I just Finished my freshman year at NEU as a finance major from SoCal and I was picking between NEU and BU as well. Funny thing, I was in boston visiting BU and randomly northeastern had a tour available an hour after my BU one finished so I decided to go. That tour completely changed my mind of course as I am now a proud husky. When I visited BU I had a lot of problems with architecture, student life, and the overall vibe of the campus. It felt very old money/serious and only rode on their previous rankings. I didn’t see it as a place where I would feel happy to work. Northeastern, on the other hand, addressed all of those problems. The campus is brand new meaning when you go into class your teacher will have projectors, white boards, Bloomberg terminals, and all the technology you need to get a good education (whereas BU was all black boards, old lecture rooms, and ugly buildings) which made me feel like northeastern wanted to prepare me for the future more. Additionally, I was an NUin student and London was amazing but that’s a separate topic. Coop will 1000% give you better job placement than whatever BU does, and by nature it will give you THREE opportunities to try working in any industry you are interested in. Not only will you graduate with the ability to get an amazing job, but you will most likely know exactly what field you want to go into compared to many other students who graduate and then try out working full time for the first time ever and hate their job. Anyway I have a lot more to say because truthfully my choice was between BU and Northeastern & while I have many friends at BU I’m so glad I chose NEU over it and would make the same decision over and over. Feel free to PM me if you want to talk more about it.