Holy Cross Vs Northeastern

College Search & Selection
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<p>So i have gotten into a bit of heated discussion on one of the threads about these two schools. Although Holy Cross probably has a better reputation but I don't think you can say it is head over heels better than Northeastern. I am a strong believer that the quality of an academic institution is mostly made from the student body. I have posted below the stats for both schools and i just want to hear your opinions. I really don't think Holy Cross is head over heels better than Northeastern. As a matter of fact you can make the argument that Northeastern has a better student body. Northeastern is also second up and coming so ones going up and the others going down in my opinion. The two schools are obviously vastly different.</p>

<p>Holy Cross (SAT Optional)
Acceptance rate 36%
SAT Critical Reading: 600 - 680
SAT Math: 610 - 690
SAT Writing: 600 - 690
ACT Composite: 26 - 30</p>

<p>Northeastern University
Acceptance Rate: 35%
Critical Reading 590-680
Math 630-710
Writing 600-690
ACT- 28-31</p>

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<p>USNWR Peer Assessment Scores
Northeastern 3.1
Holy Cross 3.5</p>

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<p>These arguments are silly and SAT/USNWR stats pointless. Both are fine schools, with Northeastern’s comparative strengths being its coop program and Boston location, while holy Cross offers a more traditional campus feel and experience.</p>

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<p>Math4breakfast-- It’s great that you are proud of Northeastern University and it’s okay to promote your school on this site—but (1) try to be reasonable about your school and (2) be truthful about other schools.</p>

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<p>Well first off, i don’t go to Northeastern. I was heavily considering it, but i do not go there. I’m not even in college yet but will be this upcoming September. If you want to private message me for an identification and possibly being facebook friends i would be more than willing : ). What is being falsified in my facts? I’m not lying. Holy Cross does not publish student profiles, or at least i could not find them on their website so i got it off of college board. Also, what do you mean by reasonable? how am i being unreasonable?</p>

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<p>2 very different schools…both very good IMO. Both have nice campuses…NEU has the coop. HC a liberal arts college, great rep in the Northeast and great alumni network. My son is considering both.</p>

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<p>northeastern. do u really want to go to a school named holy cross, anyways? 0_o</p>

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<p>Holy Cross has a very fine rep. It’s a Jesuit school, so the education will be respected worldwide.</p>

<p>I’d choose there. </p>

<p>(Who cares that its name is Holy Cross? Do people not go to Notre Dame because the name means “Our Lady” in Latin? )</p>

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<p>no, because i think notre dame is a cool name ;)</p>

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<p>I guess they could call Holy Cross by it’s Spanish name…Santa Cruz…but that might get confused with UC Santa Cruz.</p>

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<p>“head over heels better than Northeastern”</p>

<p>I think you mean “head and shoulders.” “Head over heels” means something that makes you dizzy. </p>

<p>I think “Notre Dame” is a French phrase, not Latin.</p>

<p>A few short decades ago, Holy Cross had a really good reputation. Few people would have chosen BC over it, and almost nobody would have chosen Northeastern over BC. I’d bet that Holy Cross is just as good now as it ever was. That anybody is even putting Northeastern in the same sentence with Holy Cross indicates that the folks running Northeastern are doing a great job of improving its reputation.</p>

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<p>Anyone pitting one school against another should have their head examined. Its okay to compare and contrast on a GENERAL level, but its not one size fits all and one man’s (woman’s) opinion is better than another. What matters is what YOU, the applicant/student feels when you visit and compare the schools for your own objectives/personality/needs/finances/social strata etc etc. PERIOD.</p>

<p>I dont agree or acquiesce to the notion that a schools value/reputation/ranking/experience is ONLY the student body. Its part of the equation…and again, that is subjective because some would rather be a big fish in a little pond and some prefer anonymity in a big school and some are more focused on programs and professors and less so on the other students. </p>

<p>If you got into both and are considering both, then visit both and decide what is best FOR YOU, based on YOUR feelings, needs etc. In a tour group you might find people who LOVE a school and others who say, “this is not me.” Its not right/wrong it just IS. </p>

<p>My kid hated Duke. Still does. Personal stuff. Not knocking Duke, its just not my kid’s thing. My kid LOVED WashU-StL and got waitlisted (like a lot of kids) and then never looked back. </p>

<p>You dance with the one who brung ya, my mom used to say! But asking people here to decide for you is barking up the wrong tree and asking us to decide which is a better school from some statistical minutiae on student SAT scores is beyond silly.</p>

<p>I know people who went to Tier III schools for SCHOLARSHIP (full ride) reasons and was way above the avg student there. They loved it and did great and got into a great grad school. That is one example. </p>

<p>I think Holy Cross is a fabulous school. But its in Worcester, not Boston. Its small. Its insular and its an LAC with no graduate programs. So its not for everybody. Its got a “Tufts Syndrome” re: BC and Williams. (and maybe Tufts, lol.) But who cares? </p>

<p>If you got in, congratulations, its a great opportunity. If you go there and visit and love it, then follow your gut. If you don’t like it, then don’t go there and move along. </p>

<p>On a larger note, our nation is in trouble right now in case you haven’t noticed. We need creative leaders who can solve problems. Not superficial narcissistic credential obsessed people who will snear at colleagues who went to a “lower ranked school.” And it may get you fired in the workplace, by the way.</p>

<p>You ask ANY employer what they want: they will tell you a hard working, creative, positive thinking, pleasant, get along, decent human being. They don’t say, “someone who went to Swarthmore instead of Harvard.”</p>

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<p>Definitely Northeastern.</p>

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<p>I think “Notre Dame” is a French phrase,</p>

<p>:hits head: </p>

<p>Of course…and I knew that…I’m half French! LOL</p>

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<p>Princeton Review Academic Rating Holy Cross 98 Northeastern 79</p>

<p>Princeton Review Admissions Selectivity Holy Cross 96 Northeastern 91</p>

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<p>They’re very different environments. Holy Cross is a LAC. Northeastern is a research university. I have <em>strong</em> preferences for the latter type of university, but obviously a lot of people prefer the former, some as strongly as I prefer the latter.</p>

<p>Whether your preferences match up reasonably well with the sort of school you go to, is going to have a big effect on your academic experience, regardless of student body quality.</p>

<p>Also, the schools have different academic strengths. Holy Cross is strong in the humanities. Northeastern is strong in science and engineering (and certain other fields, like pharmacy and criminal justice).</p>

<p>The idea that Holy Cross has a better reputation is alien to me, but then, I’m in science/engineering, as are most of the people I know, and a lot of us are in research, so naturally we’d be more likely to perceive research universities with strengths in sci/eng as prestigious.</p>

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<p>Northeastern is very well known for its co-op program and if you have a career plan formed really early on it works great. Holy Cross, being a LAC, simply won’t have the same level of specialization. However, all thoughts aside, Holy Cross is generally regarded as being more prestigious and of a higher academic caliber.</p>