What colleges are in Boston College's tier group?

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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.

Georgetown is not elite

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Anonymous wrote:BC has surprisingly good investment banking placement better than Vanderbilt WashU, Rice, UT.

And consistently highly ranked finance degree. It’s a Goldilocks for many outside of T25.

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Georgetown and Notre Dame are above BC. BC's peer groups are more like Tufts, Northeastern, Holy Cross, NYU, Wake, UVA, etc.

Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

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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.

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.

Colby is not rigorous as far as the students that attend its an easier acceptance from virginia privates than BC, and BC in RD is not too difficult--Easier than Emory and Wake in RD, around the same as WM or UVA in state

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Tom’s from Towson U but goes by Tomtownsen to be fancy. He was rejected by BC or someone who when there. He “joined” DCUM yesterday just to offer crap insights on BC. So sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

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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.

Not the same based on our high school Scoir scatterplots. RD into BC typically get in to William and Mary Out of state, some get into Wake some do not, Wake is a touch harder, Emory and GTown and Notre Dame are all another notch harder for RD. Our school sends 8-10% unhooked to T20s. BC in RD is a common likely for the top 10% as is Wake, those two would be matches for the students in the top 1/3 but not the top 10%, assuming equal rigor and all that.
Holy Cross, Nova, Fordham are much easuer than BC and are for bottom-half kids but also used as backups for the kids around top 1/3 in case they do not get into T30-40 range.
Just over 10% of the high school takes BC calc in 11th and Vector/Linear in 12th, as a normal track. AP physics C is common in 11th for about 20% of the class.AP language or Lit is done in 10th by more than half the school. We do college level English semesters after that. Its a pretty rigorous school but we have a lot who get in to Boston College in RD.

Interestingly, the Scoir for our private Catholic school shows admission to ND and Georgetown easier than BC or Wake. BC and Wake around 26%. ND and Georgetown at 33% and 43% respectively. It only goes to show that a school's rigor/prestige is not necessarily measured only by its acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

They’re wrong, because your school has students that want to go to BC? What’s your point?

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Anonymous wrote:BC is in no.mans land territory. Honestly is about as prestigious as Georgia Tech or Tufts. All three are respected in certain fields but as a whole they're near the top of the 2nd tier. BC has surprisingly good investment banking placement better than Vanderbilt WashU, Rice, UT. Slightly below Emory/Notre Dame.

This is inaccurate if you disregard third string “boutiques” in Boston. WUSTL’s undergrad business program is one of the best in the country. Emory blows BC out of the water. UT and Rice are great options if you want to make a career in the Southeast or energy nationwide. BC will not give you much mileage in high finance.

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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.

Not the same based on our high school Scoir scatterplots. RD into BC typically get in to William and Mary Out of state, some get into Wake some do not, Wake is a touch harder, Emory and GTown and Notre Dame are all another notch harder for RD. Our school sends 8-10% unhooked to T20s. BC in RD is a common likely for the top 10% as is Wake, those two would be matches for the students in the top 1/3 but not the top 10%, assuming equal rigor and all that.
Holy Cross, Nova, Fordham are much easuer than BC and are for bottom-half kids but also used as backups for the kids around top 1/3 in case they do not get into T30-40 range.
Just over 10% of the high school takes BC calc in 11th and Vector/Linear in 12th, as a normal track. AP physics C is common in 11th for about 20% of the class.AP language or Lit is done in 10th by more than half the school. We do college level English semesters after that. Its a pretty rigorous school but we have a lot who get in to Boston College in RD.

Interestingly, the Scoir for our private Catholic school shows admission to ND and Georgetown easier than BC or Wake. BC and Wake around 26%. ND and Georgetown at 33% and 43% respectively. It only goes to show that a school's rigor/prestige is not necessarily measured only by its acceptance rate.

What were the scores and grades of those applicants? Rates from an individual school don’t mean much without that context.

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

Translation: they wanted ND or Gtown but their counselor said they’re not good students and should consider BC instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

You are correct but the BC haters can’t handle the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

They’re wrong, because your school has students that want to go to BC? What’s your point?

Pp was “sure” most BC students had Georgetown/ND as first choice. There’s actual years of data from a high school where all 3 of these schools are very popular and get scores of applications each year. For all the years of data, most kids choosing BC, choose it as their first choice (over ND/Georgetown).

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Anonymous wrote:Ignoring the BC food fight from a few posters, back to OPs question.

BC's peers from an admissions selectivity perspective are the private colleges ranked 30ish to 50ish or so with acceptance rates less than 25%. Thinking NYU, BU, Tufts, Wake Forest, Northeastern, etc.

Basically, selective privates outside the T25.

Yes, not many selections in the first place, and it's obvious.

For NYU, it's a school with wider spectrums.
Stern is definitely T25 level. CAS with 7% acceptance rate, you can argue it's a bit cut above BC.
However colleges like Steinhardt or Professional Studies are actually a bit cut below BC overall.

In terms of scores, yes Steinhardt may not be as strong. There is no question NYU blows BC out of the water for students interested in the arts.

Poverty stricken NYU mom trying to make NYU sound redeemable instead of the result of college admissions failure

It’s somewhat amusing and tenable when you are advocating for Harvard over NYU. When you have this schtick and argue for BC over NYU, you sound like a 14 year old who says “poor” and “peasants” because he once met a student from Landon and wanted to emulate him.

There is no difference between NYU and BC. Neither are "elite", neither come close. Very strange take

Wall Street says different.

It’s not even close. “What is a BC” is a common response to resume drops

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Anonymous wrote:Most students at BC had their first choice be Georgetown or Notre Dame I'm sure.

You’re wrong. Most of DS’s HS students who attended BC, for all the years that data is available, applied early decision. So by definition most had BC as their first choice.

They’re wrong, because your school has students that want to go to BC? What’s your point?

Pp was “sure” most BC students had Georgetown/ND as first choice. There’s actual years of data from a high school where all 3 of these schools are very popular and get scores of applications each year. For all the years of data, most kids choosing BC, choose it as their first choice (over ND/Georgetown).

Almost no competitive applicant to ND or Gtown is doing ED to BC barring a horrible guidance counselor