I think Northeastern isn’t really a fit, even though I keep telling her she would love Boston… she doesn’t like how career oriented the school is, she doesn’t like its slick marketing, etc. Every time I bring up the school, she rolls her eyes, I had to drag her to the Oakland visit (which is only 15 minutes from our house) and she complained about how much time it took out of her day. She only really considered it because of the lack of supplemental essays which makes it an easy one to throw on the list. Probably this is a big reason that a lot of similar students apply there. 
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A major plus for stanford would be she can be undecided STEM and explore different majors for longer than most publics.
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Yes! On the other hand, she would have more humanities breadths to suffer through 
No need to mention which public, I am sure you know. Reserved seats for one of the Gen Eds S25 was interested in : 1) undergrads with a declared minor. 2) students with 5-6 semesters in attendance 3) students with 3-4 semesters in attendance 4) new undergraduate transfers.
new undergrads can do exploring in the waitlist!
Total seats:156
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I mean, you knew I’d be here for this, right?
I’m going to drop everything I’m doing to find the post wherein they represent Ruggles as a colorful transportation hub 
Kudos to your daughter’s intuition. Sniffed them out like a detective.
But at the end of the day you have to give their marketing machine credit. What other commuter safety school could elevate itself to the point where 1520 3.98 students are (grudgingly) giving them consideration?
It’s hilarious.
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But sad that students give in - I mean others have no fee nor essay.
And I described it - I watched the tour tom of Boston posted. Lots of concrete paths…..
Good for her! See sounds like a smart kid 
Exactly. This plus fee waivers offered to students who don’t need one.
It all helps them show an Ivy-like 7% acceptance rate.
Many kids like their co-op programs, and it’s a good fit for them. But if it’s not a fit for your daughter, she shouldn’t bother applying.
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Yeah, I just thought she would enjoy living in Boston! But she doesn’t seem to like private universities in general. I couldn’t drum up any interest in BU either, which is another school that makes me feel amused about its current level of rankingness, because when I was a kid it was the place all my most slackery relatives went, and my aunt told me “We used to just sit around getting high and we would watch the Citgo sign!” 
D says she’s definitely applying to UMass Amherst though! She likes big publics.
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I know she likes UMN - so it’s not a city thiing?
UMASS isn’t urban per se vs. a Pitt, UWash or to a smaller extent Wisconsin or South Carolina (I think the red states might be out).
Like most students, she is capable of liking more than one type of thing
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I’m a huge fan. It’s a tremendous research institution and the 5 College Consortium is a great bonus. Would be a great college experience.
No idea why it doesn’t get more love, except that there are so many great schools in the state and region that it gets crowded out reputationally; but its a great place.
The one thing I might say is that it doesn’t have the “Big School” feel of an OSU or Michigan. or pick-the-Big-School because college football isn’t big in New England. But I haven’t been there in decades, so…
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I think that’s right.
Sports matter.
That’s why a UCONN was dying to get picked up by the Big 12 (they weren’t).
That’s why UCF, Houston and more joined the Big 12. Louisville went to the ACC years ago and WVU the Big 12 years ago.
And Rutgers the Big 10.
Sports bring eyeballs - no matter what anyone wants to believe.
Is there really a difference between a UCONN, Bing, URI, UMASS, UVM, etc.
One wins a National Championship in Basketball and has been forever a power.
The rest…not even close.
That’s the difference.
That’s why an Ohio State is legend but a Miami Ohio isn’t. etc/
There’s a lot to it.
Which is one of the big issue with the UCs. Beyond UCLA and UCB, there’s not much focus on sports. It’s why a lot of CA students head to UC Eugene and other former PAC-12 schools.
They call it UC Eugene? That’s funny.
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Definitely on a national basis. Best we got around here for football is BC, which is cool because we get the Clemsons, FSUs, 'Canes and of course ND coming through town, plus the Cals and Stanfords now.
But hockey is big regionally and all of those schools are good at that, at least.
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Easier to get into than UCM.
Yes there’s UC Eugene, UC Corvallis, UC Boulder etc., for all the popular ones from CA.
When my son’s best friend got into UChicago, he told everyone he was going to UC Hicago
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To many kids, I’m sure they do. For my D, big sports are somewhere between neutral and drawback, though.
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One wins a National Championship in Basketball
A national championship?
18 national championships (12 women’s + 6 men’s).
We take our hoops seriously in Connecticut.
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So… we ran some NPCs, starting with Stanford since I thought maybe it would be more generous than some… and I guess we really are smack dab in the “donut hole.” Stanford’s NPC said we might get a teeny bit of need-based aid. The other private schools on our list would not be expected to award any.
Then just for the heck of it, we ran NPC for MIT… and were surprised it came out within our actual budget (even under 60k). D wants to apply there now. She says, “great urban location!”
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