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[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. [b]It's a con game[/b] - 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] This is exactly how we felt after our tour a few years ago. The big focus on the co-op was a huge turn off. And they were going over the top with "selling" the school. My DS ended up going to an actual top 20.[/quote]
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