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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Predictions?

SMU big gains.

[b]Northeastern continues to rise[/b].[/quote]

When I was in college in the Boston area in the late 1980s Northeastern was a fourth tier commuter school.  It has gamed the system more transparently than any other school.[/quote]

And still sucks.[/quote]

Gamed the system, or offered a differentiated product that proved to be popular?  Maybe it partly went up in the rankings because the graduates did well at what they were doing? I don't know much about northeastern, but I do know your answer was ridiculous.

BU was also a fourth rate school once.... bfd.
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There was a good article on Northeastern in the NYT a while back.  They brought in a new president I believe in the early 1990s and his only agenda was to game the USNWR......that's where all of the school's resources went.  And guess what, it worked!  At the time it was very controversial amongst the faculty but in a world where people are obsessed with these idiotic rankings it was a smart strategy.  Still probably only the 7th best school in Boston at best.[/quote]

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