Which would you choose for a liberal arts degree (English or History) followed by law school? |
Chocolate ! No wait... vanilla |
Whichever one DC wants. Do they want big time football and basketball in a college town dominated by one of the largest and best public colleges? Or do they want a smaller college that’s in a city full of different world class universities? I went to BC and loved it but it’s more a matter of preference than is one “better” than the other. |
Did they get merit at either one? |
No. |
Did BC offer 4 years of housing. They only do that for the top 10% of admits. |
No. |
Michigan’s commit date was 5/1 so this is purely hypothetical… |
Really? One is 9k undergraduates, Jesuit in Boston. The other is 33k undergrads.
I had no relationships with Amy professors at UM. My sibling at a smaller college is still in touch with several professors who helped tremendously with career and internships. |
Jesuit=liberal arts/whole person education.
No brainer. BC |
As others have said, they will be very different college experiences and that, as much as anything else, should help your kid chose.
Being from Boston and attending Michigan, I didn't think about how much I would miss skiing, hiking, and the outdoorsy stuff we did as HS kids that wasn't common in Michigan. That stuff was probably there but as a young adult I just followed a path of greek life and found friends that way. Which was fine too. |
I had relationships that extended after college with my professors. I went to a giant state university. Perhaps you didn’t have any because you never made an effort to. |
Then we all should have attended Jesuit schools right? Such a simplistic no brainer remark. |
While the skiing isn’t great in the lower part of the state, I can’t imagine that the hiking and outdoor stuff in the city of Boston and environs is all that wonderful either. |
Of course it was there. You were just having too much fun sticking with your frat buddies getting drunk every weekend. |