What colleges are in Boston College's tier group?

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Anonymous wrote:BU, BC, Tufts are obvious. Outside of Boston it’s below ND, Gtown but above holy cross and Villanova and Provence college. Maybe peers to Colby, bates, and grinnell for SLAC.


BC and BU are different applicant pools from Colby and Bates. SLAC do attract social elites.

Grocery bags, dog poop, and old shoes all go to the same dump. Why are you acting like one kind of trash is better than another? Colby, Bates, BC, BU... all the same. Don't split hairs.


They’re academic dumpster fires but students at Colby are more likely to have pedigree and a decent handicap.

Colby?
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Anonymous wrote:The amount of BC shilling here is effing unreal. If no one here is paid by admissions I’d be floored.


I don't think it's that. BC is a genuinely good school and it's difficult to get into. That sense of community is extremely appealing to a lot of 17 year olds today.

I think the older people here really underestimate how important vibe and friendliness are for today's applicants. BC does really well there.


People at Ivies are often friendly, too. Same with Georgetown and USC. Aside from the odd school like NYU that lacks a campus, most communities of 18 year olds are warm.

Georgetown, Princeton, and Duke students ate the rudest and most stuck up of all the "elite" schools.
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Anonymous wrote:the emory boosters are the ones that need to put down the pipe. would be ashamed to send my kid there over bc.

BC students can't get into Emory


Correct. Which is why this thread continued. BC fanatics think it is better.
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tomtownsenduhb wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.
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tomtownsenduhb wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, BC, Tufts are obvious. Outside of Boston it’s below ND, Gtown but above holy cross and Villanova and Provence college. Maybe peers to Colby, bates, and grinnell for SLAC.


BC and BU are different applicant pools from Colby and Bates. SLAC do attract social elites.

Grocery bags, dog poop, and old shoes all go to the same dump. Why are you acting like one kind of trash is better than another? Colby, Bates, BC, BU... all the same. Don't split hairs.


They’re academic dumpster fires but students at Colby are more likely to have pedigree and a decent handicap.

You people rate relegation to schools like Colby. Low class trash

What’s so bad about bc. It’s much stronger than Colby for almost any degree path and BC’s career outcomes are much better. Like cool to spend 4 years in the middle of nowhere Maine, but that doesn’t get you jobs.


Job outcome wise it is a wash. BC will have a career services office sending female alumni to Wayfair and the males to back office functions at Deloitte. If you want this as a Colby student you can get it, but will probably have to be more proactive.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amount of BC shilling here is effing unreal. If no one here is paid by admissions I’d be floored.


I don't think it's that. BC is a genuinely good school and it's difficult to get into. That sense of community is extremely appealing to a lot of 17 year olds today.

I think the older people here really underestimate how important vibe and friendliness are for today's applicants. BC does really well there.


People at Ivies are often friendly, too. Same with Georgetown and USC. Aside from the odd school like NYU that lacks a campus, most communities of 18 year olds are warm.

Georgetown, Princeton, and Duke students ate the rudest and most stuck up of all the "elite" schools.


Princeton and Duke can back it up. Georgetown students are often sore they couldn’t get into an Ivy, that reputation is well earned.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
tomtownsenduhb wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

Distinctive
I don't know what Colby is like but I wouldn't deign to a lesser place because of travel habits...
Colby, cheddar jack, all the same to me
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BU, BC, Tufts are obvious. Outside of Boston it’s below ND, Gtown but above holy cross and Villanova and Provence college. Maybe peers to Colby, bates, and grinnell for SLAC.


BC and BU are different applicant pools from Colby and Bates. SLAC do attract social elites.

Grocery bags, dog poop, and old shoes all go to the same dump. Why are you acting like one kind of trash is better than another? Colby, Bates, BC, BU... all the same. Don't split hairs.


They’re academic dumpster fires but students at Colby are more likely to have pedigree and a decent handicap.

You people rate relegation to schools like Colby. Low class trash

What’s so bad about bc. It’s much stronger than Colby for almost any degree path and BC’s career outcomes are much better. Like cool to spend 4 years in the middle of nowhere Maine, but that doesn’t get you jobs.


Job outcome wise it is a wash. BC will have a career services office sending female alumni to Wayfair and the males to back office functions at Deloitte. If you want this as a Colby student you can get it, but will probably have to be more proactive.

I have suspicions about your personal circumstances...
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Anonymous wrote:These were the schools +5 and -5 in the rankings around BC before recent DEI.

University of Rochester
University of California-Irvine
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Florida
Brandeis University
Boston College
University of California-Davis
College of William and Mary
University of California-San Diego
Case Western Reserve University
Boston University


This is so damning. BC can barely beat the University of Florida or Irvine. California students rejected by Berkeley, UCLA, and San Diego dread going to Irvine.

Tom Tom,

BC is a better school, clearly, than any of the above schools — even 20 years ago. It was underrated by US News then, and it is underrated now. BC is now the clear #3 in that area, behind only MIT and Harvard. Then Tufts, then Northeastern, then BU.


BC is not clearly the #3 school in that area. BC, BU, NEU, and Tufts attract students of similar caliber but differentiate themselves based on preferences. BC might be a top choice for Catholic students, but for others, it may hold little to no appeal.


Crediting. Tufts has historically been more highly regarded and has a better alumni network nationwide.

Sounds like you folks don’t know New England: your info is out of date. Boston-seeking students are certainly not dissuaded by a Jesuit school. I suggest you do a search on this site to see why. Tufts historically has been higher, but it has had a very tough 20-30 years — as has BU. If you think Tufts has a better alumni network than BC, all I can say is, “Yikes!”

Trajectories: Tufts is still going down, BU is finally holding steady, and Northeastern and BC are continuing to go up. It is important to keep in mind where schools are headed; I would certainly not be betting my money on the prestige of a Tufts degree a generation from now.


What is the problem with tufts?


According to BC fan boys here? That it has the same ranking as BC on US News and has been higher most years the last few decades. They’re very upset about it and wish they had their IR program.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
tomtownsenduhb wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

I haven't heard of people splitting hairs like this... if Colby is an elite school any school could be
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
tomtownsenduhb wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

Distinctive
I don't know what Colby is like but I wouldn't deign to a lesser place because of travel habits...
Colby, cheddar jack, all the same to me


Colby is a typical SLAC. Nothing special. Not particularly rigorous. They have plenty of boarding school alumni from prominent families there.
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Anonymous wrote:UMiami is the non-Jesuit BC of the South.

Agreed


Why do you sat this?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
tomtownsenduhb wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

I haven't heard of people splitting hairs like this... if Colby is an elite school any school could be


Colby is more elite than BC.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
tomtownsenduhb wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Umiami
NYU
Northeastern
BU
Fordham
Villanova
Holy Cross

I think Emory, ND, Georgetown are a different tier


Maybe or maybe not academically- but BC seems just as hard to get in. I would put it at the low end of the Emory ND Georgetown tier. BC way tougher than any of the schools above.


Holy cross is an outlier in that group.


Wash your mouth out with soap after saying BC is in the same tier as Emory ND and Georgetown. Students at those three schools made responsible decisions in high school.

Wash your mouth out with soap...? Who's the philistine now? Sounds like a poverty stricken hick got a lucky break from an admissions officer interested in economic diversity. Take a sewing needle to your ego and as you listen to the air hiss out ask yourself what/who broke you so completely. Sad.

BC's vibe is one of gouche characteristics and striver mentality. Will never be socially prestigious.

Socially prestigious like...Colby......?


Someone summering on Vinalhaven or spending the winter in Palm Beach is far likelier to be associated with Colby than BC and it isn’t close. Saying you went to BC in these circles is like saying you’re slamming your maid, it’s just not done.

Distinctive
I don't know what Colby is like but I wouldn't deign to a lesser place because of travel habits...
Colby, cheddar jack, all the same to me


Colby is a typical SLAC. Nothing special. Not particularly rigorous. They have plenty of boarding school alumni from prominent families there.

Seems like someone thinks it is
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