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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]

This. Our kid is not applying because we don't think the quality of the education is remotely in line with the rankings (dual academic family here.) The co-op approach is great for some kids/majors/professions, but it's a VERY mixed bag. And everyone we know who has sent a kid there has wound up spending freshman year in Europe. It's a con game - much better to aim for any of the other highly ranked Boston schools (not just Harvard/MIT but Tufts, BC, BU or Brandeis are all far superior to Northeastern.)[/quote]

The first semester in Europe thing is a specific program that students can opt into--it's a choice and many kids decide to do it (as an alternative to a gap year).

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PP here - it's actually a way for NU to over-admit and under-resource. [/quote]

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