<p>northeastern or boston U.</p>
<p>youre asking this in a BU forum, so most of us, including myself, would say BU. but it also depends on the program youre looking for, or better in what respect? just overall?</p>
<p>I don't believe in rankings but since I'm local with one of the best local high schools . . . the better students here go to BU over Northeastern.</p>
<p>Neither one is "better". Do you want a co-op orientated college? Choose Northeaster. Do you want a traditional four year school? Choose BU. Obviously its a little bit more complicated than that but thats kinda what it boils down to. BU is ranked better but take that with a grain of salt. Also Northeastern is gaining the rankings quickly. Take that with a grain of salt. For public disclosure: I turned down Northeastern and a half tuition scholarship after a very, very hard decision for BU. It came down to the fact that BU offered a 3/4 tuition grant(No merit).</p>
<p>I respect your decision for B"U lukeaa, but how can someone who is making a decision on colleges based on money really give a thorough analysis of which school is "better"?</p>
<p>The real question is which school is "better" for you. This can be for a ton of reasons. Money, Academics, Social life, networking, campus spirit, job oppurtunities, professors,...or just an intangible better fit.</p>
<p>That was the point I was trying to make. Each school is better for different reasons for different people. For me, everything else was equal and it just came down to money.</p>
<p>Rankings are garbage and are manipulated by the schools. There is no "magic ticket" to a better life and research shows that it's your abilities and drive that matters - with one exception. To be clear, research shows that kids who rejected a higher ranked school did as well as the kids who went to the higher ranked schools - say a kid who turned down Princeton for a cheaper state school. The exception is that grad school matters for certain jobs in academia; since you are hired out of grad school based in large part on the name of your grad school, then that affects the next 10 years of your resume. This matters less in fields where you can do real research that can be quantified and more in fields like English Literature where, unless you write a best seller, it's very difficult to tell how good you are as an academic.</p>