My daughter hangs out with a very nerdy crowd at NEU - found them freshman year (like the first day she was there). They are mostly guys - comp sci or engineering majors and they all just went to PAX East last weekend (some go to Anime Boston also). On weekend nights they hang around and play Mario Kart, or Cards against Humanity etc. Some belong to a video game club (don’t remember which game it is - they do some Pokemon game league also) and do things like go to Magic the gathering midnight releases in Cambridge. They are all good students (mostly honors) and in general do very well (TA for classes, have top co-ops at places like Hubspot). They are mostly now all of age and so they have an occasional beer or hard cider - their idea of a party is to get pizzas and watch Spirited Away.
If this all sounds like your daughter then there are definitely people like her at NEU.