Anonymous wrote:Not all kids have done ED1. The great majority of middle/upper-middle class kids have parents who perform a benefit/cost analysis of the respective schools and like to compare merit packages, much to the chagrin of the kid.

Not doing ED1 puts you at a disadvantage.

Not all kids have done ED1. The great majority of middle/upper-middle class kids have parents who perform a benefit/cost analysis of the respective schools and like to compare merit packages, much to the chagrin of the kid.

OP, people arguing about the merits of the CS programs of these schools aren't helpful. Your kid is going to need to package themselves to get in. I assume they were already rejected from their ED1? What school? This is a hint they may not do very well ED2.

The schools you've listed are all hard to get into. Is your kid coming from public, private, parochial? Figure out which one fits into their personal narrative best. If none of this makes sense to you, your kid is probably not going to get in.

Anonymous wrote:Definitely visit the schools. Northeastern has a more campus while being in the center of Boston. BU's campus is a linear version of GWU, but you have the Charles river as a defined endpoint . BC is in the suburbs.

Northeastern is better "known" for CS, and their CO-OP program is strong, but all three schools will give you a great education and career result PROVIDED you put the work in.

The odd part, and some of the PPs have cited this, is that applicants generally know how different each of the three schools campuses and offerings are, so parents/students who have done their homework rarely apply to all three of the colleges mentioned. By the time your child/student narrows down major and type of campus, even though all three schools mentioned are in Massachusetts, they are all very different. Again, this has been mentioned by several PPs.

That is why so many of the disingenuous comparison posts, including this one, come across as troll posts. It also seems that parents get upset when they are mislead to think that a school is "easy" to get into, and their child is rejected. In addition, the Boston and New England area remains an enigma to some adults who have never been, but we have all seen the misinformation about what a campus is like, or what kind of student attends. While it can be entertaining - naive, uneducated, misinformed or ignorant parents are sometimes giving and given the wrong information, which seems the original intent of this post. This thread did end up providing some good information.

I don't think that this thread had the result that OP intended, and hopefully can bring some closure to OP for whatever their issue may be, with one of the three schools in particular.

Definitely visit the schools. Northeastern has a more campus while being in the center of Boston. BU's campus is a linear version of GWU, but you have the Charles river as a defined endpoint . BC is in the suburbs.

Northeastern is better "known" for CS, and their CO-OP program is strong, but all three schools will give you a great education and career result PROVIDED you put the work in.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe Boston will fade away and become a rotting urban zombie battle zone, but for right now:

The rest of the world, like China, India, Korea, Japan, UK, Germany value a US education. Especially in STEM areas.

And Boston is their Mecca, with UC's their Al Aqsa. So schools like BU and Northeastern will be around for a long, long time.

Haha. Everyone wants Harvard and MIT. But Northeastern? It's dropping back to reality. The illusion of the commuter college climbing the rankings with no endowment and a five-year plan for everyone is over.

I don't think you are familiar with the sbject at all and stuck in the 70s. BU has been very popular to international students. NU's popularity has been rising rapidly as well. In fact a complaint is that they allocate too many seats for international students.

It seems the PPs/OP complaining and have inaccurate information about NU, have kids at other current commuter schools, perhaps. Best to not let your DC know how you really feel.

NU has been popular with students across the globe since at least the 70's-80's, but OP Troll would never admit that, nor have occasion or experience to know. NU has traditionally been known for their engineering (since the 50's, if not before), and since (at least) the 80's, computer science. It has strong respect in the nerd arena, across the board. IYKYK. BU has traditionally been known for their communications major, and BC was/is more of an LAC, traditionally.

BC also likes their athletes (swim and soccer, especially - so that is promising with those who have DC athletes). Alternatively, NU has eliminated their entire football team, not so long ago. Just adding some truths, so that parents will be better informed on this board, instead of mislead by those with a chip on their shoulder.

Good luck to the parents who are waiting to hear good news on behalf of their applicant DC. May you find reliable sources to guide their way.

Awhile back BC and BU had strong hockey teams. Is that still true?

I can’t think of anywhere else in the country where there are so many universities concentrated in such a small area. BU, BC, NU, Wentworth, Suffolk, UMass, Emerson, MIT and Harvard along with many more smaller colleges. Some Southern and Midwest schools are like their own little towns but a place like Boston has all kinds of people from all over.

Nice weather in the South but …

Anonymous wrote:Also I think he should throw in an application at MIT -- you never know!

Why? There’s nothing to indicate he would be accepted based on his statistics. He was advised not to bother.

I watched The Science Fair 2022 and a kid from small town Florida won the whole thing. $75,000 reward and MIT accepted him. His father was an air conditioner repairman and got him started on rebuilding things. His science project was a project that explored high-efficiency alternatives to induction motors. Those are the MIT types.

BC alum here. Love the school. Not for CS. If your DC can get into BC then there are much better places for CS that DC can get into. I am from Boston and would not do any of the three. Go somewhere great with a CS rep.

I agree, those 3 schools suck. The only CS program worth attending is one at MIT, Caltech, Stanford, or Carnegie Mellon.

If your child can't get into one of those schools, there is no use in pursuing a CS degree.

Children from NOVA don't go to non T-5 schools. They impress that upon their children from an early age.

Anonymous wrote:Why the focus on Boston? None of these is all that great.

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Anonymous wrote:We couldn't apply early decision 1 because of a job change. Now that that's taken care of, DS is going to apply ED2 to one of BU, NEU or BC. Wants to do a comp sci major. The usual stats...3.85UW, 4.3 weighted. Good, not great, EC's. One LOR should be really good, the other normal good. Took the sat 4 times, so composite score of 1530, 780 Math, 750 Reading.

Really wants to go to school in Boston. His guidance counselor told him based on the students that MIT takes out of his high school, don't even bother applying.

Not really expecting any aid based on the NPC.

The tail is wagging the dog.

Northeastern for CS.

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Anonymous wrote:Why the focus on Boston? None of these is all that great.

What do you mean why? Location is one of the important factors for many people if you didn't know.

Also, Northeastern is close to great for CS and engineering.
It was the first university that stood up separate whole college of computer science in the 80s.
Ranked #12 on https://csrankings.org/

Gets huge respect from the industry
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

FYI, Perdue was the first university that established CS department separaing it out of the math department in the 60s

Northeastern was the first university established College of CS separating it from the College of Engineering

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Northeastern for CS

+1. No doubt.

I kind of hate the Northeastern experience. I think your kid would really have to love the moving around and internships, etc. I have a niece who loved it and my kid absolutely not interested. Even though BU and BC are very different, my kid has them both on his list.

Boston campus of Northeastern doesn’t really matter because it’s unlikely that’s where kid will spend most of his time.

With that philosophy, no college campus matters.

A candidate that qualifies for NU admission will spend minimum 3 years, and maximum 4 years on the Boston campus.

Please stop with the misinformation.

My niece graduated from Northeastern. She was away from Boston more than "on campus." It was great for because she really loved to travel and is a bit of a loner anyway - it's not for everyone. Stop being so ignorant.

Please explain your answer - make it make sense.

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Northeastern for CS

+1. No doubt.

I kind of hate the Northeastern experience. I think your kid would really have to love the moving around and internships, etc. I have a niece who loved it and my kid absolutely not interested. Even though BU and BC are very different, my kid has them both on his list.

Boston campus of Northeastern doesn’t really matter because it’s unlikely that’s where kid will spend most of his time.

With that philosophy, no college campus matters.

A candidate that qualifies for NU admission will spend minimum 3 years, and maximum 4 years on the Boston campus.

Please stop with the misinformation.

My niece graduated from Northeastern. She was away from Boston more than "on campus." It was great for because she really loved to travel and is a bit of a loner anyway - it's not for everyone. Stop being so ignorant.