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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Northeastern does it! They keep buying new colleges. [/quote]

And the quality at NEU is dwindling, there are issues.  More and more kids cannot find coops---despite applying to 200+ jobs.  These are kids with 3.5+ gpas, they are doing the "formula" and the jobs just are not there and part of the issue is there are too many students and the university has not widen their footprint for coop employers.  
Kids also are having more and more troubles getting the courses they want, because everyone without a coop registers for classes, in the past most would drop the courses when they got their coop, thus opening spaces.  Well that isn't happening, so kids cannot get the courses they need.  
Then let's discuss taking singles and making them doubles, and taking doubles and making them triples...all so kids have ~65 sq ft to call their own...that's smaller than many parking spots.    
NEU is a prime example of growing too fast without enough planning.  Because most of the kids that start at the "new campuses" want to be in Boston and will end up there, even if NEU wants them 4 years at the new campus.[/quote]

This is such a peculiar, passionate and inaccurate statement.  I know students at Northeastern that were the top of their high school class, so there is no "dwindling quality". They are happily employed, thanks to Northeastern.  I don't know where you are getting your incorrect information, but you seem to be on quite a crusade. The dorms at Northeastern are nice too, and I have heard no complaints from my friends children, who attend.  There is no "four years (assigned) at the new campus", unless the student elects that option, which some have (who wouldn't?).

You seem terribly set off and angry about a school that did not accept you. I trust your posting incorrect information is not going to help your state of mind. [/quote]

Dwindling quality of what the university is offering/providing, not the quality of students. 
 FYI---my kid was accepted but chose to not attend.

And yes, for fall 2023, there was supposed to be 4 years in Oakland and 3 years in London then transfer to Boston for year 4.  The students in that program in Oakland (not global scholars which is 1 year then go to Boston were supposed to spend 4 years there, but now have the option to go to Boston.  That was how acceptances went out this past cycle, but then enough parents/students complained and 4 weeks later, it was "you can transfer to Boston after 1 year" for both of those programs.  Basically, when NEU realized they would loose some students who did not desire to spend 4 years in Oakland or 3 +1 in London/Boston, they quickly changed the requirements/offer.  This will definately impact how many students are on the Boston campus come fall 2024 (hint: I doubt many kids have a desire to spend 4 years in Oakland on the old mills college campus---they applied to NEU to attend in Boston)

Dorms---just search for information about the forced doubles and triples that started last fall at IV--they took rooms that were already small and added a person, go look at the photos it is all readily available.  And yes, the smallest spaces now offer only 65 sq ft for each resident (some are forced doubles, some are forced triples).  Facts---they are out there if you just look.

Just pointing out the issues that happen when a university grows rapidly without infrastructure changes put into place.  
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