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

Wake is not really that popular in the first place anyways.

Quick Google says its acceptance rate was 25% in 2021 when it had only 5000+ students(probably little lower now)

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Acceptance rate was around 20 percent in 2022 and below 20 percent this past year,

NE’s true acceptance rate looks to be around 25 percent.  That’s based on the Bethesda Magazine data that looks at acceptances to all campuses/programs, not just the Boston start that NE publishes.[/quote]

So Boston campus start was still extremely popular when it was only ranked in the mid to upper 40s.
Wake as a small/mid private T30 school was not popular. Looks like it's at the right place now.
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Pretty sure any school in the T100 could become as popular as NE if they also offered an application with no supplemental essays and handed out large merit awards.  Most schools don’t chose this route.

In any case, Wake had. been in the US News T30 for close to 30 years, it wasn’t gaming the rankings like Tulane and NE.  It’s reputation is well established with employers and grad schools.[/quote]

Speaking of reputation, here are some employer reputation references for Northeastern

STEM area:
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

One area Wake is relatively good is its business school.  One of my kids was considering putting it at the bottom of about 14-16 college list for business major.
Even for that, Wake is not better than Northeastern.    
https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/rankings/poetsquants-best-undergraduate-business-schools-of-2023/4/
   
Wake has been really over-ranked, and looks like justice is served.[/quote]

All Wake has to is invest in their sport program. If they can get their football or basketball program in the top 15 for 10-12 years, name recognition goes up, kids will send in an application because of the name recognition. [/quote]

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