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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.

[b]And yes, selectivity definitely helps perception.  [/b]

This isn't like comparing Seton Hall to Georgetown.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. 
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Come on now. "Selective" schools have more than one additional essay.  Some have up to five.  Having 3 or more additional essay requirements will weed out all of the people simply checking the box on the common app, which is why NEU has so many applications. If they required even one additional essay, I guarantee the applications would drop significantly. And your low yield rate only supports this theory.

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Again, Case Western is a solid well respected good school that is ranked same as NEU.  
It also doesn't have additional essay. Why NEU gets shit ton more apps??

The whole purpose of additioanl essay is to pick the right kids [/quote]

If you moved NEU to Cleveland and CWRU to Boston, you would see a corresponding shift in the relative number of applicants.
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BOSTON  is the draw. NEU happens to be a good school too.[/quote]

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