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

[Anonymous]

EDII acceptance rate was 20%. NEU doesn't send out admission stats to counselors. The common data set is the only reliable source. Not some made-up email that someone wrote on College Confidential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From my dd’s private school, her 3 friends who got into Northeastern all got in ed(2 Boston campus, 1 London to start). Well-rounded nice kids in uw3.8+/1450-1500sat range. Seems they were happy to take Neu over taking a shot at perhaps higher ranked schools. Know of # of other kids from dd’s school with higher stats(uw4.0/1500+) who mostly all got into t25’s not get in applying both ea & rd.

How do you know all these stats of students that aren't your kids? Creepy.

DP— I knew the stats of each of my kids and their 4-5 closest friends. These kids were family and so were their parents. Not creepy when these kids are at your home 10-15 hours per week (we were the gathering home with huge basement and backyard)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From my dd’s private school, her 3 friends who got into Northeastern all got in ed(2 Boston campus, 1 London to start). Well-rounded nice kids in uw3.8+/1450-1500sat range. Seems they were happy to take Neu over taking a shot at perhaps higher ranked schools. Know of # of other kids from dd’s school with higher stats(uw4.0/1500+) who mostly all got into t25’s not get in applying both ea & rd.

How do you know all these stats of students that aren't your kids? Creepy.

DP— I knew the stats of each of my kids and their 4-5 closest friends. These kids were family and so were their parents. Not creepy when these kids are at your home 10-15 hours per week (we were the gathering home with huge basement and backyard)

WOW! so like half of this smart friend group ED to Northeastern and attending.
This how much the school is popular.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:ED was invented by the Ivies to increase yield and lower acceptance rate in the 1970s or something like that LOL Schools like UPenn had 70% acceptance rate in the past. After they got on the high ground and secured dominance, some of them like Harvard Yale turned to REA. LOL Others still have them. LOL

Prestige whores who have no clue today blame schools like NYU Tufts Northeastern for utilizing ED. If you don't like ED, bame them for inventing that LOL

Not a bad point.

okay, sockie

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's unusual to know generally where the "smart" kids apply. My DC has a friend group of 10 or so at our large public. Most are very good students, and we know most of the parents. The school outcomes aren't a surprise. Ivies for the top ones. G'town, Johns Hopkins, Wellesley, UVA, NEU, Tufts. The NEU kid isn't the tippy top, but she's chumming in roughly the same waters. Always some surprise, like on friend who got shutout pretty much everywhere, but even then she's off to Pitt. Great kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ED was invented by the Ivies to increase yield and lower acceptance rate in the 1970s or something like that LOL Schools like UPenn had 70% acceptance rate in the past. After they got on the high ground and secured dominance, some of them like Harvard Yale turned to REA. LOL Others still have them. LOL

Prestige whores who have no clue today blame schools like NYU Tufts Northeastern for utilizing ED. If you don't like ED, bame them for inventing that LOL

Not a bad point.

okay, sockie

Uh..no.

Just a DP who agreed with a post, LOLs notwithstanding.

It happens.

The sockpuppets are the anti-NEU trolls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's unusual to know generally where the "smart" kids apply. My DC has a friend group of 10 or so at our large public. Most are very good students, and we know most of the parents. The school outcomes aren't a surprise. Ivies for the top ones. G'town, Johns Hopkins, Wellesley, UVA, NEU, Tufts. The NEU kid isn't the tippy top, but she's chumming in roughly the same waters. Always some surprise, like on friend who got shutout pretty much everywhere, but even then she's off to Pitt. Great kid.

Right, but NEU is more prestigious than those schools you listed so I'm not sure the point you are making

[Anonymous]

DD's friend group all regard NEU as a tier 1 school in the same peer set as Cornell, Duke, Penn, Berkeley, etc. people here underestimate how much acceptance rate matters and how that can instantly change the perception of students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend group all regard NEU as a tier 1 school in the same peer set as Cornell, Duke, Penn, Berkeley, etc. people here underestimate how much acceptance rate matters and how that can instantly change the perception of students.

I never underestimate how stupid people are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend group all regard NEU as a tier 1 school in the same peer set as Cornell, Duke, Penn, Berkeley, etc. people here underestimate how much acceptance rate matters and how that can instantly change the perception of students.

Then they deserve Northeastern. Full pay.

[Anonymous]

NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

Adding a dumb essay asking 'why our school' doesn't have much effect.

Selectivity is function applicant quality + acceptance rate + yield rate.
NEU's applicant quality is very high and it has very low acceptance rate.
It's yield rate is not as good as those hyper selective schools
So overall it's super selective but not at the level of those T20 or so schools with hyper selectivity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NEU may not be Harvard and Yale, but there are only a few top colleges. I doubt very much someone who goes to Northeastern, BU, BC, NYU, Emory, WashU are all that different from one another, or in outcomes.

And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.

I wouldn't call this selectivity. I would call it bloated applications due to lack of essay requirements. Everyone knows this, but NEU supporters conveniently forget this.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD's friend group all regard NEU as a tier 1 school in the same peer set as Cornell, Duke, Penn, Berkeley, etc. people here underestimate how much acceptance rate matters and how that can instantly change the perception of students.

I never underestimate how stupid people are

Strongly agree.
You should actually look at the actual data and information when making important decisions.
For colleges, retention rate, graduation rage, cohort quality, outcome etc.

Not by acceptance rate or subjective descriptors like 'prestige'
Perception can change over the years. MIT was once regarded as a vocational school into the 1950s.
I can see the big change in the sentiment already, but 10 20 30 years later, this generation of hater is probably long gone if NEU continues to perform.