So, what's the pecking order for Boston schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts
Harvard/MIT
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
Clown College
Canine Obedience School
BU

Things are shaking up in Boston. Most people who haven't been living here don't realize it.

Ha, ha, ha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who is local, here is how things tier out in my mind (each row is its own tier, not ranked within each tier) - also, didn't include state schools or schools outside of the metro Boston area:

Harvard/MIT
BC/BU/Tufts/Wellesley/Babson
Northeastern/Bentley/Brandeis
(Deliberate space here)
Anything else you've barely heard of - Suffolk, Merrimack, Curry, Simmons, Lesley, Stonehill, Endicott

* Emerson, Berklee, Wentworth, MCPHS are specialized in my mind so I didn't rank them. I never know where to put Wheaton.

Good list

Updated list (for the year 2000 forward):
Harvard/MIT
Tufts
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
BU
Others

This is right

I agree. I would even put MIT at the top by itself, because Harvard is not known for their engineering. BC and BU and Northeastern have all shifted so much in the past few decades, and so many people have no idea.

Ha. BU has changed a lot. In 2002 one of my cousins enrolled there (for freshman year), and hated it so much that he left after a month. He decided to go to his second choice school instead—a directional U in his home state of CT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts
Harvard/MIT
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
Clown College
Canine Obedience School
BU

Things are shaking up in Boston. Most people who haven't been living here don't realize it.

The king has arrived!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard/MIT
Tufts/BC
BU/Northeastern/Wellesley
everything else

This is fair, however
Gap btween Tufts/BC and BU/Northeastern is not much at all.

I would say

MIT/Harvard
Tufts/BC/BU/Northeastern/Wellesley

[Anonymous]

MIT
Harvard
Olin
Tufts
BC
BU
Northeastern
Wellesley
Berklee
Emerson
Brandeis

[Anonymous]

When I applied to colleges back in 1996, the kid who was 4th in our class went to BC. The kid who was ranked 250 out of 320 went to Northeastern. I’ve heard a lot about NE moving up but how is it that close to BC? What does the previous post mean by they’ve famed the system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern (I know, I know, others would put it higher, but they've gamed the system)
Also, Emerson & Berklee are excellent for acting/music etc.

Tufts
BC/Northeastern
BU
The others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who is local, here is how things tier out in my mind (each row is its own tier, not ranked within each tier) - also, didn't include state schools or schools outside of the metro Boston area:

Harvard/MIT
BC/BU/Tufts/Wellesley/Babson
Northeastern/Bentley/Brandeis
(Deliberate space here)
Anything else you've barely heard of - Suffolk, Merrimack, Curry, Simmons, Lesley, Stonehill, Endicott

* Emerson, Berklee, Wentworth, MCPHS are specialized in my mind so I didn't rank them. I never know where to put Wheaton.

Good list

Updated list (for the year 2000 forward):
Harvard/MIT
Tufts
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
BU
Others

Has Wellesley declined. I assumed it would be higher than Tufts. Tufts is top 35

[Anonymous]

Boston Latin
Roxbury Latin
Brookline High
The Windsor School
Commonwealth School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I applied to colleges back in 1996, the kid who was 4th in our class went to BC. The kid who was ranked 250 out of 320 went to Northeastern. I’ve heard a lot about NE moving up but how is it that close to BC? What does the previous post mean by they’ve famed the system?

There are so many changes since 2000, and 1996 is almost 30 years ago!

There is a poster that starts this exact kind of disingenuous post, so that they can rail on Northeastern. Then, they try to deflect, and turn on the people who defend factual information. It is a systematic yet predictable approach, one might say.

Wellesley College is extremely difficult to get into, so is Tufts.

Some of the DCUM "rankings" are laughable - it is nothing more than a bunch of hacks Googling colleges they have not heard of, and self ascribing a "rank".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who is local, here is how things tier out in my mind (each row is its own tier, not ranked within each tier) - also, didn't include state schools or schools outside of the metro Boston area:

Harvard/MIT
BC/BU/Tufts/Wellesley/Babson
Northeastern/Bentley/Brandeis
(Deliberate space here)
Anything else you've barely heard of - Suffolk, Merrimack, Curry, Simmons, Lesley, Stonehill, Endicott

* Emerson, Berklee, Wentworth, MCPHS are specialized in my mind so I didn't rank them. I never know where to put Wheaton.

Good list

Updated list (for the year 2000 forward):
Harvard/MIT
Tufts
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
BU
Others

Has Wellesley declined. I assumed it would be higher than Tufts. Tufts is top 35

No. Wellsley and Tufts are right under MIT, then Harvard.

BU has declined.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who is local, here is how things tier out in my mind (each row is its own tier, not ranked within each tier) - also, didn't include state schools or schools outside of the metro Boston area:

Harvard/MIT
BC/BU/Tufts/Wellesley/Babson
Northeastern/Bentley/Brandeis
(Deliberate space here)
Anything else you've barely heard of - Suffolk, Merrimack, Curry, Simmons, Lesley, Stonehill, Endicott

* Emerson, Berklee, Wentworth, MCPHS are specialized in my mind so I didn't rank them. I never know where to put Wheaton.

Good list

Updated list (for the year 2000 forward):
Harvard/MIT
Tufts
Wellesley
BC/Northeastern
BU
Others

This is right

I agree. I would even put MIT at the top by itself, because Harvard is not known for their engineering. BC and BU and Northeastern have all shifted so much in the past few decades, and so many people have no idea.

Ha. BU has changed a lot. In 2002 one of my cousins enrolled there (for freshman year), and hated it so much that he left after a month. He decided to go to his second choice school instead—a directional U in his home state of CT.

Not surprised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern (I know, I know, others would put it higher, but they've gamed the system)
Also, Emerson & Berklee are excellent for acting/music etc.

Tufts
BC/Northeastern
BU
The others

Tufts/BC/Northeastern/BU

In fact, Tufts has the worst outcome.
Very overrated.

[Anonymous]

Olin is really good, but niche. Also don’t see WPI listed, I think it’s the same level at BU and Babson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boston College
Boston University
Northeastern (I know, I know, others would put it higher, but they've gamed the system)
Also, Emerson & Berklee are excellent for acting/music etc.

Tufts
BC/Northeastern
BU
The others

Tufts/BC/Northeastern/BU

In fact, Tufts has the worst outcome.
Very overrated.

Tell that to the many people I know who have gone on to MIT and Harvard grad school from Tufts undergrad.