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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NEU is pretty popular, but I think the “you aren’t really able to start at the Boston campus” reality is likely bringing the likeability down.

Boston’s a tough town - you’ve got to want it, be pretty independent and able to figure it out on your own. With the exception of BC, which might be more of a cohesive campus, these campuses don’t offer a traditional experience. DH describes it as Darwinian (he went to BU), and after living there a few years personally, that’s pretty accurate. He did not enjoy his time at BU at all.

Then there’s the weather. [/quote]

The "not on Boston campus" is a huge factor.  3 years ago my kid wanted on campus, but the year before they overenrolled, so most offers were for "start elsewhere".  My kid got first year abroad or Oakland, but the program wasn't well defined until over a month after the offer.  For my kid with tons of AP credits (in the STEM area as an engineer) they wouldnt' have had Calculus to take the entire year, only spring semester.  So that is a Hard NO.  NEU even stated "if you have a lot of outside credits this program may not be for you".  And initially, there was no guarantee of housing when returning.  After 4-6 weeks of complaints, that changed, but to us it seemed disorganized and that NEU only offered things when they thought they were loosing $$$/students.  Because yeah, the reason they didnt' want to offer on campus housing for soph year was because there isn't space.  There still wasn't once they "offered it", lots of forced doubles and triples began because of that.

But most schools in Boston are smaller than the large State Universities you listed.  So yes kids who want those are not as interested in the 5-12K undergrad schools in Boston[/quote]

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