Would Northeastern be a good "investment"?

Emily2007
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:42:27 +0000

ditto neuchimie. About the snotty rich kid thing, sure, this is a private New England school and less laid back than my hometown in the west. But there are sooo many normal, down-to-earth, and very not-snobby-or-rich kids here. Especially compared to other boston/area schools.

NEU is on the rise in reputation/quality, and my degree is absolutely “worth” more than it was when I started here in 2006. Northeastern will set you up just fine for the real world/grad school. I was actually joking with some senior friends last night that we have “Northeastern Syndrome”. We all are looking for jobs and applying to graduate school, and we realized that we’ve become picky snobs about where to apply, like “Look at my sick work experience! That job isn’t good enough for me!” That’s a pretty awesome position to be in considering the economy right now–not only are we able to find jobs, we’re able to be selective in the kind of jobs we apply for. For me, that’s why NEU has been a good investment (and also because I’ve had a lot of fun in my 5 years. hard to beat boston).