(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

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It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

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It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

(05-12-2016 06:20 PM)geewizNU Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

62Indian,

For some one who attended that bastion of academic excellence such as the prestigious College of William & Mary, apparently you've forgotten how to study before writing down your thoughts.

Northeastern is a top 50 college/university in this years USNWR rankings.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+5

So you have no idea what you're talking about. NU is now on a par with most of those aforementioned schools.

(05-13-2016 10:02 AM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 06:20 PM)geewizNU Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 09:39 PM)62Indian Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:27 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-02-2016 11:22 AM)billymac Wrote:  We seem to have that same problem with Harvard, as well.

William & Mary
Lehigh
Harvard
Princeton
Davidson
Northeastern

All seem to target many of the same guys...

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It would be really interesting to know how many recruits who are targeted by W&M and any [or many] of the above schools select W&M or select one of the above schools. Have we ever gotten a recruit who was also offered by one of the above schools???

Academically, Northeastern does not compete with any of the schools on the list above; however, it is in Boston, which is a college student social mecca. Harvard is also in Boston and has superior academics.

Lehigh, Princeton, Davidson, and W&M are all in small towns with limited student social life opportunities [compared to Boston]. Lehigh and Princeton both have superior Engineering and academics. Whereas, W&M does not offer an Engineering program.

All of the above schools, with the probable exception of Northeastern have tough requirements for admission.

62Indian,

For some one who attended that bastion of academic excellence such as the prestigious College of William & Mary, apparently you've forgotten how to study before writing down your thoughts.

Northeastern is a top 50 college/university in this years USNWR rankings.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/page+5

So you have no idea what you're talking about. NU is now on a par with most of those aforementioned schools.

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There is an excellent article in the Boston Magazine about how NU "gamed" the US News college rating system to artificially inflate their rankings

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/08/26/how-northeastern-gamed-the-college-rankings/

They essentially "reverse-engineered" the formulas used by USN&WR to calculate the ratings - and then focused exclusively on raising their rating numbers. Many colleges and Universities do this to some extent but apparently, NU is the "Best" at rigging the rankings.

Some examples: artificially building up the number of students who apply SO THAT MORE CAN BE REJECTED - this improves the all-important "Selectivity" number with respect to admissions.

Another example; making your average SAT scores [for accepted students] look better. NU is in the top ten schools in the nation in the percentage of foreign students enrolled [almost 20%] Not only do foreign students pay full price - they also are not required to take any pre-admission tests SO the SAT SCORES for 20% of the student body are not included in the "Average" scores for SATs reported to the public or to the USN&WR.

Moral of the story is: geewizNU should do HIS homework before he contradicts a 62Indian