BU VS. BC VS. Northeastern

Lergnom
Fri, 29 May 2009 14:04:35 +0000

I disagree that BC is overrated. They get a lot of attention because of sports but it’s a perfectly good school. My point has been that once you correct for size, which is important, the scores for BC & BU are within hair splitting distance of each other. The issue with Northeastern is that kids who go there keep posting on the BU board about how great Northeastern is. Northeastern is a fine school - and understand that I know faculty there - but the numbers don’t back this up, not merely from my high school but in a bunch of ways.

Our school, like many, collects its data in an online system run by naviance. The point about presenting this is that in this very thread people - again from Northeastern - have been saying that Northeastern is perceived locally as being equal to BU. It isn’t. Our high school is within rock throwing distance of both and the numbers - which aren’t small and do represent a statistically significant sample - are clear.

I’m glad that you like WPI. I’ve recommended it to people who want that kind of program.