BU and BC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a private high school in New Jersey. The way I remember it was the Catholics applied to BC, the Jewish classmates applied to BU, and the WASPS applied to Tufts if they wanted to go to a Boston school.

This was in the 80s. I was Korean, so I did the stereotypical thing for Koreans, and applied to Harvard and MIT and didn't get in to either.

Haha. that's funny.

I thought Jewish classmates would go to Brandeis, not so much BU?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to a private high school in New Jersey. The way I remember it was the Catholics applied to BC, the Jewish classmates applied to BU, and the WASPS applied to Tufts if they wanted to go to a Boston school.

This was in the 80s. I was Korean, so I did the stereotypical thing for Koreans, and applied to Harvard and MIT and didn't get in to either.

Haha. that's funny.

I thought Jewish classmates would go to Brandeis, not so much BU?

I went to a public HS in Greenwich Ct. #1 in the state at the time, most of my Jewish friends went to BU. Others went to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a private high school in New Jersey. The way I remember it was the Catholics applied to BC, the Jewish classmates applied to BU, and the WASPS applied to Tufts if they wanted to go to a Boston school.

This was in the 80s. I was Korean, so I did the stereotypical thing for Koreans, and applied to Harvard and MIT and didn't get in to either.

Haha. that's funny.

I thought Jewish classmates would go to Brandeis, not so much BU?

Brandeis is pretty small. BU is big.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BC is fratty, bratty, suburban (not in Boston), grade inflation, white, not-LGBT friendly, Catholic, sports, beautiful campus.

BU is nerdy, urban (actually in Boston), grade deflation, diverse, LGBT-friendly, non-denominational, no real sport except hockey, sprawling campus, close to Fenway

BC does not have frats and grades are not inflated, trust me.

Also half IN Boston.

Which part?

NP. To clarify, the Boston city line cuts between middle and lower campus. All of lower campus is in Boston, including the football stadium and almost all dorms for upperclassmen.

You mean the Brighton and Brookline campuses?

While Lower Campus (with the football stadium and dorms) is in Brighton (which is a neighborhood in the city of Boston), "Brighton Campus" is the new addition that is separate from Lower, on the north side of Comm Ave. That includes a museum and Jesuit residences; not sure what else is over there.

Lower Campus is not in Brookline. There is no "Brookline Campus." BC owns some stray real estate in Brookline, such as some houses on the other side of Beacon as well as the recent purchase of the Pine Manor College campus, over a mile away.

BC has a 2 year residential college called Messina College. It’s new so it’s not crazy u don’t know about it.

Like so new that it is starting this Fall.

Yes the built it all this summer and it starts this fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BC is small and traditionally Catholic (tho not overtly so any more)

BU is large

Both are places people go to when they don't get into Harvard but still want the Boston experience and to rub shoulders with the Harvard kids. I am not joking.

I transferred from Georgetown, and BC is probably the most "Catholic" of all the Jesuit universities. Attending Georgetown is a multi-faith campus, felt extremely secular. BC the campus feels a lot more catholic. BC also has one of the best Theology schools in the United States, with over 100 Jesuits on campus. It's still one of the few Jesuit universities in America with a Jesuit as president.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC is small and traditionally Catholic (tho not overtly so any more)

BU is large

Both are places people go to when they don't get into Harvard but still want the Boston experience and to rub shoulders with the Harvard kids. I am not joking.

I transferred from Georgetown, and BC is probably the most "Catholic" of all the Jesuit universities. Attending Georgetown is a multi-faith campus, felt extremely secular. BC the campus feels a lot more catholic. BC also has one of the best Theology schools in the United States, with over 100 Jesuits on campus. It's still one of the few Jesuit universities in America with a Jesuit as president.

Why are you bumping all the BC threads?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BU feels like Pitt. BC feels like University of Richmond with Jesuits.

Not really. BU is Northeastern. NYU but the students not as good. Drexel. A little GWU.

BC is Duke, Wake Forest.

Drexel is two levels below BU.
GWU is a level below..

Duke is two levels above BC.

BU is like GWU, but a little bit higher, city campus, larger school
BC is like Georgetown, a little bit lower, mid sized school, enclosed campus adjacent to the city

I've attended Georgetown, and I'm a BC student now. Georgetown and BC are nothing alike except that both are Jesuit, although at Georgetown, you hardly notice it's Jesuit. Feels more Jewish/Muslim than anything. Campuses are different, and so is the student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC is small and traditionally Catholic (tho not overtly so any more)

BU is large

Both are places people go to when they don't get into Harvard but still want the Boston experience and to rub shoulders with the Harvard kids. I am not joking.

I transferred from Georgetown, and BC is probably the most "Catholic" of all the Jesuit universities. Attending Georgetown is a multi-faith campus, felt extremely secular. BC the campus feels a lot more catholic. BC also has one of the best Theology schools in the United States, with over 100 Jesuits on campus. It's still one of the few Jesuit universities in America with a Jesuit as president.

You’ve revived multiple old threads about BC today to share this observation. What years were you a student at these schools??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC is small and traditionally Catholic (tho not overtly so any more)

BU is large

Both are places people go to when they don't get into Harvard but still want the Boston experience and to rub shoulders with the Harvard kids. I am not joking.

I transferred from Georgetown, and BC is probably the most "Catholic" of all the Jesuit universities. Attending Georgetown is a multi-faith campus, felt extremely secular. BC the campus feels a lot more catholic. BC also has one of the best Theology schools in the United States, with over 100 Jesuits on campus. It's still one of the few Jesuit universities in America with a Jesuit as president.

You’ve revived multiple old threads about BC today to share this observation. What years were you a student at these schools??

I'm a BC student right now. I transferred to BC from Georgetown last year, with a 4.0 GPA. Why do you care what threads I post on? That's kind of strange on your part.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC is small and traditionally Catholic (tho not overtly so any more)

BU is large

Both are places people go to when they don't get into Harvard but still want the Boston experience and to rub shoulders with the Harvard kids. I am not joking.

I transferred from Georgetown, and BC is probably the most "Catholic" of all the Jesuit universities. Attending Georgetown is a multi-faith campus, felt extremely secular. BC the campus feels a lot more catholic. BC also has one of the best Theology schools in the United States, with over 100 Jesuits on campus. It's still one of the few Jesuit universities in America with a Jesuit as president.

You’ve revived multiple old threads about BC today to share this observation. What years were you a student at these schools??

Do any of your children have a 4.0 GPA in college at either the BC or Georgetown level, like me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to a private high school in New Jersey. The way I remember it was the Catholics applied to BC, the Jewish classmates applied to BU, and the WASPS applied to Tufts if they wanted to go to a Boston school.

This was in the 80s. I was Korean, so I did the stereotypical thing for Koreans, and applied to Harvard and MIT and didn't get in to either.

Haha. that's funny.

I thought Jewish classmates would go to Brandeis, not so much BU?

It’s not funny. It was true. BU was called “BJ@w” and that’s where the Jewish applied, Catholics to BC. This was late 80s/early 90s.

[Anonymous]

What are “bps” kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BC is not much harder to get into. It attracts a much whiter, private catholic school student body. Think Notre Dame.

BU is more diverse and for kids who want/like an urban campus. Think NYU.

+1000

They are just two very different schools and attract different types of kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BC is not much harder to get into. It attracts a much whiter, private catholic school student body. Think Notre Dame.

BU is more diverse and for kids who want/like an urban campus. Think NYU.

+1000

They are just two very different schools and attract different types of kids.

Not sure if BC being harder to get into deserves a "+1000". Looks like BU regularly has a lower acceptance rate. For HS class of 24, it was a 11% v 15%.
https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-admission-rates/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BC is not much harder to get into. It attracts a much whiter, private catholic school student body. Think Notre Dame.

BU is more diverse and for kids who want/like an urban campus. Think NYU.

+1000

They are just two very different schools and attract different types of kids.

Not sure if BC being harder to get into deserves a "+1000". Looks like BU regularly has a lower acceptance rate. For HS class of 24, it was a 11% v 15%.
https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-admission-rates/

+1

BC and BU are two solid T50 schools (with selective acceptance rates) that have different student populations.

Rankings notwithstanding, the PP's BC/ND and BU/NYU comparisons are accurate.