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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is almost impossible to answer without someone specifying exactly what "success" means. Tons of times people mention a school name and people dump on the school. [/quote]

Good point. Maybe admit rate is better than ranking or name? FWIW, here's my DC's TO results for EAs, rolling and 1 ED.

DC stats - 3.9 UW, no AP/IB, 6 college credits from 2 summer courses, very small indep endent HS, well-balanced ECs, URM, has LD
School preference - medium to large, urban setting, diverse, good for social sciences/pre-law 
List was 11 schools from single-digit% to 60%+/T150, 2 public flagship and 1 public regional 
Admitted to 10, deferred EA by Michigan
Northeastern Boston was ED, but admitted via non-binding N.U.in first semester abroad (still deciding)
Received $20K+ first-year merit aid from 8 of 10 ($0 from Northeastern, the other $0 was public)

DC is very organized, incredibly hard-working, and had a great pre-college counselor at HS. Tests were never going to be impressive due to LD. DC strategized on everything else from day 1 of 9th grade and did a lot of research, visits, virtual tours, etc.

Northeastern was a Hail Mary. We assumed deferral for Boston at best. No connections or contact with admissions. Applied ED because we heard admit was 40% and DC really wanted Boston and co-op.

My child is an outstanding person :mrgreen: , but there are a ton of URMs whose academics are much closer to Northeastern's student profile. Only thing we can think of that might have made a difference in NEU AI enrollment system is DC does not need any aid. I hope financial privilege was not the tipping point. But it kind of feels that way. 
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