BC vs Miami vs Wake

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Anonymous wrote:Save money go to respective state flagships. Does it matter if you go to a private outside the top 40. No.

Why is money is irrelevant to the family. So these conversations always come back to money. $100k cost for a family might the same as $100 to you. Most people I konw who send their kids to expensive privates vs their in-state cheap option is because they can’t stand their kid being at a lower social class for 4 years…..it is just that simple…..State Schools are for the masses…..

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

Emory was also out of reach if these were your options.

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Anonymous wrote:In MASS there are 8- 10 schools better than Boston College. In NC., Wake is the 4th best school. Alumni networks are average at best. Kids that can’t kid into ND and Georgetown enroll at BC which competes with Villanova. Wake is a peer of URichmond.

What in the world are you smoking?

I think it's pretty clear that BC is at least a step above Villanova. I don't know anybody other than Richmond parents who think that Wake Forest is a pair of Richmond.

Wake Forest is definitely not the best school in the state, but it is certainly on par with Carolina and Davidson.

Boston College is, as someone else pointed out, the toughest admit out of these three.

Everyone is welcome to an opinion, but this is a particularly poorly informed one.

What are you talking about? All of the acceptance rates are 15-20%

BC class of 2029 was 12.6%.

And Miami is 15-18%, basically the same. You do realize that minor differences in acceptance rates are meaningless?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

Emory was also out of reach if these were your options.

Glad the Emory booster finally made it to this thread lol OP said Emory is too nerdy

[Anonymous]

Wake>BC> Miami. But as others have said all average schools at best. Nothing special. Of the 3 BC most conservative and obviously strong religious vibe like Villanova or Fordham. Miami football on a roll. Wake stronger academics used to be ranked in top 30.

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

Emory was also out of reach if these were your options.

Correct. Much better than BC

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Anonymous wrote:In MASS there are 8- 10 schools better than Boston College. In NC., Wake is the 4th best school. Alumni networks are average at best. Kids that can’t kid into ND and Georgetown enroll at BC which competes with Villanova. Wake is a peer of URichmond.

What in the world are you smoking?

I think it's pretty clear that BC is at least a step above Villanova. I don't know anybody other than Richmond parents who think that Wake Forest is a pair of Richmond.

Wake Forest is definitely not the best school in the state, but it is certainly on par with Carolina and Davidson.

Boston College is, as someone else pointed out, the toughest admit out of these three.

Everyone is welcome to an opinion, but this is a particularly poorly informed one.

What are you talking about? All of the acceptance rates are 15-20%

BC class of 2029 was 12.6%.

And Miami is 15-18%, basically the same. You do realize that minor differences in acceptance rates are meaningless?

No, it is not 15%. And, do you realize that 18% is 50% higher than 12%? That is not a “meaningless” difference to the 100 or more kids who get into Miami — and not BC. When DC is crying over a BC rejection, just tell them their feelings are meaningless.

[Anonymous]

My DC was accepted to all three of these and ended up picking a different school (Tulane). You may want visit Tulane as well!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

BC - smart and sporty
Miami - sporty and extroverted
Wake - extroverted and smart

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

BC - smart and sporty
Miami - sporty and extroverted
Wake - extroverted and smart

Wake is not “smart.” So many kids get in early ED (before ED1) and have VERY average stats. It is a common hack at all local private schools. IYKYK

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Anonymous wrote:Which one is the best for sporty kids that are smart and extroverted? Emory seems too nerdy so it was removed from the list.

BC - smart and sporty
Miami - sporty and extroverted
Wake - extroverted and smart

+1. This sums it up nicely.

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Anonymous wrote:In MASS there are 8- 10 schools better than Boston College. In NC., Wake is the 4th best school. Alumni networks are average at best. Kids that can’t kid into ND and Georgetown enroll at BC which competes with Villanova. Wake is a peer of URichmond.

What in the world are you smoking?

I think it's pretty clear that BC is at least a step above Villanova. I don't know anybody other than Richmond parents who think that Wake Forest is a pair of Richmond.

Wake Forest is definitely not the best school in the state, but it is certainly on par with Carolina and Davidson.

Boston College is, as someone else pointed out, the toughest admit out of these three.

Everyone is welcome to an opinion, but this is a particularly poorly informed one.

What are you talking about? All of the acceptance rates are 15-20%

BC class of 2029 was 12.6%.

And Miami is 15-18%, basically the same. You do realize that minor differences in acceptance rates are meaningless?

No, it is not 15%. And, do you realize that 18% is 50% higher than 12%? That is not a “meaningless” difference to the 100 or more kids who get into Miami — and not BC. When DC is crying over a BC rejection, just tell them their feelings are meaningless.

Are you seriously implying it’s a given that a Miami acceptance comes before BC? This isn’t 2005. Miami is Secretariat and ready to overtake MA’s sixth best school (arguably eighth)

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Anonymous wrote:In MASS there are 8- 10 schools better than Boston College. In NC., Wake is the 4th best school. Alumni networks are average at best. Kids that can’t kid into ND and Georgetown enroll at BC which competes with Villanova. Wake is a peer of URichmond.

What in the world are you smoking?

I think it's pretty clear that BC is at least a step above Villanova. I don't know anybody other than Richmond parents who think that Wake Forest is a pair of Richmond.

Wake Forest is definitely not the best school in the state, but it is certainly on par with Carolina and Davidson.

Boston College is, as someone else pointed out, the toughest admit out of these three.

Everyone is welcome to an opinion, but this is a particularly poorly informed one.

What are you talking about? All of the acceptance rates are 15-20%

BC class of 2029 was 12.6%.

And Miami is 15-18%, basically the same. You do realize that minor differences in acceptance rates are meaningless?

No, it is not 15%. And, do you realize that 18% is 50% higher than 12%? That is not a “meaningless” difference to the 100 or more kids who get into Miami — and not BC. When DC is crying over a BC rejection, just tell them their feelings are meaningless.

Are you seriously implying it’s a given that a Miami acceptance comes before BC? This isn’t 2005. Miami is Secretariat and ready to overtake MA’s sixth best school (arguably eighth)

In the aggregate, this is true by definition. I’m not implying it; I am saying it. Seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:In MASS there are 8- 10 schools better than Boston College. In NC., Wake is the 4th best school. Alumni networks are average at best. Kids that can’t kid into ND and Georgetown enroll at BC which competes with Villanova. Wake is a peer of URichmond.

What in the world are you smoking?

I think it's pretty clear that BC is at least a step above Villanova. I don't know anybody other than Richmond parents who think that Wake Forest is a pair of Richmond.

Wake Forest is definitely not the best school in the state, but it is certainly on par with Carolina and Davidson.

Boston College is, as someone else pointed out, the toughest admit out of these three.

Everyone is welcome to an opinion, but this is a particularly poorly informed one.

What are you talking about? All of the acceptance rates are 15-20%

BC class of 2029 was 12.6%.

And Miami is 15-18%, basically the same. You do realize that minor differences in acceptance rates are meaningless?

No, it is not 15%. And, do you realize that 18% is 50% higher than 12%? That is not a “meaningless” difference to the 100 or more kids who get into Miami — and not BC. When DC is crying over a BC rejection, just tell them their feelings are meaningless.

Are you seriously implying it’s a given that a Miami acceptance comes before BC? This isn’t 2005. Miami is Secretariat and ready to overtake MA’s sixth best school (arguably eighth)

In the aggregate, this is true by definition. I’m not implying it; I am saying it. Seriously.

BC really isn’t appreciably better than Miami. It feeds into a saturated job market and plays eighth fiddle. Miami dominates the Miami-West Palm corridor.

[Anonymous]

BC, BU, and NEU benefit by serving kids that can’t get into top30 schools but want to have long winters in Boston. Boston economy dominated by Harvard and MIT. Miami with football success and thriving city may move up a bit but Florida is SEC country.