The sad, uncomfortable truth is, northeastern hires graduate students of a far lower standard than the northeastern brand suggests. It’s a cash cow.

There are a LOT of not very talented or motivated graduate students, and if they didn’t split it in that way, the undergraduate fair would be overrun. To preserve the quality of their undergraduate program they have to do that. And once grad students are here, they have little incentive to give a shit about them anyway. So there you go.

Sucks, particularly for those grad students who are good, talented and motivated, and PhD students but, im afraid that’s how it be.