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Anonymous wrote:I posted the 90K number - I got that from an admissions officer at NE who said it in a webinar for admitted students we attended this week

Also from a guy on Reddit,

"During a meeting on housing a few days ago, Northeastern reps stated their goal for the class of 2026 is 2500 students.
91k people applied, with a 33% yield rate, creating around 7500 acceptances, which works out to 8.25% acceptance rate."

2,500?! Holy crap. That doesn't make any sense. Normal class size around 4,000+

This is due to the over-enrollment last year.
Much more students committed than expected last year.

Also yields has been 20-25%, but not estimating over 30%

Apparently the yield last year was over 30% (when historically it had been 20-25%)...hence the overenrollment last year. Now they have a surge in applicants plus the need for a smaller class (because of the overenrollment last year) plus a new/higher yield estimate...that's why the acceptance rate is going to tank this year.

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Anonymous wrote:I posted the 90K number - I got that from an admissions officer at NE who said it in a webinar for admitted students we attended this week

Also from a guy on Reddit,

"During a meeting on housing a few days ago, Northeastern reps stated their goal for the class of 2026 is 2500 students.
91k people applied, with a 33% yield rate, creating around 7500 acceptances, which works out to 8.25% acceptance rate."

2,500?! Holy crap. That doesn't make any sense. Normal class size around 4,000+

This is due to the over-enrollment last year.
Much more students committed than expected last year.

Also yields has been 20-25%, but not estimating over 30%

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted the 90K number - I got that from an admissions officer at NE who said it in a webinar for admitted students we attended this week

Also from a guy on Reddit,

"During a meeting on housing a few days ago, Northeastern reps stated their goal for the class of 2026 is 2500 students.
91k people applied, with a 33% yield rate, creating around 7500 acceptances, which works out to 8.25% acceptance rate."

2,500?! Holy crap. That doesn't make any sense. Normal class size around 4,000+

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Anonymous wrote:I posted the 90K number - I got that from an admissions officer at NE who said it in a webinar for admitted students we attended this week

Also from a guy on Reddit,

"During a meeting on housing a few days ago, Northeastern reps stated their goal for the class of 2026 is 2500 students.
91k people applied, with a 33% yield rate, creating around 7500 acceptances, which works out to 8.25% acceptance rate."

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone would choose NEU over a state flagship? The cost differential is absolutely astounding.

At some point, the other shoe has to drop, no? People are going to realize that if it's now harder to get into NEU than, say, Cornell or Dartmouth... I mean, you'd go with the school that is universally considered better.

a state flagship vs a private college argument is nothing new and nothing unique to Northeastern.
 
Lets' say UMCP vs Northeastern. 

If full pay for Northeastern and in-state for UMD, I can see most would choose UMCP.If cost is similar from aid/scholarship, then I can see many would choose Northeastern.
Here's an idea. It actually turns out 50:50 for
this.https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Northeastern+University&with=University+of+Maryland%2C+College+Park

I don't think it'll get harder than Cornell or Dartmouth any time soon. 
Like I mentioned above, if you get into a T25ish school, you'll choose that.
If not, it's becoming a good next option. That's all.

Anonymous wrote:I posted the 90K number - I got that from an admissions officer at NE who said it in a webinar for admitted students we attended this week

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Anonymous wrote:For the NEU bashers, what makes it overrated? Yes, it USED to be a commuter school and played the game to rise up USNWR rankings, but now enrolls high stat kids from all over the country and has an acceptance rate below 20%. Poor education? Subpar job placement? Serious inquiry. My rising senior and I really liked it. Outside a couple of "lottery" schools, it's his first choice.

To be frank, it just doesn't have that great of an image. LOTS of kids make fun of it, think of it as the desperate school that gamed the rankings, etc. It's an image issue almost solely since I'm sure it'a good school (though not sure if it's enough to justify the price/hype). We'll see if that image changes a decade or two from now.

Wait....it's not a good school because "LOTS of kids make fun of it"??? Well, it seems as though LOTS of kids are applying there, so....

For the record, I have no dog in this hunt but have a friend in Boston who has hired several kids from NEU's design school and raves about them (and says the school has a lot going for it).

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Anonymous wrote:For the NEU bashers, what makes it overrated? Yes, it USED to be a commuter school and played the game to rise up USNWR rankings, but now enrolls high stat kids from all over the country and has an acceptance rate below 20%. Poor education? Subpar job placement? Serious inquiry. My rising senior and I really liked it. Outside a couple of "lottery" schools, it's his first choice.

To be frank, it just doesn't have that great of an image. LOTS of kids make fun of it, think of it as the desperate school that gamed the rankings, etc. It's an image issue almost solely since I'm sure it'a good school (though not sure if it's enough to justify the price/hype). We'll see if that image changes a decade or two from now.

Wait....it's not a good school because "LOTS of kids make fun of it"??? Well, it seems as though LOTS of kids are applying there, so....

For the record, I have no dog in this hunt but have a friend in Boston who has hired several kids from NEU's design school and raves about them (and says the school has a lot going for it).

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Anonymous wrote:For the NEU bashers, what makes it overrated? Yes, it USED to be a commuter school and played the game to rise up USNWR rankings, but now enrolls high stat kids from all over the country and has an acceptance rate below 20%. Poor education? Subpar job placement? Serious inquiry. My rising senior and I really liked it. Outside a couple of "lottery" schools, it's his first choice.

+1

Thought it was fantastic on our tour...liked it way better than a lot of other "better ranked" schools. The co-op program is unique and give the school something very different. That is why a lot of people really like it. The people who don't like it don't cite anything substantive (they ONLY talk about how it "gamed" the rankings...the rankings are stupid to begin with....)