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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that the hater troll is banned, here's a grand summary of why it's popular for those who are curious and interested.

- Great urban location, there are tons of kids who prefer good urban locations. Boson is one of the top destinations.

- 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 the top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination. However if you like more of a traditional looking larger campus in a remote location, it's not for you.  Visit the schools before making a choice.

- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's #3 together with Columbia, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Rice, etc. Of course there might be people complaining about this and that, but you can see it's simply amazing.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

- Graduation rate is also great, #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Good balance. The school pays 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 the outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools such as Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, UChicago, Rice, WashU, Emory, etc.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- It's famous for COOP but don't get it wrong. It's a research university first and plenty of research opportunities.
There are only 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of hem. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States

- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools. #25 including LACs Based on average SAT when scores were mandatory in 2018.  Student body is also very diverse.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

- No football team and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has a very good D1 hockey team and has a little bit of everything for everyone.
https://youtu.be/-yT83Ns1cAo?si=CjYgJt-A0RA3ux2T&t=497

- etc.

Of course a school can't be for everyone and fit is important. If your school must have a football team or Greek Life dominant culture, it's not for you.  It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular, it's a combination of many good things put together.  

Oh FFS. Can you give a rest. I thought you said two pages ago that we were done.
When the thread goes quiet you just have to post some lamo advertising speak about NEU, the No Endowment University.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that the hater troll is banned, here's a grand summary of why it's popular for those who are curious and interested.

- Great urban location, there are tons of kids who prefer good urban locations. Boson is one of the top destinations.

- 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 the top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination. However if you like more of a traditional looking larger campus in a remote location, it's not for you.  Visit the schools before making a choice.

- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's #3 together with Columbia, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Rice, etc. Of course there might be people complaining about this and that, but you can see it's simply amazing.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

- Graduation rate is also great, #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Good balance. The school pays 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 the outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools such as Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, UChicago, Rice, WashU, Emory, etc.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- It's famous for COOP but don't get it wrong. It's a research university first and plenty of research opportunities.
There are only 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of hem. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States

- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools. #25 including LACs Based on average SAT when scores were mandatory in 2018.  Student body is also very diverse.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

- No football team and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has a very good D1 hockey team and has a little bit of everything for everyone.
https://youtu.be/-yT83Ns1cAo?si=CjYgJt-A0RA3ux2T&t=497

- etc.

Of course a school can't be for everyone and fit is important. If your school must have a football team or Greek Life dominant culture, it's not for you.  It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular, it's a combination of many good things put together.  

+1

Nice summary.

DD will likely apply this fall.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

If you are not interested, don't click, don't post.
It's for people who are curious and interested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are not interested, don't click, don't post.
It's for people who are curious and interested.

If you actually want to reach people, stop nattering about trolls and haters.

[Anonymous]

NEU booster seriously needs to get a hobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are not interested, don't click, don't post.
It's for people who are curious and interested.

Retention rate of 98% kind of says it all. Listen to the detractors who are blinded by their boomer visions or use objective data? Tough one.

Liberal Arts Colleges
Regional Universities
Regional Colleges
SCHOOL LOCATION AVERAGE FIRST-YEAR STUDENT RETENTION RATE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 99%
University of Chicago Chicago, IL 99%
Columbia University New York, NY 98%
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 98%
Duke University Durham, NC 98%
Northeastern University Boston, MA 98%
Northwestern University Evanston, IL 98%
Rice University Houston, TX 98%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 98%
Brown University Providence, RI 97%
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 97%
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 97%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 97%
Georgetown University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU booster seriously needs to get a hobby.

They are becoming more and more unhinged. I think this their hobby. Or their job. Hard to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that the hater troll is banned, here's a grand summary of why it's popular for those who are curious and interested.

- Great urban location, there are tons of kids who prefer good urban locations. Boson is one of the top destinations.

- 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 the top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination. However if you like more of a traditional looking larger campus in a remote location, it's not for you.  Visit the schools before making a choice.

- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's #3 together with Columbia, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Rice, etc. Of course there might be people complaining about this and that, but you can see it's simply amazing.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

- Graduation rate is also great, #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Good balance. The school pays 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 the outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools such as Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, UChicago, Rice, WashU, Emory, etc.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- It's famous for COOP but don't get it wrong. It's a research university first and plenty of research opportunities.
There are only 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of hem. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States

- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools. #25 including LACs Based on average SAT when scores were mandatory in 2018.  Student body is also very diverse.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

- No football team and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has a very good D1 hockey team and has a little bit of everything for everyone.
https://youtu.be/-yT83Ns1cAo?si=CjYgJt-A0RA3ux2T&t=497

- etc.

Of course a school can't be for everyone and fit is important. If your school must have a football team or Greek Life dominant culture, it's not for you.  It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular, it's a combination of many good things put together.  

+1

Nice summary.

DD will likely apply this fall.

Thanks.

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that the hater troll is banned, here's a grand summary of why it's popular for those who are curious and interested.

- Great urban location, there are tons of kids who prefer good urban locations. Boson is one of the top destinations.

- 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 the top choice for all of us for the location + campus combination. However if you like more of a traditional looking larger campus in a remote location, it's not for you.  Visit the schools before making a choice.

- Satisfaction level based on retention rate. It's #3 together with Columbia, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Rice, etc. Of course there might be people complaining about this and that, but you can see it's simply amazing.
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

- Graduation rate is also great, #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

- Good balance. The school pays 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 the outcome is great on par or better than many T25ish schools such as Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Brown, UChicago, Rice, WashU, Emory, etc.
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- It's famous for COOP but don't get it wrong. It's a research university first and plenty of research opportunities.
There are only 39 R1 private universities in the US, and Northeastern is one of hem. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States

- Quality of student body - smart, intelligent, independent, motivated, top notch, most of them have stats for T25ish schools. #25 including LACs Based on average SAT when scores were mandatory in 2018.  Student body is also very diverse.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

- No football team and Greek life is relatively weak, but it has a very good D1 hockey team and has a little bit of everything for everyone.
https://youtu.be/-yT83Ns1cAo?si=CjYgJt-A0RA3ux2T&t=497

- etc.

Of course a school can't be for everyone and fit is important. If your school must have a football team or Greek Life dominant culture, it's not for you.  It's not one or two factors that can make a school popular, it's a combination of many good things put together.  

+1

Nice summary.

DD will likely apply this fall.

Thanks.

I grew up near Boston and can’t believe Northeastern is being talked about this way. I’m sure it’s changed but give me a break. It wasn’t that long ago it was a commuter school. Like an urban George Mason that has also grown. They must have someone in admissions on this blog. It’s not a bad school it’s just not even close to being in the realm of some of the schools being compared.

[Anonymous]

Here's a middle ground, based on what I'm seeing there probably is a very small segment of parents and students who do in fact see NEU as a top 5-10 University for all the reasons stated, but it's still a SMALL %. It shows though how their marketing is paying off.

[Anonymous]

There are a couple of hardcore trolls trying hard to sabotage this thread, but if one real person got the information, it's a success.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a middle ground, based on what I'm seeing there probably is a very small segment of parents and students who do in fact see NEU as a top 5-10 University for all the reasons stated, but it's still a SMALL %. It shows though how their marketing is paying off.

It's a troll or two pumping up NEU to Harvard/MIT levels and simultaneously bashing it as a commuter school. I guess to shut the thread down ( too late).

USWR has NEU just about right.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/northeastern-university-2199


98,000 applicants per year agree.

Peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a couple of hardcore trolls trying hard to sabotage this thread, but if one real person got the information, it's a success.

(Stands on top of anthill and pumps tiny fists.)

[Anonymous]

Anyone know the updated acceptance rate? It seemed like it was on track to go below 3% this year, which is truly impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know the updated acceptance rate? It seemed like it was on track to go below 3% this year, which is truly impressive.

You’re hurting Northeastern, not helping it. Stop posting.