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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea that somehow NEU has transformed itself into an elite university should raise a lot of eyebrows.  It is a fine school, but let's not get carried away.

For a more accurate view of NEU, both of these rankings are more reputable than the USNWR.

Times Higher Education 2026 World Rankings
#2 MIT
#5 Harvard
#76 Boston University
#189 Tufts
#201-250 Northeastern

2026 QS World University Rankings
#1 MIT
#5 Harvard
#88 Boston University
#334 Tufts
#384 Northeastern[/quote]

An accurate analysis here.[/quote]

So you're arguing BU is a top international school?  Good for them!

Isn't it pretty clear these different rankings are just reflective of different methodologies?  Constantly searching for a ranking that substantiates your opinion is pretty foolish.

*No kid at or applying to Northeastern here - just someone amazed at people's vehemence.
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The point is that when you rank based on a methodology that doesn’t rely on self reported statistics, Northeastern is much lower than in the USNWR rankings, which is an outlier for where Northeastern falls.

Northeastern is well below Tufts, and Boston University.  A close peer to Northeastern would be ASU.[/quote]

As I pointed out, The hard fact is that many schools have been caught reporting false data (a.k.a. cheating), including high profile schools such as Columbia, Emory, UCBerkeley, etc.
 
Never Northeastern.
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Yup and don't forget that Claremont Mckenna (CMC) also was caught blatantly falsifying their students' SAT scores so they'd rise up the USNWR rankings. Literally the AOs were reporting fake scores to the Common Data Set. Now that's "responsible leadership" lol.

But yeah, I guess Northeastern played by the rules and didn't outright scam like CMC or Columbia (that falsified class sizes to climb up the rankings).[/quote]

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