<p>No they didn’t, but BU did (honors, free ride)… and I’m at Cornell right now so please don’t even try to insult me.</p>
<p>BC is overrated and in my opinion offers the least amount of opportunities relative to Northeastern and BU. I think the only thing it has going for it is sports to be quite honest. </p>
<p>Lerg, again you seem to say that these schools are quite different but you always seem to try and state that BU is similar to BC. Again your high school statistic is not a good measurement and is a small sample. As of the latest US News rankings sat’s and GPA, BC has a better student body relative to BU and NEU. BU and NEU are almost identical in terms of student body SAT’s and GPA wise. I wonder how they would even publish this sort of statistic for a high school if you could please share this.</p>
<p>Full disclosure i passed up on BC and transferred out of BU and got rejected from NEU as a transfer and happily at WPI.</p>
<p>I disagree that BC is overrated. They get a lot of attention because of sports but it’s a perfectly good school. My point has been that once you correct for size, which is important, the scores for BC & BU are within hair splitting distance of each other. The issue with Northeastern is that kids who go there keep posting on the BU board about how great Northeastern is. Northeastern is a fine school - and understand that I know faculty there - but the numbers don’t back this up, not merely from my high school but in a bunch of ways. </p>
<p>Our school, like many, collects its data in an online system run by naviance. The point about presenting this is that in this very thread people - again from Northeastern - have been saying that Northeastern is perceived locally as being equal to BU. It isn’t. Our high school is within rock throwing distance of both and the numbers - which aren’t small and do represent a statistically significant sample - are clear. </p>
<p>I’m glad that you like WPI. I’ve recommended it to people who want that kind of program.</p>
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<p>It’s rather easy to insult someone who chooses to go to school in the hellhole known as Ithaca, New York.</p>
<p>If I may quote Arrested Development:</p>
<p>“If that is a veiled criticism toward me, I won’t hear it and I won’t respond to it.”</p>
<p>Let’s go with that and let this trainwreck of a thread die.</p>
<p>If I may BUBailey just make one last comment… A lot of the people on these forums are way too concerned with their undergraduate education. In reality , unless you’re going to a top ivy league school, it really doesn’t matter what school you attend. It’s more about what you make out of it and your happiness while being there. Just a personal example: my brother graduated highschool with a girl who was top 20, scored extremely well on her tests, and had a beefy resume - she wen’t to tufts. My brother, who’s now in med school, found out recently that this girl is in a lesser medical program than he is. So the point im trying to make is, kids who do really well in highschool might end up slacking off in college and vice versa. I’m going to BU because i love the city and what the school has to offer. I think that’s enough of a reason to choose a school.</p>
<p>^ I gotta agree with the poster above. I know my teacher who went to NEU for his undergrad and then decided to transfer to Amherst because of the cost. He wouldn’t transfer, but 1 of his professors told him that it really doesn’t matter where he gets his undergrad from. Only grad school matters. So, he went to UMA and graduated with only $10k in loan. Now he is going to Harvard for his grad. degree.</p>
<p>if money is not an issue, definitely BC because they are more reputable and by the books I have read through (US news and businessweek), overall BC has a better education, teachers, etc.</p>
<p>Yes, but we are all not headed to grad school, or at least not at the moment. Thus for those not immediately going (ie. MBA students like myself) need the reputation from the undergrad school since it is a major decider. As for your argument about someone doing poorly and getting into a higher ranked med school, that is a dime in a dozen. I can easily argue dozens more than were higher ranked and ended up at a higher med school. But yes, how you take advantage of what you’re offered no matter where you attend is important.</p>
<p>This is an old thread but again the misconception is that a name matters. The name “Yale” matters because the kid scored well to get in and thus scores well on the MCAT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT, etc. People then confuse this fact with the name. If you go to Name-A-State University because it’s cheap or because you’ve been a Name-A-State Football Fan from birth and you get good grades and score well then you get into grad schools. </p>
<p>There is a marginal difference in MBA programs if the name on the diploma - again, limited to a few places, not number 33 versus number 55 - got you a better job for a few years. BUT and this is a CAPITAL BUT, if that kid with the name diploma doesn’t score well - as does happen - then that’s bad. </p>
<p>Take, for example, working at a top tier consultancy. I’ve done it. I’m familiar with the hiring process. You have to get through a bunch of screens. A less stellar performer from a top school can get through an early screen better but is going to wash out versus a better candidate from another, lesser name school. (Of course, the reality is that top performers tend to come from top schools, meaning Yale & Harvard, etc., because they are top performers, at least in the early stages of a career.) The name thing is all overblown.</p>
<p>This thread is exactly why, if at all possible, prospective students should visit their intended universities and see for themselves where they might best fit. Such a trip may be expensive, as the OP mentioned, but you can tell in a half day whether a school is right – or more importantly, wrong – for you.</p>
<p>The expense of such a trip is more than made up for by the proper decision on where to spend tuition to ensure the best fit – a much more important metric for your success than the rankings in any magazine.</p>
<p>For the record, I think NU has reached out toward post-9/11 military veterans and their children much more than BC or BU with the Yellow Ribbon tuition matching program – the primary reason my daughter chose it over either BC or BU, both of which she had the stats for. </p>
<p>She loves NU. Its co-op program is so much more important now in this fiscal climate, regardless of whether it originated as a way to get working students to be able to attend college. Relevant work experience is more important for a first job after graduation than the school name on your diploma – period.</p>
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<p>Actually, no. A diploma from HYP will beat a diploma from no-name state U plus one year of work experience 99% of the time. Heck, many employers don’t even recruit from no-name U, but will accept an average “B” student from HYP. (And no, not saying that NEU is = to no-name U, but just pointing out the inaccuracy of your statement.)</p>
<p>^^^ There is a vast range of schools between HYP and no-name university, except for HYP snobs who think that everything that is not HYP is no-name university.</p>
<p>Agree with baronbvp that the site visit is very important, especially sicne BU and NEU are within walking distance of each other. I, as a parent, liked NEU’s campus better but S loved BU and thought NEU focused too much on co-op and not enough on anything else. I will say that the speakers they provide make a boatload of difference. NEU’s was OK but not great while BU’s was much better and answered a large number of good questions. In the end my son applied to BU (with three others) and is waiting to see what happens in April.</p>
<p>I think it’s BC > BU > NEU, but only in terms of ranking and I simply based this off of US News’ rankings. Also, I did not get into BC and I got into both BU and NEU, but NEU gave me a much much larger amount of scholarship.</p>
<p>Before choosing a college you definitely have to make a visit to know if it’s right for you, because even if a school is ranked higher doesn’t mean you will like it more. Liking where you will be for the next for years of your life is much more important that having a big named school.</p>
<p>These are my opinions (and yes, they might be biased)</p>
<p>Boston College: very preppy, everyone seems very similar and the school lacks diversity overall. although the dining hall food is good you pay by item so it’s not all-you-care-to-eat. the school is also too far from Boston (30-45 min ride on the T) and all of Boston’s fun places to go to to eat and have fun, but it does have a super gorgeous campus (although as a freshman you might be living on Newton which is annoying because you will have to use the shuttle a lot)</p>
<p>Boston University: school that I chose. has so much diversity! literally, any kind of person that exists will be at BU. the campus is in the shape of a line, centered around Commonwealth Ave. Most classes are in CAS which is near warren towers (freshman dorm) and if you don’t live near CAS or wherever your classes are most buildings are in walking distance and there’s also the BU bus also known as BUs and there’s also the T (which you don’t always have to pay for winkwink). The dining hall is amazing, the food tastes great and it’s pay per meal so you can eat a lot hehe. Also BU lacks a campus, I personally love the way BU is set up. I’m in the heart of Boston and not having a campus doesn’t bother me at all - I love it! Classes are great, but I think with any school (BU, BC, NEU) it depends on the teacher and the class … you can’t just stereotype and say all BU classes are amazing, etc.</p>
<p>Northeastern University: to be honest, I don’t know much about it even though I have family and friends who go there/have gone there. My family member that goes there loves it and neu is definitely known for its co-op program. IMO the campus is also really nice, but BC’s is definitely superior. My friend that goes to NEU says it lacks diversity and the people there are not the people he wants to be friends with, however he does enjoy his classes.</p>