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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's wild to me how Northeastern isn't even a safety for top students anymore. Whatever they did to game the rankings, they did a good job, because 25 years ago they were a school of last resort. My cousin, who might generously be described as a "dim bulb," went there after getting rejected by almost every other school he applied to, including UMass Amherst, which wasn't exactly a bastion of selectivity in those days, either. I think his only other option might have been UMass Dartmouth. My uncle, his own father, used to call him "Short Bus" because of his lack of intellectual prowess. He actually graduated, too, though he was on the 6-7 year plan. Now he does some sort of sales and I guess does OK - he's one of those lovable dumb guys, kind of a John Candy in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles type. But he's the absolute last person you'd assume went to an elite college, which I guess technically he did.[/quote]

This is really harsh. School smarts are so overrated. I hope your cousin has some family members who can celebrate his strengths without insulting him. I know a bunch of Ivy grads who have amounted to nothing in their careers FWIW. It is all so stupid.[/quote]

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