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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was basically a commuter school when I lived in Boston many years ago.  They’ve admitted that they purposefully spent enormous resources to game the rankings and voila, it worked.[/quote]

Exactly this.  I went to a top school in Boston a m million years ago and NE was basically the equivalent of a CC.  They spent millions of dollars over the past decade doing exactly this to appear more selective and gamed the system.  The more selective a school is/appears to be, the more people apply, regardless of how selective it is in reality.  Make something appear unattainable and suddenly everyone wants it.   [/quote]

In the late 80's, early 90's, NU lagged behind many Boston area schools but it was NOT the equivalent of a community college. I hope you are speaking of a time before then and not just being obnoxious.  They have invested in tangible ways in the school and programs - this is not all just smoke and mirrors. For the right student and right major, it is a solid school.[/quote]

I agree with this PP: NU was never the equivalent of a community college. I grew up in Boston suburbs in the 1970s, and my father had faculty appointments at Harvard, BU and NU. It was always a 4-year university with both good undergraduate programs and rising graduate disciplines. Dad always spoke highly of NU students and programs. It is true that there were many commuter students in that era, but that by itself doesn't make it a community college.[/quote]

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