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Anonymous
NP here with no connection to NU. My child didn't apply. To be fair to other PPs, I think the fact that NU was featured in the Jeff Selingo book is what gives a lot of people the impressions they have about the school. I didn't know much about it at all, except that a friend's kid liked it but didn't go due to the expense. But Selingo does spell out pretty clearly all the steps the school took to try to rise in the rankings. A lot of people are going to have opinions about all of that. |
Anonymous
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How in the world can you think that if you switch to EDI you are obligated to go to a campus that you did not select?
Are people that obtuse, or more obviously. trying to throw shade at NEU even though they're doing nothing others aren't doing? If you don't want NU.in, you don't need to go. That simple. Just like Hamilton has their internationals, NYU their spring admits, Tulane their spring admits, etc, etc etc |
Anonymous
+1 Almost every school I know has something like this. UVA has UVA Wise. |
Anonymous
The pp is correct though. It was a non competitive commuter school. |
Anonymous
About 70 years ago. If OP wants a commuter school, GMU is a fine choice. |
Anonymous
| I have no skin in this game--my DC looked at NU and decided it was too big--but a huge number of kids from their school applied to NU last year (including several of their close friends) and very few got in...and then everyone talked about how "overrated" it is. There's a LOT of sour grapes about this school. |
Anonymous
Even though the BU campus extends horizontally down Comm Ave, if you visit BU Beach or near Nickerson Field, you'll find a nice campus vibe. Additionally, the view from many school buildings toward the Charles River is impressive. |
Anonymous
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omg. The way Northeastern lives rent free in so many of your heads. lol.
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Anonymous
So, if MIT was third rate by your logic in the 1970s, what does that make NEU during that same timeframe? |
Anonymous
DP. I went to college in the Boston area in the late late 90s, it was definitely a commuter school at that time. Definitely 3rd tier behind BC BU even Babson. I get that you love NEU today, but you can’t rewrite history. |
Anonymous
Good call. Most likely would be waitlisted. Stay away from the mushrooms! |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
We barely start using internet in the 90s. Nobody cares BC BU were better school back then. It's 21st century already and the age of AI began. Keep up! |
Anonymous
Looks like you really believed MIT was MIT from the beginning, the #1 school in the world leading science and technology. It was regarded as a vocational school almost until around 1950. It began to rise thanks to WWII and the Cold War when it started receiving federal funding for research. Until then, top students wanted to go to European universities to further their study and research. Most of the US colleges start small like that. Imagine some Europeans keep saying MIT was a vocational school and 2nd rate 3rd tier school until the 70s. Imagine whenever MIT comes up, HEY, MIT was a vocational school and lower-tier than European universities back then. Okay, whatever, Doesn't mean anything, and they look stupid. What's important is today. |
Anonymous
What’s stupid is you continuing to say MIT and Northeastern in the same sentence. Yes, MIT benefited from funding. It rose to be what it is from is research and contributions to the science and technology field. Northeastern benefitted from a university president that gamed the system. It’s ‘rise’ has been well documented. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/ |