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

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Anonymous wrote:Mark and Julia pull back the curtain on Northeastern’s faux-selectivity on the latest episode of YCBK. Unlike the posters here, they’re not anonymous and they’re not ignorant…

But why does it matter so much to you? Ask yourself that question. There are few schools that garner this much attention. Your kid knows it matters so much to you. You are hurting your kid by posting here so often, about the same subject. You need to move on - it is not good for your family.

Your frequent posting detracts from your argument. Of course people who have a positive experience with a school are going to correct you. What did you expect? Parents should not need a book or a podcast or whatever to lead them in the right direction - for THEIR kid. Every kid is different. Parents should be visiting schools, talking to alum, and doing their research first hand. Be the parent.

Decide that you are okay with your kid not being admitted. Decide to be okay with your kid. Decide to find a place where your kid shines. You are the parent - be the parent. Coming here and posting may make you feel good and give you a minor shot of dopamine for a millisecond, but how is it helping your family? How is the instant gratification helping your family? How is the lack of impulse control helping your family? If posting here so often truly helped you at all, you would not keep coming back to the same topic to post.

Think of the long term, and how you can find the best fit for YOUR student, and make decisions in a positive direction. Do not take time away from your family in a negative direction.

Woah. Misdirected fire. My oldest is a HS junior and I've never had any particular interest in Northeastern. The first time I clicked this thread was after I listened to the YCBK episode and realized part of it was right on-point for the thread's title so worth a quick share. Just trying to be helpful for the folks who are interested in the school--of which there obviously are lots. But do carry on; I won't be back.

Bye!

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Mark and Julie should crunch some numbers if they strive to be successful tik tok influencers. The numbers are there so they could really leave their "feelings" at the door.

2500 Boston freshmen, admit rate 6%
1000 NU.in, admit rate 24%
435 Mills/Oakland, 35%

100,000 applications you are going to have quite a few admits

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I'm a huge YCBK fan, and I don't have a kid who is in or has ever applied to Northeastern but I thought this conversation was overly harsh.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a huge YCBK fan, and I don't have a kid who is in or has ever applied to Northeastern but I thought this conversation was overly harsh.

+1. Same - sounded like another rejected applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:My child was accepted to NU in London. They do not allow any financial aid for that first year, which is ridiculous. She chose a Virginia university instead.

Most of the nuin/global scholars are rich kids/full pay. Because nobody needing fa would seriously consider attending a 90k school without some fa.

Interesting. This seems to be a sore spot with you - that most private college students are full pay. Tell us more.

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Anonymous wrote:Marketing. DC keeps receiving unsolicited marketing mail from NEU.

My kid started receiving from 9th grade…no interest.

Interesting. They have not marketed in many years.

What’s interesting about it??? It’s the truth. In fact, NEU was the first school to mail my daughter a brochure very early into 9th grade and did not stop with marketing mail until just before application deadlines.

Sure. Whatever you say. s/

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NEU boosters are catching up to Georgetown, Notre Dame and Tulane boosters.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Marketing. DC keeps receiving unsolicited marketing mail from NEU.

My kid started receiving from 9th grade…no interest.

Interesting. They have not marketed in many years.

What’s interesting about it??? It’s the truth. In fact, NEU was the first school to mail my daughter a brochure very early into 9th grade and did not stop with marketing mail until just before application deadlines.

Sure. Whatever you say. s/[/quot


Sure, I’m just making up stories. You are delusional. NEU should have saved the postage.

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Anonymous wrote:NEU boosters are catching up to Georgetown, Notre Dame and Tulane boosters.

The school gets 100k applications! See NYU, UCLA, etc.

Don't have to "boost" much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Marketing. DC keeps receiving unsolicited marketing mail from NEU.

My kid started receiving from 9th grade…no interest.

Interesting. They have not marketed in many years.

What’s interesting about it??? It’s the truth. In fact, NEU was the first school to mail my daughter a brochure very early into 9th grade and did not stop with marketing mail until just before application deadlines.

Sure. Whatever you say. s/[/quot


Sure, I’m just making up stories. You are delusional. NEU should have saved the postage. [/quote

And may I add, when schools received the NMF names, NEU ramped up the mailings to my daughter just like Vanderbilt, NYU, Chicago, Rice, on and on…

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I checked Northeatern's common data set. They received 96,000 applications last year. I guess this year they are saying they received more than 98,000.

I think that is a very popular school with international stem students. Being in Boston is a huge boost also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mark and Julia pull back the curtain on Northeastern’s faux-selectivity on the latest episode of YCBK. Unlike the posters here, they’re not anonymous and they’re not ignorant…

But why does it matter so much to you? Ask yourself that question. There are few schools that garner this much attention. Your kid knows it matters so much to you. You are hurting your kid by posting here so often, about the same subject. You need to move on - it is not good for your family.

Your frequent posting detracts from your argument. Of course people who have a positive experience with a school are going to correct you. What did you expect? Parents should not need a book or a podcast or whatever to lead them in the right direction - for THEIR kid. Every kid is different. Parents should be visiting schools, talking to alum, and doing their research first hand. Be the parent.

Decide that you are okay with your kid not being admitted. Decide to be okay with your kid. Decide to find a place where your kid shines. You are the parent - be the parent. Coming here and posting may make you feel good and give you a minor shot of dopamine for a millisecond, but how is it helping your family? How is the instant gratification helping your family? How is the lack of impulse control helping your family? If posting here so often truly helped you at all, you would not keep coming back to the same topic to post.

Think of the long term, and how you can find the best fit for YOUR student, and make decisions in a positive direction. Do not take time away from your family in a negative direction.

Woah. Misdirected fire. My oldest is a HS junior and I've never had any particular interest in Northeastern. The first time I clicked this thread was after I listened to the YCBK episode and realized part of it was right on-point for the thread's title so worth a quick share. Just trying to be helpful for the folks who are interested in the school--of which there obviously are lots. But do carry on; I won't be back.

Bye!

DP. Yes, usher out the facts. This whole thread is nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:NEU boosters are catching up to Georgetown, Notre Dame and Tulane boosters.

The school gets 100k applications! See NYU, UCLA, etc.

Don't have to "boost" much.

I can’t respect a school that does not require at least one supplemental essay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU boosters are catching up to Georgetown, Notre Dame and Tulane boosters.

The school gets 100k applications! See NYU, UCLA, etc.

Don't have to "boost" much.

I can’t respect a school that does not require at least one supplemental essay.

Unusual attribute to consider when exploring US colleges and universities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mark and Julia pull back the curtain on Northeastern’s faux-selectivity on the latest episode of YCBK. Unlike the posters here, they’re not anonymous and they’re not ignorant…

Great episode confirming a few of my suspicions. You can almost see it on our hs’s Scattergrams. I think they grab these full pay kids with 1200s on the SAT but TO. The yield is sky high for this cohort.

I just listened to this. I can't believe that Northeastern only counts the admit rate to their Boston campus to make the admit rate seem a lot lower than it is. It seems that most kids get admitted through the other transfer options.

Makes sense. Northeastern is synonymous with the Boston campus. No one cares about Oakland or London.

One can quibble about the admit tactics, but it's obviously evident that it's Boston campus is a popular and desirable location for admission.

When you apply, do you have a choice in the matter? Or are you just told " congrats you have been accepted to the Oakland campus"? I'm a mom of a junior and so all of this is very new.

You don’t really have a choice. They ask “are you willing to be off Boston campus freshman year” but it’s largely ignored.

If neu is your top choice nuin and global scholars are a viable way to get there. Just know what you are getting into.
The parents Fb page currently has 2 + posts about parents complaining their nuin kdid did not adjust well. Several are planning to transfer, and are asking “when did it get better for your kid”
Got housed with people they didn’t know, often upperclassmen because that’s who goes on coop. There’s even an upper-class parent complaining their kid got some of those Jan freshman and it did not go well. So just know the facts going in—housing can be a bit rough and transitional.
Me personally I cannot imagine my kid doing well with a semester abroad then being assigned housing with random strangers for Jan in Boston. So they turned down their NUIn offer and chose somewhere else.

Also know that with the economy the way it is, coops are much more challenging to get. If tech companies are layingoff people they likely are not hiring coops. So you have to work extremely hard to find coops now, and might not succeed

Thank you! Your post was very helpful. I think William & Mary offers a similar pathway for spring admits (when you have to go abroad or community college for the fall). They, have same housing issues where those who choose this pathway will often be housed with upperclassmen when they get on campus. I think with college being such a new and challenging experience for many 18 year olds, I wouldn't want my kid to have to go abroad immediately before starting on campus.

Yes, it depends upon the kid. But many would do better in a more traditional experience of starting on campus fall semester with all the other freshman.
So we simply turned down the opportunity and choose the better school option.
But yes, if you are full pay, rather than WL you, you are likely to get a NUIn/Global Scholars offer. And no, you cannot change to Boston.

As my kid said, well technically I was only rejected from one school: ED that turned to deferral to RD and then rejection. Otherwise they got WL at 2 Reaches, NEU Global Scholars, and in, with excellent merit for many, at all other choices.