Last minute (post in Northeastern forum)

Emily2007
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:54:05 +0000

Northeastern has a pretty good reputation among employers, and yeah, a lot of us are able to use co-op connections to land jobs once we graduate. I think the difference in reputation between BU and NU is pretty negligible, and northeastern has been going up in the rankings over the past few years. I don’t see BU graduates having much (or any) advantage over NU students in getting jobs, especially around boston. My business friends have had very little problems landing jobs, even in this economy, and I know a few people attending some pretty baller MBA programs now/next year.

The reputations are too similar for that to be your deciding factor. Obviously 30k is better than 50k, but like other people have said, it’s not that big of a difference. 50k is a lllittle high, and that’s a number that will get scary as you get closer to graduation, but it’s still in the range of what’s reasonable.

Friends also shouldn’t be a reason to attend a school… you’ll meet a lot of cool people and you can always visit/keep in touch with high school friends. Plus BU and NU are like… across the street from each other. PS living with high school friends seems like a great idea, but if I had a dime for every time I’ve seen that backfire, I’d have serious dimes.

So… go where you want to go. You seem to be leaning toward BU and if that’s really your gut feeling, go for it. Both decent places to be.