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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there are many people fed up of the relentless hard sell marketing and propaganda.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northeastern has one of the highest SAT scores in the country, including when the country was test mandatory back in 2020. No doubt the Boston campus freshmen students are top notch. I personally feel having alternative pathways like NU.in is a great asset.

Boston University has an entire spring admit program. NYU does too. Many of these highly selective private schools do it. I guess many people are jealous that a few hundred wealthy students get to attend a private school because they can afford it. I don't understand the negative feelings otherwise.

+1. Agree.. The dramatic language and frequent posts make no other sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would venture to guess that 16:23, 17:43 and 17:50 are all the SAME person.

You should ask Jeff. I am 17:43, but I don't know for sure the other two are same person.

I am 16:23 but not 17:50 so your theory is blown.

Wow. Is OP or PP stalking someone? I hope not - that seems quite creepy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would venture to guess that 16:23, 17:43 and 17:50 are all the SAME person.

You should ask Jeff. I am 17:43, but I don't know for sure the other two are same person.

I am 16:23 but not 17:50 so your theory is blown.

Wow. Is OP or PP stalking someone? I hope not - that seems quite creepy.

How does one stalk someone on an anonymous forum?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would venture to guess that 16:23, 17:43 and 17:50 are all the SAME person.

You should ask Jeff. I am 17:43, but I don't know for sure the other two are same person.

I am 16:23 but not 17:50 so your theory is blown.

Wow. Is OP or PP stalking someone? I hope not - that seems quite creepy.

How does one stalk someone on an anonymous forum?

NEU boosters are not only dillusional; they are paranoid.

[Anonymous]

NEU bashers are living in the past and had children rejected from NEU. They are clearly unable to let it go and move on with their lives. How sad for them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because Boston is great and kids are less interested in slacs now.

Boston is cold.

[Anonymous]

It's a combination of many good things that makes the school popular.

- Great urban location, there are ton of kids who prefer good urban location. Boson is also one of the most popular
- Relatively cohesive nice modern looking campus for an urban location
Our family of 5 visited the four peer schools - Tufts, Boston College, Boston Univ, and Northeastern Univ, and Northeastern was top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination.
- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's like top 5 among national universities.
- Good balance. The school pay much attention to CS, Engineering, Science and other STEM areas, but also very strong in Business, Art & Design, pre-med, and other areas. It's well rounded unlike other Engineering heavy schools
- Outcomes. Coop program contributes to this, but ultimately outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools
- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools.
- Sports and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has very good D1 hockey team and have little bit of everything for everyone.
- etc.

It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU bashers are living in the past and had children rejected from NEU. They are clearly unable to let it go and move on with their lives. How sad for them

Hahahahaha. Maybe. But there are so many of us who are just over the marketer constantly promoting this school. Our kids didn't apply. We just object to the incessant spam and bodacious claims.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU bashers are living in the past and had children rejected from NEU. They are clearly unable to let it go and move on with their lives. How sad for them

Hahahahaha. Maybe. But there are so many of us who are just over the marketer constantly promoting this school. Our kids didn't apply. We just object to the incessant spam and bodacious claims.

So much obsession over a college your kid didn't even apply.
WTF seek help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a combination of many good things that makes the school popular.

- Great urban location, there are ton of kids who prefer good urban location. Boson is also one of the most popular
- Relatively cohesive nice modern looking campus for an urban location
Our family of 5 visited the four peer schools - Tufts, Boston College, Boston Univ, and Northeastern Univ, and Northeastern was top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination.
- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's like top 5 among national universities.
- Good balance. The school pay much attention to CS, Engineering, Science and other STEM areas, but also very strong in Business, Art & Design, pre-med, and other areas. It's well rounded unlike other Engineering heavy schools
- Outcomes. Coop program contributes to this, but ultimately outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools
- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools.
- Sports and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has very good D1 hockey team and have little bit of everything for everyone.
- etc.

It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular.

This.

And NEU is intentional in wanting to be a global campus. With over 98,000 applications, they can be picky for all programs.

[Anonymous]

Is Northeastern going to be test optional next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a combination of many good things that makes the school popular.

- Great urban location, there are ton of kids who prefer good urban location. Boson is also one of the most popular
- Relatively cohesive nice modern looking campus for an urban location
Our family of 5 visited the four peer schools - Tufts, Boston College, Boston Univ, and Northeastern Univ, and Northeastern was top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination.
- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's like top 5 among national universities.
- Good balance. The school pay much attention to CS, Engineering, Science and other STEM areas, but also very strong in Business, Art & Design, pre-med, and other areas. It's well rounded unlike other Engineering heavy schools
- Outcomes. Coop program contributes to this, but ultimately outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools
- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools.
- Sports and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has very good D1 hockey team and have little bit of everything for everyone.
- etc.

It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular.

This.

And NEU is intentional in wanting to be a global campus. With over 98,000 applications, they can be picky for all programs.

Agree. It seems the parents that come here really thought that their kid would be admitted, for some reason. Now, since they were not admitted, it is their life's mission to come to DCUM every few weeks and try to repeat their weak arguments. I certainly hope none of the OPs, and those like them, are lawyers! All of their "arguments" have been disproved several times by people in the (actual) know, to their dismay.

You learn so much about people on even the most ridiculous DCUM threads. Like attracts like. Hi Marcy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a combination of many good things that makes the school popular.

- Great urban location, there are ton of kids who prefer good urban location. Boson is also one of the most popular
- Relatively cohesive nice modern looking campus for an urban location
Our family of 5 visited the four peer schools - Tufts, Boston College, Boston Univ, and Northeastern Univ, and Northeastern was top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination.
- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's like top 5 among national universities.
- Good balance. The school pay much attention to CS, Engineering, Science and other STEM areas, but also very strong in Business, Art & Design, pre-med, and other areas. It's well rounded unlike other Engineering heavy schools
- Outcomes. Coop program contributes to this, but ultimately outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools
- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools.
- Sports and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has very good D1 hockey team and have little bit of everything for everyone.
- etc.

It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular.

+1

Excellent summary.

DC visited the same schools ( except Tufts) during spring break and liked Northeastern the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a combination of many good things that makes the school popular.

- Great urban location, there are ton of kids who prefer good urban location. Boson is also one of the most popular
- Relatively cohesive nice modern looking campus for an urban location
Our family of 5 visited the four peer schools - Tufts, Boston College, Boston Univ, and Northeastern Univ, and Northeastern was top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination.
- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's like top 5 among national universities.
- Good balance. The school pay much attention to CS, Engineering, Science and other STEM areas, but also very strong in Business, Art & Design, pre-med, and other areas. It's well rounded unlike other Engineering heavy schools
- Outcomes. Coop program contributes to this, but ultimately outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools
- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools.
- Sports and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has very good D1 hockey team and have little bit of everything for everyone.
- etc.

It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular.

This sockpuppet is getting tiring.

The bolded is one of many reasons this school sucks according to my kid. He wanted football weekends and got to an elite school with great football. We actually appreciated that because we would travel to see him on those weekends. Northeastern is lackluster and sad by comparison. PS, DC did not apply so don't say we were rejected lol.