Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 20:47     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
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Anonymous wrote:Don't have student there now but just looked at them recently on a day trip to Boston. Not a fan of NEU - way too transactional. Really liked BU for what my kids is interested in. Also, I'm old-fashioned and like a school that has some requirements. For sure going to dissuade NEU and encourage BU. Loved BU campus and location. Didn't like NEU campus as much.


That's usually the opposite of people's reaction to BU's campus. It stretches along Comm Ave with interruptions from commercial businesses so you don't even have a campus feel. Northeastern has more of a campus feel with the way that their buildings are structured.


We live in NYC so BU has a campus feel to us. NEU's campus felt so haphazard.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 20:21     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.


BU and Northeastern receive a massive Boston advantage. International undergraduate applicants alone are huge to both colleges. Northeastern also ihas a city-imposed cap on the number of freshman so scarcity drives up value.

If Syracuse was in Boston it would be thought of as the equivalent of BU, BC, NEU and Tufts.


A Syracuse fan really digging deep here. So if Syracuse had a premiere location like Boston it could be thought of as on the level of a commuter school or a glorified public beneath UMass?


I'm not the "Syracuse fan" but you are doubling and tripling down on being wrong. It's been 30+ years since your descriptors of BU and NEU were accurate.


That's not my description - I was citing a different poster. The context should probably tell you that. Boston and NEU are strong schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 20:11     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Tufts #36
BC #36
BU #42
NE #46

Which college you pick should depend entirely on major. Pre-med, Tufts. International relations/communications BU. CS/Engineering NE. Business BC.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 20:04     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:How do those compare with Tufts or BC?


Tufts > BC = NE = BU

Tufts in an entirely different class
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 19:49     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:Don't have student there now but just looked at them recently on a day trip to Boston. Not a fan of NEU - way too transactional. Really liked BU for what my kids is interested in. Also, I'm old-fashioned and like a school that has some requirements. For sure going to dissuade NEU and encourage BU. Loved BU campus and location. Didn't like NEU campus as much.


That's usually the opposite of people's reaction to BU's campus. It stretches along Comm Ave with interruptions from commercial businesses so you don't even have a campus feel. Northeastern has more of a campus feel with the way that their buildings are structured.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 19:45     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Don't have student there now but just looked at them recently on a day trip to Boston. Not a fan of NEU - way too transactional. Really liked BU for what my kids is interested in. Also, I'm old-fashioned and like a school that has some requirements. For sure going to dissuade NEU and encourage BU. Loved BU campus and location. Didn't like NEU campus as much.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 18:19     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.


BU and Northeastern receive a massive Boston advantage. International undergraduate applicants alone are huge to both colleges. Northeastern also ihas a city-imposed cap on the number of freshman so scarcity drives up value.

If Syracuse was in Boston it would be thought of as the equivalent of BU, BC, NEU and Tufts.


There are over 100 4 year colleges in the Boston area. Totally useless what if
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 18:09     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:Neither are worth taking out loans for - be careful! An undergrad degree at either is not worth $400K


Which ones are worth $400k
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 17:31     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.


BU and Northeastern receive a massive Boston advantage. International undergraduate applicants alone are huge to both colleges. Northeastern also ihas a city-imposed cap on the number of freshman so scarcity drives up value.

If Syracuse was in Boston it would be thought of as the equivalent of BU, BC, NEU and Tufts.


A Syracuse fan really digging deep here. So if Syracuse had a premiere location like Boston it could be thought of as on the level of a commuter school or a glorified public beneath UMass?


I'm not the "Syracuse fan" but you are doubling and tripling down on being wrong. It's been 30+ years since your descriptors of BU and NEU were accurate.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 17:24     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Neither are worth taking out loans for - be careful! An undergrad degree at either is not worth $400K
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 16:52     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.


BU and Northeastern receive a massive Boston advantage. International undergraduate applicants alone are huge to both colleges. Northeastern also ihas a city-imposed cap on the number of freshman so scarcity drives up value.

If Syracuse was in Boston it would be thought of as the equivalent of BU, BC, NEU and Tufts.


A Syracuse fan really digging deep here. So if Syracuse had a premiere location like Boston it could be thought of as on the level of a commuter school or a glorified public beneath UMass?
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 16:23     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.


BU and Northeastern receive a massive Boston advantage. International undergraduate applicants alone are huge to both colleges. Northeastern also ihas a city-imposed cap on the number of freshman so scarcity drives up value.

If Syracuse was in Boston it would be thought of as the equivalent of BU, BC, NEU and Tufts.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 16:19     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


Maybe this used to be true but no longer. See the post about Syracuse's woes - its profile has gone down while BU's and NEU's have skyrocketed, and the latter schools' location has almost everything to do with that.
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 16:18     Subject: Re:Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern is a commuter school and BU is really just an over glorified private school that should be public. UMass better than both.


it's not the 1990s
Anonymous
Post 06/17/2026 16:17     Subject: Current experiences with BU or Northeastern
Anonymous wrote:How do those compare with Tufts or BC?


I think it depends on your program - Tufts is probably the best of the four for med school, BC (CSOM, their business school) is probably the best of the four for finance, NEU is probably the best of the four for a kid who doesn't know what they want but wants guaranteed job experience.