Northeastern University?

[Anonymous]

Can you share experiences? Seems like it has risen dramatically in the rankings, and I know very solid students who are made it a first choice school.

[Anonymous]

Before you fall in love with the school, read this article.
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

[Anonymous]

Sticker prices for coop schools:

NE $68.5k
RIT $52.7k
U of Cincinnati $45.5k

[Anonymous]

Frankly, this article made me admire Freeman. The man set a difficult goal and achieved it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, nothing wrong with Freeman.

To me the point is that STUDENTS should be trying to do the same type of rank climbing for themselves.

The best way to do that is to have a long term plan. Paying NE $68.5k leaves out too much of the future.

You don't want to put all 274k of your eggs in the same basket. If you like the co-op idea:

No matter how prestigious NE becomes, going to RIT and then having $63.2k left to get a one year Masters leaves you ahead of the game.

Going to U of Cinc, lets you not only get a one year masters but leaves you with $29k to subsidize your first couple of years salary so that you can take a lower paying job that has more upward mobility.

If you really like the idea of putting your entire $68.5k on one school, go to Tufts, BC or BU all still ranked above NE and it's not exactly impossible to get internships in the summer from those schools.

[Anonymous]

Back in the day Northeastern was a fourth tier commuter school but they've gamed their way up the rankings. The school always struck me as so pre-professional that it almost seemed to be a trade school. That may be my personal skew but it will be interesting to see if they can maintain it's position. Reputations are slower to change than rankings, and Northeastern is still an afterthought in Boston.....I think it's the 8th best school in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, nothing wrong with Freeman.

To me the point is that STUDENTS should be trying to do the same type of rank climbing for themselves.

The best way to do that is to have a long term plan. Paying NE $68.5k leaves out too much of the future.

You don't want to put all 274k of your eggs in the same basket. If you like the co-op idea:

No matter how prestigious NE becomes, going to RIT and then having $63.2k left to get a one year Masters leaves you ahead of the game.

Going to U of Cinc, lets you not only get a one year masters but leaves you with $29k to subsidize your first couple of years salary so that you can take a lower paying job that has more upward mobility.

If you really like the idea of putting your entire $68.5k on one school, go to Tufts, BC or BU all still ranked above NE and it's not exactly impossible to get internships in the summer from those schools.

Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, nothing wrong with Freeman.

To me the point is that STUDENTS should be trying to do the same type of rank climbing for themselves.

The best way to do that is to have a long term plan. Paying NE $68.5k leaves out too much of the future.

You don't want to put all 274k of your eggs in the same basket. If you like the co-op idea:

No matter how prestigious NE becomes, going to RIT and then having $63.2k left to get a one year Masters leaves you ahead of the game.

Going to U of Cinc, lets you not only get a one year masters but leaves you with $29k to subsidize your first couple of years salary so that you can take a lower paying job that has more upward mobility.

If you really like the idea of putting your entire $68.5k on one school, go to Tufts, BC or BU all still ranked above NE and it's not exactly impossible to get internships in the summer from those schools.

Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that.

Mean SAT
Tufts- 1423
NE- 1420

More than twice as hard?

[Anonymous]

I went to NU for undergrad engineering (transferred from Carnegie Mellon) - same text books. The professors were high quality IMO. Like any school, it depends on whats of interest to you. For me, it was too big, I have learned I like smaller, more intimate collegiate experiences. Looking back, I enjoyed the fact that it was in Boston, so I made friends from Harvard, MIT, BU, Berklee, and the New England Conservatory which is next door. I engaged with the different schools (took art classes for example) Culturally, Boston was/is a great city, but too cold (physically and culturally) so I knew it was time to go after graduate school. Articles aside, I believe NU has risen because it attracts good professors, is diverse, and competitive, as far as I can tell my engineering is respected, and I tout it with pride.

Again, I suspect everyone's experience will differ depending on their socio-economic standing, expectations, interests and personality.

[Anonymous]

Definitely has a pre-professional orientation. They've worked hard in recent years to recruit high academic achievers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, nothing wrong with Freeman.

To me the point is that STUDENTS should be trying to do the same type of rank climbing for themselves.

The best way to do that is to have a long term plan. Paying NE $68.5k leaves out too much of the future.

You don't want to put all 274k of your eggs in the same basket. If you like the co-op idea:

No matter how prestigious NE becomes, going to RIT and then having $63.2k left to get a one year Masters leaves you ahead of the game.

Going to U of Cinc, lets you not only get a one year masters but leaves you with $29k to subsidize your first couple of years salary so that you can take a lower paying job that has more upward mobility.

If you really like the idea of putting your entire $68.5k on one school, go to Tufts, BC or BU all still ranked above NE and it's not exactly impossible to get internships in the summer from those schools.

Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that.

Mean SAT
Tufts- 1423
NE- 1420

More than twice as hard?

Acceptance rate:
Tufts 14%
NE 28%

I think that's the relevant statistic....you must be a NE grad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, nothing wrong with Freeman.

To me the point is that STUDENTS should be trying to do the same type of rank climbing for themselves.

The best way to do that is to have a long term plan. Paying NE $68.5k leaves out too much of the future.

You don't want to put all 274k of your eggs in the same basket. If you like the co-op idea:

No matter how prestigious NE becomes, going to RIT and then having $63.2k left to get a one year Masters leaves you ahead of the game.

Going to U of Cinc, lets you not only get a one year masters but leaves you with $29k to subsidize your first couple of years salary so that you can take a lower paying job that has more upward mobility.

If you really like the idea of putting your entire $68.5k on one school, go to Tufts, BC or BU all still ranked above NE and it's not exactly impossible to get internships in the summer from those schools.

Arguably coops in Boston are better than in Cincy? My sister went to this school in right around the turn of the century, and back then it was not that impressive to me, academically, but many of the graduates have done well in their careers.

[Anonymous]

"Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that."

Having a 14% acceptance rate compared to a 28% acceptance rate is NOT the same as being twice as difficult to get into.

For example, many students will not even think about schools that take 5 years so NE's potential student pool is smaller.

I suspect the gaming will continue and NE will pass BU, BC and Tufts in the rankings, not that BU, BC and Tufts are just going to roll over.

That says nothing about the fact that all 4 schools are over priced compared to RIT and U of Cinc.

Why isn't price more important on US New list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that."

Having a 14% acceptance rate compared to a 28% acceptance rate is NOT the same as being twice as difficult to get into.

For example, many students will not even think about schools that take 5 years so NE's potential student pool is smaller.

I suspect the gaming will continue and NE will pass BU, BC and Tufts in the rankings, not that BU, BC and Tufts are just going to roll over.

That says nothing about the fact that all 4 schools are over priced compared to RIT and U of Cinc.

Why isn't price more important on US New list?

Lol....that's pretty much the textbook definition of being twice as hard to get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Tufts is twice as difficult to get into......good luck with that."

Having a 14% acceptance rate compared to a 28% acceptance rate is NOT the same as being twice as difficult to get into.

For example, many students will not even think about schools that take 5 years so NE's potential student pool is smaller.

I suspect the gaming will continue and NE will pass BU, BC and Tufts in the rankings, not that BU, BC and Tufts are just going to roll over.

That says nothing about the fact that all 4 schools are over priced compared to RIT and U of Cinc.

Why isn't price more important on US New list?

Lol....that's pretty much the textbook definition of being twice as hard to get into.

For someone who knows not one iota about college admissions, sure.