Suffolk University, Boston
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Anonymous
| Does anyone have recent impressions to share? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| I live within walking distance of this school and I wouldn’t send my kid there. |
Anonymous
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DD wanted a Boston school, we visited Tufts, Northeastern, Boston University, and she wanted to add Suffolk.
I never heard of them, so looked them up. They accept 97% of applicants, I said no, not even as a safety. |
Anonymous
| No community vibe there. It’s just a place to take classes |
Anonymous
| Any safeties in Boston? |
Anonymous
Look into: Emerson UMass Boston Emmanuel Bentley Simmons Wesley |
Anonymous
What is wesley?? |
Anonymous
That was a brain fart, ignore |
Anonymous
| Any DMV kids have a good experience living at Umass Boston? |
Anonymous
Also consider Merrimack & Lesley as safeties if you want to be in that area. |
Anonymous
| There’s also Brandeis and Babson. They are not safeties, but are less selective than Boston U/C, Tufts, MIT, NEU and Harvard. |
Anonymous
| College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Clark University are in Worcester, a 90 minute train ride to Boston on MBTA |
Anonymous
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The trick is finding true safeties in the City of Boston rather than the burbs or Massachusetts in general
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Anonymous
Depends on your definition of a safety. A op mentioned Emerson, for example. But the acceptance rate is around 40% give or take (slightly higher for fall 2022, as low as 33% in fall 2020) and it costs north if $70k/year all in. I don’t consider that a true safety (my kid’s safety schools were 70% or better acceptance rate and affordable without aid) but YMMV. It’s an amazing school for a kid with the right interests, though! |
Anonymous
Emerson engages heavily in tuition discounting; 70% percent of kids get merit aid & average merit scholarship is $20k/year |