<p>I got accepted to both bu and neu and have a very difficult choice choosing which school to attend. I am from Cali and ppl here have never heard of neu but know bu. I have heard that neu students are ppl who are rejects of bu. looking at the admission profile and rankings I don't see how that makes sense but is it true? Which school do u think is better academically?</p>
<p>Also I heard neu is a big commuter school so it lacks the college vibe feeling that Boston U has. Is that true as well?</p>
<p>NEU used to be a big commuter school, but that’s simply no longer the case. I know literally one person who commutes from home, and they only do it for summer classes, and live on or near campus during the fall and spring. As for ‘college vibe’, NEU is basically the closest thing I’ve seen to a traditional college campus within Boston itself, while BU is very stretched out and not very centralized - at NEU, classes, dorms, and events are all going to be located fairly close to one another, while at BU, my understanding is that they’re a bit all over the place.</p>
<p>In terms of name recognition, BU has NEU beat, but that has more to do with the fact that Northeastern has become much more widely recognized in just the last decade, while BU’s reputation stretches back much longer. Within Boston, where everyone has heard of both schools, I’d say that there is no general consensus on which is ‘better’ - in many areas they’re comparable, and in many areas one school clearly possesses an advantage over the other - depending on your interests, that’s something you should definitely investigate.</p>
<p>NEU is not just for BU rejects (though it’s possible that this was true back when NEU was primarily a commuter school). Many students apply to both, but if you’re accepted into both, there is no obvious choice to take in the general case.</p>
<p>BU is more “well known” because its name gives its location. Similarly to the “well known-ity” of U Chicago compared to Northwestern (although both are fairly well known).</p>
<p>BU is now known as the school NEU rejects go to (it seems the information you’re receiving is 5-7 years behind).</p>
<p>If I graduated high school even 5 years ago I wouldn’t have even applied to NEU and probably would have ended up at BU or BC. The 1990s saw the transformation of NEU from New England’s extremely large commuter school to the world renowned research university it now is. However, only people who have recently gone through the college process are aware of this, its the only frustrating thing about NEU that I’ve found. However even with this problem NEU is the only Boston school I applied to; I’ll start my freshman year at NEU this fall.</p>
<p>The average sat score of northeastern is higher than the average of BU the same thing goes with the gpa. The acceptance rate is much lower at northeastern and is getting even lower year by year. The only reason why many colleges are ahead northeastern in the us news ranking is because of the 6 year graduation rate . Correct me if i am wrong!!!</p>
<p>BU and BC were also commuter schools at one time. They began the transformation to residential colleges a couple of decades before Northeastern.</p>
<p>Everyone’s statements above are absolutely true. In all honest, I simply applied to Northeastern as a safety school because, I too, was judging NEU by it’s overall ranking. However, once I got accepted and was actually choosing which college I would be attending in the fall, I visited NEU and researched a bit more. What I found was that NEU’s overall ranking was way off base. Not bragging in any way at all but I’m telling you so you can compare your situation to mine… I got accepted to Boston College, Carnegie Mellon and NYU. I chose NEU over all of those and I don’t regret it one bit. If the schools are actually tied in your mind, think about the Co-ops that NEU offers. Going into the workforce with 18 months of experience under your belt makes finding a job a piece of cake. But regardless, I’d hate to push you in the wrong direction. Ask this same question in the NYU forum so you can get both sides of the story. Good luck!</p>
<p>NEU Freshman and sophomores are required to live on campus for 2 years so it is no longer a commuter school. It is true that the ave SAT scores for entering freshman has risen significantly over the past few years at NEU. Most kids choose NEU for its COOP experience, the fact that you can “try out” three different types of jobs while you are in school and that you will most likely graduate with a job “in hand.” NEU has also worked hard over the past five years to expand its global opportunities for its students…from what we have seen through two different application cycles, it has the most flexible and robust set of opportunities for study and work abroad. Companies love NEU students because they come very well prepared academically AND professionally…it is the only school that I know of that (and possible Drexel) that formally teaches you the the do’s and don’ts of the professional world…</p>
<p>My son and I visited NEU and BU this spring. While speaking with one of the computer science professors at BU, my son asked a question about their co-op program. The prof’s answer was, “Well, it’s not Northeastern, but you can usually get a position if you put some work into it.” That was the best selling point for NEU for us.</p>