Why the hate for Boston College?

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The university aims to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students.

We liked BC when we toured for the reasons many have stated. The price tag raised my DH's eyebrows and if I recall, the financial aid package was mostly loans.

400k in non dischargeable debt is a nightmare decision for an 18 year old to make.

And precisely what the $400k in his 529 plan is for. If you needed to borrow every penny for college, maybe try for a T10 or a less expensive school.

You’re better off liquidating the account, paying the penalties, and putting it all on black.

go for it dude

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Anonymous wrote:Because it pretends to be elite but isn't but the rich can buy in.

+1 This sums it up nicely.

Isn't this pretty much how it is at all private schools, though, not just those ones?
Some top schools still give preference to legacy or big donations...

It’s the combination of students whose parents can pay 90k with academic mediocrity that grates on a lot of BC haterzz nerves.

it's just you BC hater. still going at it unit the thread is locked. good for you?

There are many posters criticizing BC.

But you're so obvious with your numerous weird criticisms and odd fixation of peers and tiers. And you keep coming back for more. It's you. You're the problem.

The thing where he acts like mentioning BC in the same sentence as Dartmouth is a grave insult to all Dartmouth students is a dead giveaway that it’s the same nut.

You treat better schools like Bloody Mary and a mirror,

you ok?

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Duke, Dartmouth, USC, Cornell, WUSTL, Emory, Georgetown, and others have all been equated with BC.

looks like good company

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The university aims to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students.

We liked BC when we toured for the reasons many have stated. The price tag raised my DH's eyebrows and if I recall, the financial aid package was mostly loans.

400k in non dischargeable debt is a nightmare decision for an 18 year old to make.

And precisely what the $400k in his 529 plan is for. If you needed to borrow every penny for college, maybe try for a T10 or a less expensive school.

You’re better off liquidating the account, paying the penalties, and putting it all on black.

go for it dude

lol no one in my close circle is considering BC. But id advise that if those were the only two options.

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The university aims to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students.

We liked BC when we toured for the reasons many have stated. The price tag raised my DH's eyebrows and if I recall, the financial aid package was mostly loans.

400k in non dischargeable debt is a nightmare decision for an 18 year old to make.

And precisely what the $400k in his 529 plan is for. If you needed to borrow every penny for college, maybe try for a T10 or a less expensive school.

You’re better off liquidating the account, paying the penalties, and putting it all on black.

go for it dude

lol no one in my close circle is considering BC. But id advise that if those were the only two options.

but no one would ask you or care what you thought

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Duke, Dartmouth, USC, Cornell, WUSTL, Emory, Georgetown, and others have all been equated with BC.

looks like good company

Interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:BC has been consistently ranked 37. It ticks a lot of boxes in terms of size, location, reputation, D1 sports (hockey being the front runner), close to a city & airport but also a beautiful defined campus, active student body and alum network. The school has a huge outreach to lower income and first gen college students. Regarding religion, my own opinion after having attended and had kids attend Catholic, Jesuit and public schools: BC has a great mix of all: overall feels Jesuit but not overly Catholic. The families I know are a mix of full pay, full scholarship, financial aid, coming from private and public schools and different religions.

I also wouldn't pay 90k a year to be around low income and first gen students.

And BC is better off in your absence.

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The university aims to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students.

We liked BC when we toured for the reasons many have stated. The price tag raised my DH's eyebrows and if I recall, the financial aid package was mostly loans.

400k in non dischargeable debt is a nightmare decision for an 18 year old to make.

And precisely what the $400k in his 529 plan is for. If you needed to borrow every penny for college, maybe try for a T10 or a less expensive school.

You’re better off liquidating the account, paying the penalties, and putting it all on black.

go for it dude

lol no one in my close circle is considering BC. But id advise that if those were the only two options.

but no one would ask you or care what you thought

14 pages on this thread suggest otherwise amigo

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Anonymous wrote:BC has been consistently ranked 37. It ticks a lot of boxes in terms of size, location, reputation, D1 sports (hockey being the front runner), close to a city & airport but also a beautiful defined campus, active student body and alum network. The school has a huge outreach to lower income and first gen college students. Regarding religion, my own opinion after having attended and had kids attend Catholic, Jesuit and public schools: BC has a great mix of all: overall feels Jesuit but not overly Catholic. The families I know are a mix of full pay, full scholarship, financial aid, coming from private and public schools and different religions.

I also wouldn't pay 90k a year to be around low income and first gen students.

And BC is better off in your absence.

You don’t go to Harvard for the lesson plan and blackboard. You go to be around rich kids with connected parents.

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The university aims to meet the full demonstrated need of all admitted students.

We liked BC when we toured for the reasons many have stated. The price tag raised my DH's eyebrows and if I recall, the financial aid package was mostly loans.

400k in non dischargeable debt is a nightmare decision for an 18 year old to make.

And precisely what the $400k in his 529 plan is for. If you needed to borrow every penny for college, maybe try for a T10 or a less expensive school.

You’re better off liquidating the account, paying the penalties, and putting it all on black.

go for it dude

lol no one in my close circle is considering BC. But id advise that if those were the only two options.

but no one would ask you or care what you thought

14 pages on this thread suggest otherwise amigo

*because that's how long I've been talking to myself

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I can’t wade through 15 pages of bickering, but I did see someone equate BC to Wake Forest.

DS is shooting higher but considering both as targets (4.0 uw /11 APs/ 1510). What other schools are similar? He likes the work hard/play hard vibes, the D1 sports, the school spirit, and the leafy, non-urban campuses. (BTW, we’re Jewish, so not intentionally seeking a Catholic school, though we’re quite comfortable with the Jesuit values.)

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UMiami

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If you are white, Christian, & mainstream, you’re good.

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Lots of better options

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM seems to have a very odd relationship toward Catholic (including Jesuit) schools. Sometimes they are ranked with non-religious schools, and sometimes set completely apart.

+1

Especially the handful of Catholic schools that are indisputably desirable and thus pretty tough admits: Georgetown, Notre Dame, BC, Holy Cross and Villanova. Catholic schools often combine rah-rah atmosphere and community feel at sizes that are more manageable than big publics.