To you, what's the bottom of the "elite" colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

Almost ALL colleges and unis send lower stats admits to study abroad, including ivies. I thought everyone knew this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

This is part of why NEU will never be viewed as elite or prestigious by either academia or the prestige-driven industries. The whole institution reeks of desperation.

It has an outstanding business school and engineering school, but you do you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

Hahahahaha NEU is not elite by any stretch of the imagination.

I didn't say it's elite. Just provided the most objective stats.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

Almost ALL colleges and unis send lower stats admits to study abroad, including ivies. I thought everyone knew this.

What? This is just blatantly untrue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

So many private schools play these types of nonsense games, and it’s eaten up by prestige obsessed parents.

This is part of why NEU will never be viewed as elite or prestigious by either academia or the prestige-driven industries. The whole institution reeks of desperation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

Almost ALL colleges and unis send lower stats admits to study abroad, including ivies. I thought everyone knew this.

It's not very common, and especially not at top schools. NEU, NYU, Syracuse, Skidmore, and Boston U are some which come to mind. None of the ivies or top SLACs. NEU is especially prominent since nearly 25% of their student body does it. Any school that's allowed to conveniently send away the bottom 25% of their admitted students (based on testing score) will get a huge boost to their fall testing profile.

Also, one thing that wasn't mentioned was percent of the class ranking in the top 10% of their HS class. NEU is 71%, GIT is 88%, UVA is 90%, and Berkeley is 96%. All the Ivies are at 90%+ except Cornell (84%). This means a clear and intentional emphasis on testing even at the expense of top HS academic performance. The best schools value both strong testing and strong HS performance.

[Anonymous]

Northeastern is NOT elite. Sorry for the boosters/parents/grads on here. People will just think you went to Northwestern and then get disappointed when you clarify, "Oh, actually, the one in Boston."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

Comparing a private school to public schools is apple and oranges to the Nth degree.

[Anonymous]

All you naysayers convinced me...NEU sucks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

Hahahahaha NEU is not elite by any stretch of the imagination.

I didn't say it's elite. Just provided the most objective stats.

NP. Interesting you bring up NEU. DS, an 11th grader, is very excited about applying there. While I wouldn't consider it prestigious and has benefitted from playing the "ratings game", is it that far off? Another decade of acceptance rates in the teens? What defines "prestigious" anyway?

PP. As a follow up, endowment numbers for each mentioned:

NEU $1.1B
UVa $15.4B
GA Tech $2.2B
UCB $5B
Mich $17B

What's the source?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

UVa 7.26
Mich 12.48

Wikipedia is your source? 🤣
https://www.nbc29.com/2021/10/25/report-uva-endowment-now-145b/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/6124618001

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

This is part of why NEU will never be viewed as elite or prestigious by either academia or the prestige-driven industries. The whole institution reeks of desperation.

It has an outstanding business school and engineering school, but you do you.

NEU is ranked #23 on average salary score overall.
No wonder why the acceptance rate is so low.
In the end this is one of the most important factor.

As I know College of Computer Science is the best at NEU.
It's ranked 12th for Computer Science according to CSRankings.
http://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us

It also ranked 15th in sending to Silicon Valley.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

So looks pretty elite in the Computer Science field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

This is part of why NEU will never be viewed as elite or prestigious by either academia or the prestige-driven industries. The whole institution reeks of desperation.

It has an outstanding business school and engineering school, but you do you.

NEU is ranked #23 on average salary score overall.
No wonder why the acceptance rate is so low.
In the end this is one of the most important factor.

As I know College of Computer Science is the best at NEU.
It's ranked 12th for Computer Science according to CSRankings.
http://csrankings.org/#/index?all&us

It also ranked 15th in sending to Silicon Valley.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

So looks pretty elite in the Computer Science field.

https://www.gradreports.com/best-colleges

[Anonymous]

CS is a technical degree. Traditionally, when people talk about an elite school, they’re talking about the quality of the liberal arts program. When one talks of a Princeton, Harvard, or Yale man, I don’t think they’re thinking about the quality of the CS program. The upper class are thinking about a “type” of really smart, well-educated person that moves easily in posh social circles. CS and Northeastern doesn’t fit the mold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

NEU sends low-stat students to study abroad so that they can return to campus for the spring. This allows them to retain high-testing students for the fall (the only ones who get formally counted) so their testing numbers are as high as possible and acceptance rates can be reported as lower than they actually are. USC and Middlebury do the same thing with spring admits.

So many private schools play these types of nonsense games, and it’s eaten up by prestige obsessed parents.

This is part of why NEU will never be viewed as elite or prestigious by either academia or the prestige-driven industries. The whole institution reeks of desperation.

LOL Berkeley is actually the one cheating and got caught.
Someone here even tried to squeeze it in top 20 but no one said anything yet bashing NEU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CS is a technical degree. Traditionally, when people talk about an elite school, they’re talking about the quality of the liberal arts program. When one talks of a Princeton, Harvard, or Yale man, I don’t think they’re thinking about the quality of the CS program. The upper class are thinking about a “type” of really smart, well-educated person that moves easily in posh social circles. CS and Northeastern doesn’t fit the mold.

WTF LOL biggest nonsense ever heard.
How about engineering? technical degree?
MIT CMU GIT Caltech etc all respected and considered elite for computer science/engineering