Local vs College vs Gap Year

Bill_Marsh
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:31:03 +0000

DadOfJerseyGirl:

Bill_Marsh:

I was beyond shocked last year when Northeastern received 90,000 applications. It was never considered a top tier school, but there it was with a 7% acceptance rate.

That acceptance rate was unusually low last year because they had over enrolled the previous year and had to cut down the class size drastically. Should have been 10-12 points higher. Still a crazy low number for NEU, I agree. They’ve done a fantastic marketing job over the past decade to attract applicants from all over. They combine that with fee waivers and no supplemental essays to increase the number of applications.

Wow! A lot like Holy Cross.

It was the 90,000 applications that got to me as much as the 7% acceptance. I’d expect that kind of number at UCLA, but not at Northeastern.

The co-op seems to be a big draw. 40 years ago it was quirky and experimental. Today more and more schools are doing something like that as today’s students & families want an internship or something of that nature.