California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Sept. 30 prohibiting private institutions from giving preference toward legacy and donor students in the admissions process. The ruling aims to make college admissions a fairer playing field and combat the June 2023 Supreme Court...
Each year, Northeastern becomes more selective than the last; for the Class of 2028, its 5.2% acceptance rate to the Boston campus rivaled that of nearby Ivy League institutions Harvard University and Brown University.
The single-digit number — which also encompasses Early...
More than a year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, the share of students who identify as Black enrolled in Northeastern University's class of 2028 dropped 35%, from 7.8% to 5.1%, compared to the class of 2027.
In the class of 2028,...
Annie Cayer, deputy campus editor
• August 25, 2024
Northeastern’s acceptance rate continued on its downward trend for the Class of 2028, dropping to a record low of 5.2% for the fall 2024 admissions cycle, according to a spokesperson for the university. This is the third year in a row the admit rate has been in the single-digits,...
When news broke May 29 that Northeastern had acquired Marymount Manhattan College, or MMC, in New York City, current MMC fourth-year acting major Abby Mulligan said her dad, who had just read about the merger in The New York Times, was the first to tell her.
“At first,...
In President Joseph E. Aoun’s annual address to the faculty senate Feb. 14, he gave his impression of the landscape of higher education, including where he sees the Northeastern brand and system headed in the coming years.
For the first time publicly, Aoun addressed how...
In the sixth episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about two recent stories. Deputy campus editor Val O'Neill explains why Northeastern received yet another record-breaking number of undergraduate applications this admissions cycle. Sports...
Many college admissions officials across the country weren’t surprised when, in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that higher education institutions could no longer use race as a factor in their admissions process. Some, including Northeastern’s Chief Legal, Compliance and...
Every year, the college admissions cycle happens like clockwork. Students make one of the most important decisions of their lives so far: where to go for college. To guide them during a notoriously difficult time, many students turn to college rankings.
One of the most popular...
Noelia Arteaga, deputy opinion editor
• September 25, 2023
It’s time to look beyond race in the admissions process. Yes, having a racially diverse student body is important, but colleges and universities can and should have both diversity in race and class. Affirmative action is dead, but ways to embrace diversity are alive and well.
The...
Emily Spatz, deputy campus editor
• August 20, 2023
Skyrocketing application rates to Northeastern — which have risen almost 50% in four years — resulted in a record number of undergraduate applications to the university for fall 2023. Northeastern accepted 5.6% of applicants from a record-breaking 96,327 applications for...
After the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race-based admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are unconstitutional, President Joseph E. Aoun assured the Northeastern community in a statement that the university would “remain...
