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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know why this is such a heated topic here. There's no question that NEU has increased in prestige in the last decade. The acceptance rate is 5%, that alone shows that it is in high demand right now. Whether it's top 10, 20, 50 is up for debate, but based on what I'm hearing from DC it is easily in the same consideration set as the lower ivies, top publics, vandy, washu, etc. I personally know a student who took NEU over Cornell this cycle for computer science specifically for the co-op program, even though NEU is more expensive. Students are saavy these days and know how important it is to get job experience.[/quote]

I went to school in Boston 25 years ago and that’s the reason I didn’t consider it, the co-op. But now it’s  valuable to computer science, engineering students and others involved in an ever changing field.

I know the history. It was a school for locals, for mostly men years ago that had to work so they went at night.   I saw a graduation video from the early 60s and the program was huge.   The school lifted a lot of locals out of low income jobs.  Business management was big back then.

They now excel in their engineering and computer science majors in a high tech city with many big hospitals and well known companies.  [/quote]

I am not sure if it is all hype or not, but purportedly it has a better placement rate for med school than Boston University  The co-op program alllows that part of the med school application to stand out.  I guess med schools are looking at work in a health field as a big positive, and in lower socio-economic settings even more so. The Northeastern health co-ops take advantage of that I guess.[/quote]

There are several very strong programs at Northeastern, and med school placement is just one small part of it. OP and their ilk having periodic mental breakdowns over this fact is not going to change anything.[/quote]

Agree, it's why you see many students taking NEU over HYPSM, those schools don't have good job prospects compared to neu, it's ultimately about the pocket book, and it only helps that NEU is harder to get into than half those schools.[/quote]

I'm not so sure. At our school very veryfew would turn down an Ivy/Stanford/MIT for ANY school. More often what you see are students who are qualified for the Ivies but rejected that move on down. That's the unfortunate truth for every school except the top 10 or so.[/quote]

This is just false. At dc's School the 4 students who got into neu all took them over top 10s, including Caltech. It varies by school.[/quote]

Dear Pinocchio,

School name, pls. [/quote]

DP. Yeah, this is laughable. My kuds are at 2 different magnets. Several neu admits. No one is choosing it over T10. The marketer can't stop. Please, can we move on from this?[/quote]

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