Would Northeastern be a good "investment"?

winniemazing
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:07:37 +0000

NU will be my first choice if I get their national merit scholarship. It’s a great fit for me, but I keep hearing all this stuff about NU’s “commuter school” status and “mediocre academics”.

To me, NU’s a great school and rankings don’t reflect the education that you get anywhere. Most colleges are basically the same for undergrad, but I think the reputation of the school matters when you’re applying for jobs and grad school.

So I’m wondering what you guys think about NU being “on the rise” in its reputation with its increase in the rankings, new president, etc. It seems like the school is going through a pretty major overhaul and they’re trying to make sure a NU degree is worth more when you graduate than when you enroll. I’m just curious about how obvious these changes are to the public and what they feel like on campus (is anyone seeing any drawbacks to this?).

Thanks a lot :)

P.S: I saw a youtube video where they interviewed NU kids who said that the atmosphere was really cutthroat and competitive and basically full of a bunch of snotty rich kids. This isn’t true right? The students on CC all seem nice…