Dinner near Boston College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

NP. I think that's fine, no big need to hang out in Cleveland Circle for a college visit. However, note that the PP's freshman is doing typical freshman things. Where kids spend their time varies across the years. Most juniors (more than half) live off campus junior year as the school can only guarantee three years of housing for many students (some students get 4 years of housing as a sort of "award", along with athletes and nursing students, if I recall). Then they come back to campus for senior year, a much loved tradition. Off campus housing is in the Cleveland Circle area and along Comm Ave - you can see from the bus shuttle route. Plenty of student activity in Cleveland Circle.

If your kid hasn't been to Boston, I'd take them down to the waterfront (maybe the Legal Seafood at Longwharf) and/or North End (Italian area) for dinner. I would not simply eat near your hotel if you're staying out in the burbs - don't miss out on helping them to get a glimpse of a Boston experience.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

NP. I think that's fine, no big need to hang out in Cleveland Circle for a college visit. However, note that the PP's freshman is doing typical freshman things. Where kids spend their time varies across the years. Most juniors (more than half) live off campus junior year as the school can only guarantee three years of housing for many students (some students get 4 years of housing as a sort of "award", along with athletes and nursing students, if I recall). Then they come back to campus for senior year, a much loved tradition. Off campus housing is in the Cleveland Circle area and along Comm Ave - you can see from the bus shuttle route. Plenty of student activity in Cleveland Circle.

If your kid hasn't been to Boston, I'd take them down to the waterfront (maybe the Legal Seafood at Longwharf) and/or North End (Italian area) for dinner. I would not simply eat near your hotel if you're staying out in the burbs - don't miss out on helping them to get a glimpse of a Boston experience.

thanks - we've been to Boston many times with family and a sibling at BU. This kid has not seen BC or immediate area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

NP. I think that's fine, no big need to hang out in Cleveland Circle for a college visit. However, note that the PP's freshman is doing typical freshman things. Where kids spend their time varies across the years. Most juniors (more than half) live off campus junior year as the school can only guarantee three years of housing for many students (some students get 4 years of housing as a sort of "award", along with athletes and nursing students, if I recall). Then they come back to campus for senior year, a much loved tradition. Off campus housing is in the Cleveland Circle area and along Comm Ave - you can see from the bus shuttle route. Plenty of student activity in Cleveland Circle.

If your kid hasn't been to Boston, I'd take them down to the waterfront (maybe the Legal Seafood at Longwharf) and/or North End (Italian area) for dinner. I would not simply eat near your hotel if you're staying out in the burbs - don't miss out on helping them to get a glimpse of a Boston experience.

thanks - we've been to Boston many times with family and a sibling at BU. This kid has not seen BC or immediate area.

In that case, consider grabbing lunch/brunch at the Eagle Deli in Cleveland Circle or at least ice cream at White Mountain.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

NP. I think that's fine, no big need to hang out in Cleveland Circle for a college visit. However, note that the PP's freshman is doing typical freshman things. Where kids spend their time varies across the years. Most juniors (more than half) live off campus junior year as the school can only guarantee three years of housing for many students (some students get 4 years of housing as a sort of "award", along with athletes and nursing students, if I recall). Then they come back to campus for senior year, a much loved tradition. Off campus housing is in the Cleveland Circle area and along Comm Ave - you can see from the bus shuttle route. Plenty of student activity in Cleveland Circle.

If your kid hasn't been to Boston, I'd take them down to the waterfront (maybe the Legal Seafood at Longwharf) and/or North End (Italian area) for dinner. I would not simply eat near your hotel if you're staying out in the burbs - don't miss out on helping them to get a glimpse of a Boston experience.

thanks - we've been to Boston many times with family and a sibling at BU. This kid has not seen BC or immediate area.

In that case, consider grabbing lunch/brunch at the Eagle Deli in Cleveland Circle or at least ice cream at White Mountain.

Last time I was at White Mountain with my student, late night (11:30? late for me lol), there were a bunch of BU kids there too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD is a freshman. Applied ED1 last year and got in. She and her friends do not hang out in Chestnut Hill/Newton/Cleveland Circle. The only time that happens is if they need to go to CVS or go to a grocery store. They are primarily on campus during the week unless they go to a Red Sox game etc. On the weekends they go visit friends at other college campuses in the area (BU,MIT), go to the North End for dinner, do a concert or game at TD Garden or go walk around/shop Newbury Street. Good luck!

thanks for this - it confirms that my kid really only "needs" to do the campus tour since she's familiar with the other spots you mentioned. I'll just book a dinner reservation wherever looks good, which is probably something near our hotel.

NP. I think that's fine, no big need to hang out in Cleveland Circle for a college visit. However, note that the PP's freshman is doing typical freshman things. Where kids spend their time varies across the years. Most juniors (more than half) live off campus junior year as the school can only guarantee three years of housing for many students (some students get 4 years of housing as a sort of "award", along with athletes and nursing students, if I recall). Then they come back to campus for senior year, a much loved tradition. Off campus housing is in the Cleveland Circle area and along Comm Ave - you can see from the bus shuttle route. Plenty of student activity in Cleveland Circle.

If your kid hasn't been to Boston, I'd take them down to the waterfront (maybe the Legal Seafood at Longwharf) and/or North End (Italian area) for dinner. I would not simply eat near your hotel if you're staying out in the burbs - don't miss out on helping them to get a glimpse of a Boston experience.

thanks - we've been to Boston many times with family and a sibling at BU. This kid has not seen BC or immediate area.

Sucks to BU

[Anonymous]

So I noticed that you said your Marriott is in Chestnut Hill?

Do you mean the Newton Marriott? That hotel is in a section of Newton that is super quiet. Not a good representation of Newton.

If you're at the AC Hotel that's on Chestnut Hill Ave, that's right in Cleveland Circle!

The different parts of the area can be confusing before you live there. Newton has 13 "villages" within it. Chestnut Hill is one of them and that's where BC is located.

[Anonymous]

MIT/BU have no campus why would kids leave BC for this? Doesn’t BC have close college bars?

[Anonymous]

Should clarify they have famous but not in a traditional sense. BU is a bunch of buildings. MIT a little more than building and some fears but clearly an office building vibe. Great schools but not where I would imagine a college student wanting to party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I noticed that you said your Marriott is in Chestnut Hill?

Do you mean the Newton Marriott? That hotel is in a section of Newton that is super quiet. Not a good representation of Newton.

If you're at the AC Hotel that's on Chestnut Hill Ave, that's right in Cleveland Circle!

The different parts of the area can be confusing before you live there. Newton has 13 "villages" within it. Chestnut Hill is one of them and that's where BC is located.

It's an AC Marriott in Cleveland Circle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIT/BU have no campus why would kids leave BC for this? Doesn’t BC have close college bars?

There is so much to do around BU. ( I guess MIT is the same since it’s close.) You can consider the whole city as your campus.

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Can I jump in and ask for recs near BU/NE? We will be seeing several of the schools listed here and would love other specific recs.

[Anonymous]

FYI - the tour won’t include the Connell Rec Ctr. Would try and swing by before you leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI - the tour won’t include the Connell Rec Ctr. Would try and swing by before you leave.

Why? Is it pretty impressive?

[Anonymous]

Freshmen have not been to events at TD because basketball and hockey haven’t started. Many BC kids rarely go past Coolidge corner on Beacon or BU on Comm Ave. there is so much to do out by BC. Newbury street or North End is where the fancy rich kids go. Fenway area is fun. Most college kids like the idea of being isolated with other college kids.