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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without pandering to some of the idiocy here, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know:

https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/class-of-2028-early-decision-and-early-action-results


Boston:
EDI and EDII admission rates for class of 2028; 6400 applied EDI and EDII (ED II admission rate is 20%; 3,000 EDII applied, 600 admitted

Early Action admission rates: 56,000 appied, 2,640 admitted (5.6%) The AVERAGE SAT is 1500.

Last year, overall admission rate to NEU was 5.6%

For this year, more than 18% ED applicants chose NU.in as a first choice, so of the 1,000 or so NU.in freshmen, approximately 540 were selected ED. Northeastern will fill the remainin slots from 1) those RD applicants who chose NU.in; and 2) those RD applicants who were rejected from Boston

NU Mills/Oakland only has 400 freshmen, mostly social justice students and STEM students. Supposedly the admission rate is around 25% for that campus.

So if you are really interested in being sorry or happy for your supposed "friends' children", if they're studying in Boston be very very happy.

It was a sincere question, albeit framed in a goofy way. I really don't know much about it.

My kid didn't apply there, so I don't know much about it other than its reputation from 30+ years ago. My kid mentioned last night that only 1 of the 6 Northeastern kids in his HS class were admitted to the main campus, so I was curious how it works, whether the competitive numbers of late I've seen for Northeastern lately apply to all campuses or what ...

[Anonymous]

Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

Okay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

Okay

+1. Right? WTH? How the h&ll do you not know anything about a college you commit to? That you are paying for? Even if you were not paying for it? Even if it were free? You do no research? Who does that?

I know, because that does not happen. The haters make less and less sense: "a podcast says so, it must be true!" LOL.

A sane, responsible parent visits the college and asks questions with their DC. They don't aim at a dart board, then act surprised that questions arise. Holy cow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without pandering to some of the idiocy here, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know:

https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/class-of-2028-early-decision-and-early-action-results


Boston:
EDI and EDII admission rates for class of 2028; 6400 applied EDI and EDII (ED II admission rate is 20%; 3,000 EDII applied, 600 admitted

Early Action admission rates: 56,000 appied, 2,640 admitted (5.6%) The AVERAGE SAT is 1500.

Last year, overall admission rate to NEU was 5.6%

For this year, more than 18% ED applicants chose NU.in as a first choice, so of the 1,000 or so NU.in freshmen, approximately 540 were selected ED. Northeastern will fill the remainin slots from 1) those RD applicants who chose NU.in; and 2) those RD applicants who were rejected from Boston

NU Mills/Oakland only has 400 freshmen, mostly social justice students and STEM students. Supposedly the admission rate is around 25% for that campus.

So if you are really interested in being sorry or happy for your supposed "friends' children", if they're studying in Boston be very very happy.

It was a sincere question, albeit framed in a goofy way. I really don't know much about it.

My kid didn't apply there, so I don't know much about it other than its reputation from 30+ years ago. My kid mentioned last night that only 1 of the 6 Northeastern kids in his HS class were admitted to the main campus, so I was curious how it works, whether the competitive numbers of late I've seen for Northeastern lately apply to all campuses or what ...

THIS is the problem.

Please get up to speed on technology in general or Google at a minimum.

The data is out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

I’m not sure what is wrong with you but the time you spend hating Northeastern could be better spent doing just about anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

I’m not sure what is wrong with you but the time you spend hating Northeastern could be better spent doing just about anything else.

What's wrong with you that you don't allow anyone else to have a different opinion than you. These are statements from college counselors not me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

I’m not sure what is wrong with you but the time you spend hating Northeastern could be better spent doing just about anything else.

What's wrong with you that you don't allow anyone else to have a different opinion than you. These are statements from college counselors not me.

It’s the effort you take to research and type it all up.

Why don’t you spend time doing all that for something you love not something you hate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

I’m not sure what is wrong with you but the time you spend hating Northeastern could be better spent doing just about anything else.

What's wrong with you that you don't allow anyone else to have a different opinion than you. These are statements from college counselors not me.

It’s the effort you take to research and type it all up.

Why don’t you spend time doing all that for something you love not something you hate?

Have you heard of copy paste? Just read the transcript from the podcast and it seemed relevant. Much more than your mental help diatribes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great comment from recent YCBK podcast (both of hosts are professionals that worked with kids applying to college this year):
"I am still perplexed by Northeastern. I have, I especially this year. They took some really, I was actually shocked at some of the students they took and they all had being full pay in common. "

And this part also about NEU "I just, I have students that actually can't afford to go there that are going because they got into a sub 10% admit rate school. They didn't even know it's of maybe a five year program. Yeah. I don't, I don't, I I I just, I don't think it's right. I think it's really unethical. I'm sorry"

Don't fall for the hype people.

I’m not sure what is wrong with you but the time you spend hating Northeastern could be better spent doing just about anything else.

What's wrong with you that you don't allow anyone else to have a different opinion than you. These are statements from college counselors not me.

Yeah, I didn't get that either. You posted some criticism by legit counselors and PP jumps on it screaming hater. I wonder how many times she's posted and how many people she's gaslit just for being critical of this school. The phenomenon is bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without pandering to some of the idiocy here, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know:

https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/class-of-2028-early-decision-and-early-action-results


Boston:
EDI and EDII admission rates for class of 2028; 6400 applied EDI and EDII (ED II admission rate is 20%; 3,000 EDII applied, 600 admitted

Early Action admission rates: 56,000 appied, 2,640 admitted (5.6%) The AVERAGE SAT is 1500.

Last year, overall admission rate to NEU was 5.6%

For this year, more than 18% ED applicants chose NU.in as a first choice, so of the 1,000 or so NU.in freshmen, approximately 540 were selected ED. Northeastern will fill the remainin slots from 1) those RD applicants who chose NU.in; and 2) those RD applicants who were rejected from Boston

NU Mills/Oakland only has 400 freshmen, mostly social justice students and STEM students. Supposedly the admission rate is around 25% for that campus.

So if you are really interested in being sorry or happy for your supposed "friends' children", if they're studying in Boston be very very happy.

It was a sincere question, albeit framed in a goofy way. I really don't know much about it.

My kid didn't apply there, so I don't know much about it other than its reputation from 30+ years ago. My kid mentioned last night that only 1 of the 6 Northeastern kids in his HS class were admitted to the main campus, so I was curious how it works, whether the competitive numbers of late I've seen for Northeastern lately apply to all campuses or what ...

THIS is the problem.

Please get up to speed on technology in general or Google at a minimum.

The data is out there.

+1. There is more than one poster from each side, but those who are opposed to NEU go to great lengths to revive their thread, then try to slink away after they are proven wrong....again.

The only "phenomenon" (other PP) is the derogatory posts about some place that you supposedly "didn't apply to".

Yeah, sure. And I have a bridge to sell you.

[Anonymous]

I don't know why this is such a heated topic here. There's no question that NEU has increased in prestige in the last decade. The acceptance rate is 5%, that alone shows that it is in high demand right now. Whether it's top 10, 20, 50 is up for debate, but based on what I'm hearing from DC it is easily in the same consideration set as the lower ivies, top publics, vandy, washu, etc. I personally know a student who took NEU over Cornell this cycle for computer science specifically for the co-op program, even though NEU is more expensive. Students are saavy these days and know how important it is to get job experience.

[Anonymous]

I saw the previous topic about selectivity. No doubt that Northeastern's Boston campus is about as selective as they come. I am not an expert in higher education, but I would have no problem sending my high stat kid there as a business major. Of course, I don't get to decide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is such a heated topic here. There's no question that NEU has increased in prestige in the last decade. The acceptance rate is 5%, that alone shows that it is in high demand right now. Whether it's top 10, 20, 50 is up for debate, but based on what I'm hearing from DC it is easily in the same consideration set as the lower ivies, top publics, vandy, washu, etc. I personally know a student who took NEU over Cornell this cycle for computer science specifically for the co-op program, even though NEU is more expensive. Students are saavy these days and know how important it is to get job experience.

+1. Agree. Clearly that fact irritates OP and their ilk and/or compadres. They keep coming back for more. LOL.