Another Northeastern parent here with a very happy student. No, it's not for everyone-- my DC would have been very unhappy at the SLAC that I attended (and loved). But for my college student, Northeastern was an excellent choice and they're thrilled to be there. DC is excited by their classes and professors, is a member of multiple clubs, is doing research for a professor, likes the cohesive campus and its location in Back Bay, and loves exploring Boston every weekend. We didn't know or care about rankings when we researched schools for my student, and we don't care about them now-- we care about fit. The OP and other haters who post frequently on DCUM about Northeastern have some truly bizarre axes to grind. But that can't take away from the great experience that actual current students are having, and the excellent employment results upon graduation.

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Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

Except the NE data is always skewed because they report only for kids who started in Boston freshman year. The data they report accounts for less than half the kids in a graduating class

I actually have nothing against the school but the posters who continue to tout the incomplete data after being told why it is misleading te super annoying.

How can retention and graduation rates be skewed??
For example, UC Berkeley accepts 30% of its incoming students form transfers, many of them from community colleges.
Are they not included in the graduation rate?

Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

Except the NE data is always skewed because they report only for kids who started in Boston freshman year. The data they report accounts for less than half the kids in a graduating class

I actually have nothing against the school but the posters who continue to tout the incomplete data after being told why it is misleading te super annoying.

Northeastern parent here-my son loves it and I think it’s a good school with some really significant strengths and lots of very smart kids. No, I don’t think it’s incredibly amazing and yes, they have attempted to increase their ranking (though to be fair that’s incredibly common.)

What I genuinely don’t understand is the blood feud some posters seem to have with a school their children (one pp excepted) don’t attend nor the idea that a school can’t change in thirty years. I mean in 30 years if Appalachian state is considered highly selective I guess I might be surprised but I suspect I’d be able to eventually acclimate.

Anonymous wrote:speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

+1

Glad to see some educated, informed, up to date and pertinent posts on this thread. There are several posters who have done their homework, and served their DC applicants well. Well done.

If you don't like a school, move on - but coming to DCUM regularly to post about the same schools over and over is the definition of insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is a great article on how Northeastern focused solely on breaking the rankings code and had the sole focus on optimizing everything they did around rankings. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/
When you do this - you get a # - but you may leave your soul behind.

It’s funny how this article is always referenced and at this point it’s nine years old.

+1

Such a bizarre fixation. NEU is one of the few schools that this OP fixates upon, and one of only a few schools posted repeatedly on DCUM. Surprised it is allowed, instead of using old threads. Really detracts from any usefulness that DCUM allows re: college information.

speaking of happiness, retention rate and graduation rate would be good measures.

For retention rate, Northeastern is #3 among national universities
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

For graduation rate, Northeastern is #29 among national universities
https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/GraduationRate6Year/

It's 21st century, age of data and information.
Hope you parents and students make good informed decisions.
Good luck.

The reality is there is a right school out there for everyone. And if your child is at NEU (mine is) and is happy, bully for you. If you won't allow your child to apply there, that is your right, but don't pooh-pooh on others happiness (it only makes you look bad).

I’m the guy w the kid at NEU who had some dumb statement that I’m a troll post. I’m not. I legit have a freshman there. I dont post often here so i dont at all get all these references to trolls or whatever. I think this string sorta useless but enjoy

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Anonymous wrote:I always assume the people who condemn Northeastern the loudest are mostly ticked off that NEU figured out how to game the rankings before their own favorite schools did.

Or maybe we’d rather send our kids to a school that doesn’t play games and instead focuses on actual learning.

I love after the years and years of games and shenanigans to falsely inflate the school to game the rankings—once it’s shown it was all fluff and they were readjusted accordingly —it’s now “rankings don’t matter” from NE. Ha!

What?

That pp is disturbed and apparently traumatized in some way by northeastern. Wish you the best, obsessed poster. time heals all wounds!

So no one is allowed to have anything negative to say without being a troll or disturbed? I think the better question is why you need to tear down everyone. Do you work in the NEU admissions office?

Anonymous wrote:Here is a great article on how Northeastern focused solely on breaking the rankings code and had the sole focus on optimizing everything they did around rankings. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/
When you do this - you get a # - but you may leave your soul behind.

It’s funny how this article is always referenced and at this point it’s nine years old.

Anonymous wrote:I knew it as a commuter school for MC + Pell grant kid "townies" OP.

Yep, and currently it’s 2023, not 1989.

I knew it as a commuter school for MC + Pell grant kid "townies" OP.

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Anonymous wrote:I always assume the people who condemn Northeastern the loudest are mostly ticked off that NEU figured out how to game the rankings before their own favorite schools did.

Or maybe we’d rather send our kids to a school that doesn’t play games and instead focuses on actual learning.

I love after the years and years of games and shenanigans to falsely inflate the school to game the rankings—once it’s shown it was all fluff and they were readjusted accordingly —it’s now “rankings don’t matter” from NE. Ha!

What?

That pp is disturbed and apparently traumatized in some way by northeastern. Wish you the best, obsessed poster. time heals all wounds!

+1

Not for this OP - they start NEU troll posts so frequently, I don't think they will ever get over be rejected by NEU.

Anonymous wrote:I have very mixed emotions about all this. My son is at NEU and I sort of detest the whole thing having been to school in the area with recollections of what it was. Clearly there is some smoke and mirrors here. Clearly, though, there is also real progress - that was evident to me when I toured it. I don’t know. I struggle.

I doubt you would pay private college price tags if you were at all "struggling" about the school. Such a troll post.