URM parents/alum, which PWI schools have you been happy with? Which to avoid?

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Anonymous wrote:My African American DD is a junior at Columbia and loves it. I’m actually surprised every time I visit at the amount of POC walking around campus. She loves being in the city.

I am an African American alum of Columbia and loved it! Of course I graduated in the 90s but I remain close with a ton of fellow alums and we all have great memories of our experiences. Being in NYC, as opposed to some isolated and remote location, plays a role also in not making it feel so much like a PWI.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m hearing to avoid Boston College. But I know a group of POC graduates who remained friends and seem to have enjoyed college there 20 years ago.

Anything specific to Boston College, or is it the Boston area in general?

DC is thinking about colleges in Boston.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m hearing to avoid Boston College. But I know a group of POC graduates who remained friends and seem to have enjoyed college there 20 years ago.

Anything specific to Boston College, or is it the Boston area in general?

DC is thinking about colleges in Boston.

Specific as to BC, even as compared to BU. I don’t hear great things on this topic for Boston generally, but concerns about BC specifically have surfaced in various circles.

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Anonymous wrote:Kid is very happy at Temple. Highly diverse.

Temple's neighborhood is ROUGH

+100

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m hearing to avoid Boston College. But I know a group of POC graduates who remained friends and seem to have enjoyed college there 20 years ago.

Anything specific to Boston College, or is it the Boston area in general?

DC is thinking about colleges in Boston.

Specific as to BC, even as compared to BU. I don’t hear great things on this topic for Boston generally, but concerns about BC specifically have surfaced in various circles.

Boston has a tough reputation, historically re: URM, since there is one historically dominant ethnicity/background/culture (in Boston) group that was extremely racist. If you read up on Boston history, it is likely addressed (not sure whether or not they name the dominant racist group). Not all whites in Boston were racist, it was mostly one group of whites. I do not know whether they would be straightforward about it, but I am guessing no.

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My kid is enjoying UMD. There are lots of very active AA clubs. The university promotes diversity.

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Mine is enjoying JMU, seems like there is a push to recruit and retain POCs.