@actssmart Without a supplement, and during EA season, how can admissions possibly know if you are using them as a safety. Not disagreeing, just totally curious how they can glean that info from the app.
@suzyQ7 good question, but id argue visiting, location you live in, and scores in general. Super smart kids that aren’t applying to NEU for getting a scholarship and going there are easy to detect
@actssmart When you say NEU can detect applicants who view the school as a safety (which I’m sure they can) are you saying they reject those students? Do they treat them any differently in the admissions process?
Results will most likely be out by Dec 15th. I filled out the CSS profile and at the end of the application, it told me that financial aid for northeastern will be out on Dec 15th. Results probably won’t come out after the financial aid packet.
@pickpocket I’m saying that they will deny applicants who they can tell are not going to end up going to NEU, and will instead choose one of their rival institutions (BC being a big one)
Well it would be nice if the converse worked and they saw that someone had picked NU as a reach and took that as a sign of interest. Not really expected that but wouldn’t it be nice?
I don’t think BC is a big rival, especially since they have very similar stats. BC actually has a lower 25% SAT and a 1% higher admission rate. An applicant to one would be equally competitive at the other. Beyond that, they both are very different schools that aren’t usually both applied to: It’s not like BU, who is a direct rival as both are good city schools in Boston with a focus on research (with many other differences of course), but often both schools get on the same student’s list while BC will usually not with both of those.
The applicants who would be denied or deferred due to that level will be applying to the ivy level schools, not BC. Also, they are usually deferred if they apply EA, and then have a good chance to show interest. These days, these applicants are hard to distinguish: I suspect not many applicants if any will fall into this category with Northeastern’s rising stats.
@PengsPhils It’s pretty ignorant to say that Northeastern is easier to get into than Northeastern… No offense to northeastern, its a great school, but its no way near as respected as BC, especially by those in MA. Also, I think its crazy to think that people who have Northeastern as a safety will have Ivies on their mind…
I know some people who actually chose NEU over an Ivy for the Scholars Program. Northeastern is actually a very common safety for those who apply to the ivies, hence the admissions trend.
Northeastern and BC are ranked less than 20 spots away in US News: I don’t think to say they are peers is unreasonable. BC is more established historically, sure, but presently they are very comparable.
NEU Admission Stats:
Mid 50% SAT Range: 2020-2200
Acceptance Rate: 28%
BC Admission Stats:
Mid 50% SAT Range: 1950-2150
Acceptance Rate: 29%
So, it would seem to be ignorant to say it’s easier to get into NEU than BC to me, based on the statistics…
Class admission stats is only a part of the picture, but according to this part NEU seems to have the upper hand over BC. It seems to me you are going significantly more off of prestige.
Can you guys please chance me? Specifically for NU.in I love this school and the Boston area so much, but I don’t know where I may stand
Senior
3.8 WGPA at one of the better public schools in my town
No idea about class rank
31 composite ACT (never took SAT)
29 math 29 science 30 english 36 reading
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What I believe to be a pretty good essay
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this year schedule having 3 AP’s(lit, art history, and psych) and 2 classes at a community college(intro to poli sci, and american political system)
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Could you elaborate on this claim?
Agreed @TomSrOfBoston
Although I must say…I DO agree that it would indeed be ignorant to claim that any school is easier to get into than itself. Thank you for pointing this out @actssmart
But compared to Northeastern, I’d say both are easier:)
This is crazy talk. Northeastern is definitely harder!
Could you guys please chance me. Would really appreciate it.
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4.34 GPA (3.62 Unweighted) (4.0 in Junior year)
1970 SAT (720 Math, 650 Writing, 600 Reading)
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Everyone, I’m standing by my claim, I have a lot of naviance date, where hundreds of kids from my schools have applied to both BC and Northeastern, and BC is significantly more difficult. Also, it’s common knowledge that Northeastern cares more about SATs, which isn’t something a school should be proud of, as it is a test that assesses how well you perform in a 3-4 hour period.
Also, I will go by prestige. I’m not going to look past the fact that BC is ranked much higher on all kinds of websites!
One high school to the entire admissions process is quite the extrapolation.
There are a ton of reasons that could be the case, no doubt on in this case being the location near both of the schools, who both national universities with a high number of local applicants: my guess is they handle it differently.
Yes, it is. But it is still one single factor, a factor that most colleges, including BC, considers.
To believe BC/NEU has a decent edge on the other would be understandable. But I do not know of any applicant that can apply to both and consider them to be in different admission categories (reach, match, safety, etc). I would you say that you consider prestige to be a bit too important.
No need for ad hominem arguments, because prestige is an important factor for a lot of students (hence the reason i don’t think it is fair to categorize some schools together). We have different opinions, so there is no need to prove that you are right, however all I am suggesting is that many high schools in MA would agree more of their students have an easier chance getting Northeastern when compared to BC, and that someone with a B+ GPA may be able to get into NEU, but not BC. Again, theres no need to argue because clearly we both have different OPINIONS, and usually those are hard to change…
@actssmart
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Then why are you trying so hard to prove yours?