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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  I'm sorry that out of the over 97,000 applications, your child did not get into the Boston campus. It's been a tough application year for many kids. But you need to let go of your anger at NEU. There is a right college for every kid, yours will find theirs[/quote]
BTW this is the OP.  I have only posted once on this thread; unsure where your assumption is coming from.  My kid will be attending another school on a scholarship.    As with many other people on this thread, I find NEU admissions practices shady.  Perhaps I overexaggerated on the title a bit but hope it is helpful for parents of kids just starting this process.   [/quote]

Totally agree. You are posting to help others understand this.  IMO, their admission practices just demonstrate how they will treat you once you say "yes".   If it's the school for you and this doesn't bother you, then go ahead and say yes, matriculate and enjoy.  Otherwise, OP's comments may help someone else's kid from falling in love with a school that is not the right fit for them.  [/quote]

Northeastern is not a small LAC - if you need hand holding you may not be the type to want to go to school in the city, which is fine, just know what kind of school you are applying to. [/quote]

Even if you want a mid size school in the city, just know they have grown from 12K undergrad to over 20K in a decade,  without much infrastructure changes.  [/quote]

But with a tremendous business plan, that is serving both sides (accepted applicants and the school) better than any infrastructure change. So?

On top of that, some may say acquiring several properties, taking them over and completely restructuring them is exactly an infrastructure change. An impressive one, at that. So, you can't discount that.

You seem illogically offended OP, it is time to let it go - for your kid's sake.  Don't give your kid the idea that they are not good enough for you, which is what you are doing here.  [/quote]

Also, slow down in tech?  You (!!!) would have to tell the applicants not to go into tech, I suppose?  Do you really think you can control everything, OP? Or nothing? Which one is it - because this hangup of yours is too much.   [/quote]

LOL Tech is the last field you need to worry about.[/quote]

If I were to choose CS or Engineering, and I could not get into MIT (so few can, but so few discuss it - funny!) - then I would try for Northeastern. [/quote]

Certainly in the Boston area, I would choose MIT first then Harvard,
Northeastern 3rd.

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NE over BU, over Brandeis, over even BC????
You clearly did not go to school in the Boston-Cambridge area and have not tracked these schools over time.[/quote]

Who the F would choose Brandeis or BC for CS/Engineering?
WTF???

Who would choose Brandeis over Northeastern for anything.

More people prefer Northeastern over BU these days.

You are a clueless idiot.
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Well, US News has BU and BC ranked ahead of NE, and Brandeis tied with NE, so I maybe wouldn’t be so quick to throw around the phrase “clueless idiot.”  Dp, btw.[/quote]

What part of CS/Engineering don't you understand.

BC doesn't even have a decent engineering department.  They just started something.
Brandis is pretty behind.

More people prefer Northeastern over the campuless BU these days.

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DP, not one to traditionally resort to name calling, but clueless idiot does seem fitting. [/quote]

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