Northeastern Admittances

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It’s a strange model, and not your traditional college experience. For some kids it’s a great place to be. For others, the coop thing is certainly not their cup of tea. If you want a traditional college experience, this isn’t it.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred, MCPS 1550 SAT, 4.8w GPA, varsity captain, leadership blah blah. Slightly bummed but my kid showed little demonstrated interest in the school so I can't say I'm too surprised. Lesson learned.

How was he supposed to show interest? Do they even have supplemental essays? I thought NEU has risen in rankings by aggressively going after high stats kids just like yours, interest or no interest

Last year and this year, I have seen a lot of high stat kids getting rejected.
People are suspecting yeild protection, but not sure what is actually going on.

This is really weird. Scatter grams for our school shows all green for certain gpa and SAT. Didn’t think NU was ‘selective’ in the same way as Ivies. This is really nuts!

It's certainly not selective in the same way as Ivies,
but it's acceptance rate has been 18-20% recently(I suspect it's going to be lower this year),
and the popularity has been skyrocketing.
It certainly has the power to be selective in its own way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a strange model, and not your traditional college experience. For some kids it’s a great place to be. For others, the coop thing is certainly not their cup of tea. If you want a traditional college experience, this isn’t it.

It's a model which is gaining huge popularity.
You have to start worrying about internships almost right after starting college, and Northeastern basically takes care of that big headache for you, and that actually translates to starting your career after graduation.
This is a huge upside for a large population compared to sacrificing some traditional college experience (football team? Greek life? whatever that could be) .

Also, it's right in the middle of a major city and actually has a nice campus that actually feels like college compared to its peers like Boston U or NYU. The trend is that kids favor colleges in the city. You would say it's less of a traditional college experience, but you can still make it enough of a traditional college experience. On the other hand all the upside are pretty big, thus the popularity is skyrocketing.

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Anonymous wrote:The N.U.In program (first semester abroad) is not a bad option if Northeastern is one of the top choices and you don't get a very satisfying second option.
You spend the frist semester (not one year) at a country like UK, Italy, Irland, etc. Knock off a few general freshmen requirements while having a global experience.
Ideally you would want to start the college at the main campus but a chunk of student body comes in and out at Northeatern for COOP anyways.

It is almost like a structured gap semester/year. Since kids end up moving around for their COOPs anyway, I don't think it is a bad option if a kid is really excited about the school. My kid loved the school (I am still on the fence about the COOP program), and the students we spoke to on her tour both had a strong group of friends and loved their COOPs (which were on zoom of course for that group).

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a strange model, and not your traditional college experience. For some kids it’s a great place to be. For others, the coop thing is certainly not their cup of tea. If you want a traditional college experience, this isn’t it.

It's a model which is gaining huge popularity.
You have to start worrying about internships almost right after starting college, and Northeastern basically takes care of that big headache for you, and that actually translates to starting your career after graduation.
This is a huge upside for a large population compared to sacrificing some traditional college experience (football team? Greek life? whatever that could be) .

Also, it's right in the middle of a major city and actually has a nice campus that actually feels like college compared to its peers like Boston U or NYU. The trend is that kids favor colleges in the city. You would say it's less of a traditional college experience, but you can still make it enough of a traditional college experience. On the other hand all the upside are pretty big, thus the popularity is skyrocketing.

I can't speak for all students but you are 100% with my rising HS Senior. Other than two public in state options, 15 schools of interest are all urban, eastern US. Lifelong sports fan, he is not concerned about missing Saturday tailgating.

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My (high stats) DC was intrigued (I was skeptical) and we toured last year. We were both really impressed. It has a very strong identity based on the co-op model, which it has been doing for decades. The students seemed very smart, motivated, and happy and, while not a beautiful campus, it is a “real” campus in downtown Boston. I agree that it’s not for everyone but I also understand it having great appeal to a lot of kids. It is high on DC’s list.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a strange model, and not your traditional college experience. For some kids it’s a great place to be. For others, the coop thing is certainly not their cup of tea. If you want a traditional college experience, this isn’t it.

These days, that co-op/internship is the golden key to actually getting a great job after college, and kids know it. The internship is everything, so schools with models like this are super hot.

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred, MCPS 1550 SAT, 4.8w GPA, varsity captain, leadership blah blah. Slightly bummed but my kid showed little demonstrated interest in the school so I can't say I'm too surprised. Lesson learned.

How was he supposed to show interest? Do they even have supplemental essays? I thought NEU has risen in rankings by aggressively going after high stats kids just like yours, interest or no interest

Last year and this year, I have seen a lot of high stat kids getting rejected.
People are suspecting yeild protection, but not sure what is actually going on.

This is really weird. Scatter grams for our school shows all green for certain gpa and SAT. Didn’t think NU was ‘selective’ in the same way as Ivies. This is really nuts!

1) Their EA applications were up something like 30 percent- not surprising that they need to defer more this year;
2) They- like some other schools- underpredicted yield and may be adjusting their acceptance algorithms and taking a smaller freshman class this coming year to deal with the overcrowding….both are going to make for a tough cycle for these kids.
3) I have been told to take Naviance scatter plots with a shovel of salt…not clear who reports results (kids? School?) and if rejections are underreported…

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Anonymous wrote:Deferred, MCPS 1550 SAT, 4.8w GPA, varsity captain, leadership blah blah. Slightly bummed but my kid showed little demonstrated interest in the school so I can't say I'm too surprised. Lesson learned.

How was he supposed to show interest? Do they even have supplemental essays? I thought NEU has risen in rankings by aggressively going after high stats kids just like yours, interest or no interest

Last year and this year, I have seen a lot of high stat kids getting rejected.
People are suspecting yeild protection, but not sure what is actually going on.

This is really weird. Scatter grams for our school shows all green for certain gpa and SAT. Didn’t think NU was ‘selective’ in the same way as Ivies. This is really nuts!

Still have RD to go.

[Anonymous]

I am certain kids can get jobs and internships who don't go to Northeastern. Just sayin'.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My (high stats) DC was intrigued (I was skeptical) and we toured last year. We were both really impressed. It has a very strong identity based on the co-op model, which it has been doing for decades. The students seemed very smart, motivated, and happy and, while not a beautiful campus, it is a “real” campus in downtown Boston. I agree that it’s not for everyone but I also understand it having great appeal to a lot of kids. It is high on DC’s list.

What is "co-op"model.

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Anonymous wrote:I am certain kids can get jobs and internships who don't go to Northeastern. Just sayin'.....

sure you can even get a job without going to a college.

[Anonymous]

What are your chances after getting deferred?

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Anonymous wrote:I am certain kids can get jobs and internships who don't go to Northeastern. Just sayin'.....

+1

My kid got an internship at play station after his freshman year at umd. He and his friends were all able to get internships after freshman year..

[Anonymous]

What is "co-op"model.

They encourage and support taking semesters "off" of school to intern at companies and organizations around the world. While on a coop, you don't pay tuition. The system is set up so that you can do one or two semester of coop and still graduate in 4 years, so the overall cost of the degree ends up being lower (i.e. you only pay for 3 years), though a decent number of kids do 3 coop semesters and graduate in 5 years. Here is a snippet from their website (https://careers.northeastern.edu/cooperative-education/):

By alternating semesters of academic study with periods of full-time work, students are able to transform work across academic and professional contexts. Co-op provides students the opportunity to explore or refine potential career paths, make valuable industry connections, broaden perspectives, and acquire the skills and knowledge needed to succeed —all while learning and growing outside the comfort zone of the classroom. This integrated experience develops learners who are highly competitive upon graduation – 93% of NU graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school nine months after graduation (multi-year average).

Cooperative education has been a historical strength of Northeastern University’s experiential learning brand. Each year students at every level and on every campus location participate in this signature model of experiential learning.