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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Northeastern number is really sus It has no business being in the same range as Princeton, Penn, Vanderbilt, Rice, Northwestern. I don't know what voodoo magic that school is doing. It [b]was[/b] a commuter school for cops from Revere twenty years ago.[/quote] Emphasis on [b][i]was[/i][/b]. It's a top research school now and has a great CS program (and other great programs as well). Why you bring up [i]what was[/i] every time NEU is mentioned is beyond me. 96,000+ applications last year, and probably more this year, make it a hot school no matter that you seem to bash them every time their name comes up[/quote] +1 DP: It's a good school, in a hot college town (Boston is a great college town), with no supplemental essays (so it's an easy application---just pay your fee and hit submit in the Common App) and NEU has marketed well to get those application numbers up. Key is they are in Boston and no supplementals. [/quote] Another similarly ranked good school, Case Western, has no supplements, but it's not as popular. There's a school called Wentworth Institute of Tech with no supplements literally right next to NEU, but it's not popular at all. Thus, it tells us that it's not Boston and/or no supplements. It's a combination of many things. I personally think the key is outcomes. NEU's outcomes rival those of many elite schools mentioned above, such as Rice, Vanderbilt, UChicago, Brown, Northwestern, etc. Also, the purpose of supplements is to pick the right student for the school. NEU is doing one of the best jobs based on the retention rate, which is in the top 5. [b]Its graduation rate is also in the top 25-30 among national universities. [/b]I think more schools should follow NEU's example and reduce the burden on students. Schools should have plenty of information already. [/quote] Here NEU is listed at 55 in terms of graduation rate. https://www.oedb.org/rankings/graduation-rate/[/quote] Did you get the 'among national universities' part? So it sounds about right. Also looks like it's an outdated info. https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/[/quote]
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