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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I have a junior with Northeastern on the list. We have visited. He has high stats.  I was reading the NEU thread on EA over at CC some weeks ago and was surprised that there were high stats applicants offered non-Boston campuses -- who didn't ask for it. While I wonder what it takes to get Boston, the idea that a student intentionally says "only Boston" and the school offers some other campus anyway is irksome.[/quote]

I’ve already discussed with my junior about the multiple options and acceptances and I agree it’s unclear what it takes to get Boston.  I get how it’s annoying to state a preference and not have the school honor it - however, the flip side is that students can receive a non-preferred admission option at many colleges - I.e. I applied for fall and got spring or applied to CS but got arts and sciences etc. Even if it isn’t the preference, it will come down to what are the other choices (including how it relates to fit and money) weighed against how much do I want to attend the college that accepted me but not to my preferred major, timing, or location. [/quote]
I get all that, but for a high stats applicant who only wants Boston, we are not paying 80k. Nor 70k or 60k or 50k (after subtracting any merit such as NM, which applies here). I doubt Northeastern reads DCUM, but hey Northeastern admissions, if you are listening, if you can't offer Boston to my high stats kid who only wants Boston among the NEU options, please straight-up reject him.

Thinking out loud: how much value does NEU have if one or more years are not in Boston? Does a selection of "only Boston" identify students who really don't care about NEU but merely want to attend school in Boston? Yes, perhaps it does. Sorry NEU, outside of Boston, as a parent I struggle to see the full value in NEU. Maybe for 40k, but there's no way that would be the price after merit. And therein lies the rub: other applicants (without the high stats?) may see more value than we do, i.e., they are willing to pay full price AND live elsewhere for a year or more. (Fine for them.)[/quote]

What you fail to accept is that Northeastern is only accepting high stats kids, and they still choose to attend.  Why does that bother you so much? [/quote]

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