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<p>My extended family had a similar attitude regarding business majors at all colleges except those at the level of Wharton, Berkeley-HAAS, or NYU-Stern. </p>
<p>However, the main reason for it is perception gained from experience in working and evaluating job candidates who were undergrad b-school graduates that their average basic academic skill set/intellectual ability to learn quickly were noticeably lower than their liberal arts/engineering counterparts or those who attended the elite undergrad b-schools like the ones named above. </p>
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<p>I have a lot of friends from my time living in the Boston area who are alums from Northeastern from before and during its transition from being a regional commuter school to becoming a more geographically diverse institution with a far greater academic reputation than when most of them attended. </p>
<p>The older members of this group recalled admissions being relatively easy to get into, but at orientation…even into the early '90s hearing the “Look all around you. Only around half of you will make it to graduation.” speech…and had it confirmed later when they noticed many of their freshman year classmates flunked or transferred out. </p>
<p>Most of the flunkouts were due to being completely unprepared academically and/or prioritizing other things over academics to excess. This mostly occurred within the first year and 2/3s*. </p>
<p>The younger members who came in the late '90s/early '00s and after had a far different experience as admissions became much more selective within a short period and academic expectations across the board seemed to have increased compared with what their older fellow alums experienced. </p>
<p>When seeing them recount their college experiences, it was almost as if they attended two different colleges. </p>
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<li>Northeastern was on Quarters rather than semesters back then.<br></li>
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