The “backdoor” to Boston College just got outed by the student newspaper. Ouch.
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Anonymous
This is great reporting. No need to shoot the messenger. |
Anonymous
| Oh who are Messina students? |
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Jesuit value? All day long.
Seriously? Every school accepts donations and trades such for access. Every single one. The difference? Most don’t try to humiliate the low income, first gen in the process to hide the dumb kids. Just own it. We all know how it works. And we can accept it, as funding must come from somewhere. But please don’t try to pretend you are virtuous in the process. You look cheap, BC. I wish every school would straight up say that they will deny your talented child for a dim one with cash. That is the system they have built. The lack of ownership is so disappointing. And insulting. The dumb kids should have asterisks next to their names. We are a full pay family. Still grossed out by this. |
Anonymous
| Several Ivy schools do the same thing. Perhaps the Harvard Crimson could do a story about Harvard's Z List. That's about 60 students annually. These are overwhelmingly white, privileged, wealthy, and well-connected students from prominent families who are given a back door into Harvard after a gap year. The gap year is important because it allows Harvard to hide them from the usual reporting on freshman admissions. BC's method seems very tame in comparison. |
Anonymous
How do you know someone went to MIT? They'll tell you. |
Anonymous
DP. If any US university can claim to be egalitarian, it’s MIT. The grads don’t really need to flex. I genuinely think the PP was surprised. They were shocked at the price of entry to a mid opportunity. |
Anonymous
| I don't understand the outrage. Many state schools offer this route for admission. And it is not an ideal path for many students. Sounds like the offer is more of a soft rejection and most students probably would opt to go elsewhere, including the first gen students. |
Anonymous
Oh, please. It was a flex. It was "MIT is worth it, BC isn't." |
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Wow.
I disagree with one of the first PPs. It is an excellent article. My instinct is that BC created this program to keep donors happy when their kids absolutely do not make the cut. It is unappealing enough that they must have figured most would not take it, but they'd still be able to tell everyone that they got in to BC. |
Anonymous
Incorrect. They have to complete 30 credits—one year— with the FGLI Messina students that are doing a full 2 year associates degree. |
Anonymous
| What i got out of the article was BC it's considered elite. When I lived in Cambridge, no one ever really thought of BC at all. And now wealthy elites are scrambling to be admitted. Race to the bottom |
Anonymous
| So it’s ok to accept unqualified students into Messina, with hopes of transferring to BC, as long as they aren’t rich? |
Anonymous
And here you are, from living in Cambridge to posting on DCUM. Not sure if you won the race, but you’ve reached the bottom. Congrats! |
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Wait… you don’t know that “elite” (lolz) colleges have alternate campuses that allow admissions in Spring or later? Some overseas.
This is new to you? |
Anonymous
BC is only elite if you’re only considering Catholic colleges and even then it’s not the top one. |