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU is a fantastic school in a great location. Every year the students are getting better and better. They have incredible outcomes. The co-op program isn't for everyone, but what a great experience if that is the path you choose!

Why is Boston so desirable? The winters are brutal and it is an expensive city. I went to college there and would say the location was a strong negative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Oh it’s a thing. People get dupped into thinking their artificially low acceptance rate is impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Couldn’t be the co-op program and experiential learning leading to jobs could it?

Or the hundreds of millions it’s pumped into dorms and research centers.


Nah it can only be the marketing and gaming the system. DCUM is stuck in the 90s. 🙄

Dorms? Most kids are in apartments sophomore year, and most are only doing one coop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Oh it’s a thing. People get dupped into thinking their artificially low acceptance rate is impressive.

Each year 100,000 students and their parents are duped. For some reason, they aren't as smart as you. Makes sense. Or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Oh it’s a thing. People get dupped into thinking their artificially low acceptance rate is impressive.

What is artificial about it? A 2% acceptance rate is still a 2% acceptance rate. Not even Columbia can touch neu, even with 4% acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It isn't rocket science why the school gets so many applications, the acceptance rate alone drives FOMO and bragging rights for students who get in, which drives even more people to apply the next year in a self feeding loop. The acceptance rate likely will be 1.5 to 2% this year, I wouldn't be surprised if drops as low as 0.5% in the coming year or two.

Bragging rights for attending northeastern? Now I have heard of everything.

Oh it’s a thing. People get dupped into thinking their artificially low acceptance rate is impressive.

What is artificial about it? A 2% acceptance rate is still a 2% acceptance rate. Not even Columbia can touch neu, even with 4% acceptance rate.

Now you are just trolling. NEUs acceptance rate is around 7%. But they take 1/3 early decisions, and 1/4 of their class is study abroad which aren't counted. Sure they have an impressive yield of 50%, but factor in its study abroad campuses and its actual acceptance rate is 15% or so. Much much different than 2%