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Anonymous wrote:Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.
There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

So gullible. No wonder NEU gets so many applications. The median earnings depend on what mix of majors graduate. So, one school may have more engineers with higher salary. Others a bit less. You are comparing apples and oranges. Also the better schools who send more to students to grad school will see a lower overall salary average since grad stipends are very low. Sheesh surprised at the innumeracy and a lack of sophistication in DCUM. Keeps the gimmicky schools who spend enormous money in marketing themselves like NEU in business.

LOL pay attention. It's 'at 10 years after entering the school'
so most should've done with grad school by then.

so what's the difference between Amhurst and Northeastern.
Amhurst just has bunch of low paying majors?

DP Honestly, if you can’t spell Amherst properly then your opinions carry zero merit with me. Also NEU is almost entirely pre professional so if you can’t understand that orientation vs. a research university then you really shouldn’t be sharing your “thoughts” with anybody other than yourself.

LMFAO Northeastern is a R1 Research University.
Do you know what that is?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_in_the_United_States

There are 146 total today, and 39 R1 private research universities.
Northeastern is one of the 39.

In fact it's highly ranked in some areas such as computer science.
https://csrankings.org/
This ranking is primarily based on research activity and output.

You are completely wrong every single time.
You must be like 80 years old and still living in the 80's
We are living in the 21st century. Wake up.

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Anonymous wrote:We know someone who was admitted to Northeastern but is spending freshman year at their CA campus. Can anyone tell me more about this? Is it an option or is it mandatory for some students?

My DD will be attending the Boston campus I'm the Fall in the regular program. As PP explained, it's the NUBound program. You don't have a choice which program you get accepted to, Regular NU, NUin, or NUBound. In the end, you finish with the same degree. However, something that parents are finding out is that with NUin and NUBound it's a "pre-matriculation" program. Therefore federal aid can not be used during that year/semester. Also, student loans seem to be harder to get.

This lack of transparency should be criminal. Or at least, you know, make explicitly clear during application process and again in the acceptance letter.

Also, I’m sure DD will be offered housing a mile from campus at the HolidayInn or Westin.

We recently toured Northeastern, BU & BC. I’m relieved DD crossed Northeastern off the list (and liked BU & BC). Sometimes full pay can be an advantage but it feels as if it’s used against the applicant and increased chances that qualified full pay applicants will be offered this gimmicky IN/OUT
expensive option to secure admission.

We toured Boston area before as well when applying.
If NUIn/Bound for Northeastern vs BU or BC, then BU or BC would make more sense in general.
However there are many other factors to consider of course.

My kid is in CS and Design. So crossed off BC.
BU doesn't have any campus. Just a couple of strips of streets.
NYU at least have the Washington Square which kinds of serve as a central location and school buildings are around it.
BU felt like an office compound. Crossed off the list.
For Tufts, you have to commute to SMFA for the good art/design classes. That was a huge deal breaker.

Luckily goy in NU with half tuition aid. Very happy.

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Anonymous wrote:We know someone who was admitted to Northeastern but is spending freshman year at their CA campus. Can anyone tell me more about this? Is it an option or is it mandatory for some students?

My DD will be attending the Boston campus I'm the Fall in the regular program. As PP explained, it's the NUBound program. You don't have a choice which program you get accepted to, Regular NU, NUin, or NUBound. In the end, you finish with the same degree. However, something that parents are finding out is that with NUin and NUBound it's a "pre-matriculation" program. Therefore federal aid can not be used during that year/semester. Also, student loans seem to be harder to get.

This lack of transparency should be criminal. Or at least, you know, make explicitly clear during application process and again in the acceptance letter.

Also, I’m sure DD will be offered housing a mile from campus at the HolidayInn or Westin.

We recently toured Northeastern, BU & BC. I’m relieved DD crossed Northeastern off the list (and liked BU & BC). Sometimes full pay can be an advantage but it feels as if it’s used against the applicant and increased chances that qualified full pay applicants will be offered this gimmicky IN/OUT
expensive option to secure admission.

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DP Honestly, if you can’t spell Amherst properly then your opinions carry zero merit with me. Also NEU is almost entirely pre professional so if you can’t understand that orientation vs. a research university then you really shouldn’t be sharing your “thoughts” with anybody other than yourself.

Says the person who can’t spell Northeastern (NU).

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.
There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

So gullible. No wonder NEU gets so many applications. The median earnings depend on what mix of majors graduate. So, one school may have more engineers with higher salary. Others a bit less. You are comparing apples and oranges. Also the better schools who send more to students to grad school will see a lower overall salary average since grad stipends are very low. Sheesh surprised at the innumeracy and a lack of sophistication in DCUM. Keeps the gimmicky schools who spend enormous money in marketing themselves like NEU in business.

LOL pay attention. It's 'at 10 years after entering the school'
so most should've done with grad school by then.

so what's the difference between Amhurst and Northeastern.
Amhurst just has bunch of low paying majors?

DP Honestly, if you can’t spell Amherst properly then your opinions carry zero merit with me. Also NEU is almost entirely pre professional so if you can’t understand that orientation vs. a research university then you really shouldn’t be sharing your “thoughts” with anybody other than yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:We know someone who was admitted to Northeastern but is spending freshman year at their CA campus. Can anyone tell me more about this? Is it an option or is it mandatory for some students?

My DD will be attending the Boston campus I'm the Fall in the regular program. As PP explained, it's the NUBound program. You don't have a choice which program you get accepted to, Regular NU, NUin, or NUBound. In the end, you finish with the same degree. However, something that parents are finding out is that with NUin and NUBound it's a "pre-matriculation" program. Therefore federal aid can not be used during that year/semester. Also, student loans seem to be harder to get.

This lack of transparency should be criminal. Or at least, you know, make explicitly clear during application process and again in the acceptance letter.

Agree! And this isn't the only school that does this: NYU, W&M, etc. etc.

Also, Colby and Middlebury.

Anonymous wrote:Californian native here who grew up in the east bay in Danville. Mills College and area isn’t nearly as bad as the previous poster makes it seem. Also, it actually is the east bay….no quotations needed.

+1 -- Also a native Californian (from Palo Alto). I don't know anything about the Northeastern program, but Oakland is a really interesting and evolving community. And the East Bay has been a commonly- used geographic and demographic term since at least the '70s.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.
There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

So gullible. No wonder NEU gets so many applications. The median earnings depend on what mix of majors graduate. So, one school may have more engineers with higher salary. Others a bit less. You are comparing apples and oranges. Also the better schools who send more to students to grad school will see a lower overall salary average since grad stipends are very low. Sheesh surprised at the innumeracy and a lack of sophistication in DCUM. Keeps the gimmicky schools who spend enormous money in marketing themselves like NEU in business.

Still have no idea what you are talking about since there is no such thing as NEU.

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Anonymous wrote:Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.
There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

So gullible. No wonder NEU gets so many applications. The median earnings depend on what mix of majors graduate. So, one school may have more engineers with higher salary. Others a bit less. You are comparing apples and oranges. Also the better schools who send more to students to grad school will see a lower overall salary average since grad stipends are very low. Sheesh surprised at the innumeracy and a lack of sophistication in DCUM. Keeps the gimmicky schools who spend enormous money in marketing themselves like NEU in business.

LOL pay attention. It's 'at 10 years after entering the school'
so most should've done with grad school by then.

so what's the difference between Amhurst and Northeastern.
Amhurst just has bunch of low paying majors?

Anonymous wrote:Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.
There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

So gullible. No wonder NEU gets so many applications. The median earnings depend on what mix of majors graduate. So, one school may have more engineers with higher salary. Others a bit less. You are comparing apples and oranges. Also the better schools who send more to students to grad school will see a lower overall salary average since grad stipends are very low. Sheesh surprised at the innumeracy and a lack of sophistication in DCUM. Keeps the gimmicky schools who spend enormous money in marketing themselves like NEU in business.

Somebody mentioned UMass Amhurst saying it's a better school
Let's take a look at the performance by Department of Education.

The median earnings of former students who received federal financial aid at 10 years after entering the school.

UMass Amhurst: $62,048
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?166629-University-of-Massachusetts-Amherst

Northeastern: $79,786
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?167358-Northeastern-University

For a reference
UVA: $77,048
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?234076-University-of-Virginia-Main-Campus

There are number of reasons why high stat kids love Northeastern regardless of the ranking.
Great education, student service, experience, reputation by employers.

There's some criticism about NUIn/NUBound. There's probably room for improvement, but it could be a great option for some students.
If it's not for you, you can pass. It's an option, nobody's forcing anybody.

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Anonymous wrote:And NU is Northwestern even if Northeastern is trying to claim it with their brand strategy.

Cool. Now do UM. How about USC?

USC is always going to be University of Southern California outside of a small region in South Carolina.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like another NEU gimmick. Probably just another way to squeeze as much tuition money as it can from students.

+1

Anonymous wrote:It’s sad to see so many people falling for the Northeastern Univ hype— their craven strategy to game the rankings was so clearly spelled out on the Selingo book. And now we see that kids are falling for the “bay area” campus?! There are much better schools to attend.

And NU is Northwestern even if Northeastern is trying to claim it with their brand strategy.

Students and employers disagree with you.

For example, https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech
(updated July 2022)

It's this kind of proven performance and reputation that attacks top students

Anonymous wrote:And NU is Northwestern even if Northeastern is trying to claim it with their brand strategy.

Cool. Now do UM. How about USC?