<p>neuchimie said it best. I also go to NEU, and have friends at all of the “big name” northeast schools. What you will find from attending NU in boston, is that the students “here” way more often than not, seem to have much better experiences at school, while maintaining the same level of academic rigor and post-graduation opportunities as their bostonian competitors. The co-op program is literally what you make it. If you land a good co-op, and do well in it 2 or 3 times in you career there, you’ll find the same opportunities as the kids that spend 6-12,000 more /year for a bigger name university.</p>