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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s sad is that Northeastern has always had a distinctive niche on the Boston higher education landscape—its convenient urban location & co-op programs make it unique. They should have just been content with maximizing those features instead of striving to be something it’s not. [/quote]

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Bad take.  Why should any organization be content with their current place in the world?  There's nothing wrong with taking tangible steps to improve institutional quality.  Call it "gaming" the system, or whatever you like, but there's not getting around the fact that peer quality has gone up at NEU and it's now a difficult admit.  My kid got in (also got in UVA) and strongly considered it.[/quote]

Please. There is nothing admirable about the contortions Northeastern has performed with admissions, placing freshmen, & gaming the rankings. They clearly hoped their acceptance % would make the unaware think it was comparable to Northwestern, & assume it was Ivy-like. Instead, it became a punchline.

That, instead of trying to be even more responsive to the needs of smart students who need high-quality practical educations that feed seamlessly into excellent internships.

Compare to BC, which was an above-average Catholic school with a nice campus & solid sports. It organically upgraded to an excellent Catholic school with a beautiful campus & ACC sports. It resisted the urge to minimize religion to try to become Georgetown, or hire a zillion-dollar football coach to try to become Notre Dame. [/quote]

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