Anonymous
Post 03/22/2026 04:37     Subject: Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of recent threads of you search the forum.


You can say this to pretty much any subject.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 22:05     Subject: Re:Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx!


Our kid had a 4.0 GPA and a 32 ACT(graduated last year), applied and was accepted to Boston ED. I think they accept to Boston a large amount of ED, don't know about RD. To get the co-op, you have to be persistent. There's a 1 credit course all take the semester they are applying, where they work on resumes and learn the process, practice interviewing, etc. Some kids don't get co-ops, just like some people are unemployed after looking and applying a lot. But our daughter and friends all ended up with co-ops. Many get job offers through that process, many learn what they don't like and move on to something else.

If your kid has a bunch of APs, they can still do co-ops and graduate in 4 years. And if they don't, you are NOT paying a thing to the school while they are on co-op, so it doesn't matter if it takes them 5 years, you are still only paying for 4. While they are on co-op they are earning salary


I can't speak for the business or engineering majors, but for pre-med, there were abundant clinical and research opportunities. These are co-ops at MGH, Beth Israel, Mass Eye & Ear, Tufts, etc.

Not only are they generous in granting AP credit, they also take dual enrollment/college credit earned in high school. Most of my DC's peers easily can do a co-op, especially if they are a bio, biochem or health science major.

Northeastern isn't the type of college where someone who needs a lot of handholding will thrive. It is very career oriented.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 21:53     Subject: Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We were told, and it bears out at our DC's high school, that NEU was really leaning into high SAT's. There were lots of questions about their test optional policy and from the sounds of it, they may go back to test mandatory.

Highly doubt that. They love to drive down their acceptance rate with applications.

For those of you with a high stats student be aware that they are big with yield protection. Not unusual for them to defer and waitlist kids that got into multiple higher ranked schools.


Pre-covid, pre-test optional NEU had a top 20 SAT score average. Test optional might increase applications, but it necessarily won't increase quality. Since NEU had no problem attracting high SAT scorers, I can see them ditching test optional. Of course, with BU, BC and Tufts all still TO, one of the non-Harvard/MIT Boston areas schools will have to go first. Of those, NEU would probably be the first.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:45     Subject: Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:I cannot even imagine considering Northeastern for a second. It's just not that good of a school. The definition of overrated -- except it's not even rated very highly in the first place.

Why does everybody get so worked up over this school??


My kid is considering it because it is one of the very few schools in the country with her desired major. So, there's that.

But also, they have given very generous aid, have opportunities for undergraduate research, and make it very easy and affordable to study abroad. Plus, it's in a great location

It's not the typical college experience and it won't be for everyone, but it does have many things to offer to the right student
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:16     Subject: Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:I cannot even imagine considering Northeastern for a second. It's just not that good of a school. The definition of overrated -- except it's not even rated very highly in the first place.

Why does everybody get so worked up over this school??

Because it has a low acceptance rate that people seem to falsely correlate with prestige.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:14     Subject: Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:I cannot even imagine considering Northeastern for a second. It's just not that good of a school. The definition of overrated -- except it's not even rated very highly in the first place.

Why does everybody get so worked up over this school??


Very normal attitude, pp. kudos!
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:12     Subject: Northeastern?
I cannot even imagine considering Northeastern for a second. It's just not that good of a school. The definition of overrated -- except it's not even rated very highly in the first place.

Why does everybody get so worked up over this school??
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:08     Subject: Re:Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx!


Why wait for RD when they have a non binding EA round?

They like to defer high stats kids from EA to RD. A good percentage of class taken in ED. Your kid has 7% chance on EA / RD. They seem to prefer slightly lower stats student like the 32 ACt student to someone with a 35 or 36.


Yes, like all schools they will yield protect in rd but there are tons of very high stat kids going ED.

Truly top schools don’t yield protect. Why would a kid with a 35 roll the dice paying full price at northeastern ED when they’d be in the running for better schools or large merit at their state flagship. ED is also likely next tier students.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 20:03     Subject: Re:Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx!


Why wait for RD when they have a non binding EA round?

They like to defer high stats kids from EA to RD. A good percentage of class taken in ED. Your kid has 7% chance on EA / RD. They seem to prefer slightly lower stats student like the 32 ACt student to someone with a 35 or 36.


Yes, like all schools they will yield protect in rd but there are tons of very high stat kids going ED.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 19:57     Subject: Re:Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx!


Why wait for RD when they have a non binding EA round?

They like to defer high stats kids from EA to RD. A good percentage of class taken in ED. Your kid has 7% chance on EA / RD. They seem to prefer slightly lower stats student like the 32 ACt student to someone with a 35 or 36.
Anonymous
Post 03/21/2026 19:28     Subject: Re:Northeastern?
Anonymous wrote:Following this thread - considering this school for DC, current junior. For those that have experience with the school - do regular ‘standard strong’ students have a chance to get in RD or is the class basically filled by the time RD rolls around? Do all students get coops in engineering if they want them ? What percentage of kids get job offers from their coops? Thx!


Our kid had a 4.0 GPA and a 32 ACT(graduated last year), applied and was accepted to Boston ED. I think they accept to Boston a large amount of ED, don't know about RD. To get the co-op, you have to be persistent. There's a 1 credit course all take the semester they are applying, where they work on resumes and learn the process, practice interviewing, etc. Some kids don't get co-ops, just like some people are unemployed after looking and applying a lot. But our daughter and friends all ended up with co-ops. Many get job offers through that process, many learn what they don't like and move on to something else.

If your kid has a bunch of APs, they can still do co-ops and graduate in 4 years. And if they don't, you are NOT paying a thing to the school while they are on co-op, so it doesn't matter if it takes them 5 years, you are still only paying for 4. While they are on co-op they are earning salary