What colleges are in Boston College's tier group?

[tomtownsenduhb]

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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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

You are incorrect. All of the BC alumns I know are either high up in IB or Commodities on Wall Street or partners is large Law Firms. Your info is so outdated.

Go on LinkedIn, look up how many BC alums are in FO roles at BB banks from the classes of 2014-2024, then divide by the total number of graduates during that time period. By the way, risk management is not FO. Now do this with NYU. To make it easier, you can do this exercise with Carroll and Stern alone.

"Law Firms" is not capitalized. You meant "at" instead of "is" before large. They do not teach proper grammar at BC....

Of course, if every alum you know from any school (including HYPS) is in high finance then you only know no more than half a dozen. Also, in 2025, big law partnership is not exactly a flex like it was 30 years ago.

What's wrong with Risk management? Pays well good WLB

It is not FO. If you go to a school like Stern or better you are not optimizing for WLB. If you go to Wake you are from a better background than the types who enter middle and back office roles.

RM at a Bulge bracket is the same as IB at an MM.

There are way too many variables here to make that generalization. The right advice is to go FO at the highest level you can at the start of your career and hit the ground running.

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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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

[tomtownsenduhb]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a northeastern style BC post. It seems like the northeastern boosting has calmed down a lot. The OP doesn’t want to hear that Boston College sounds like a non elite public school. Its peers are other mid level public schools like Pittsburgh or other public sounding privates like Syracuse. It is on par with Rutgers.

This comment is comedy gold.

It is not that big of an exaggeration. BC is full of greaseballs.

[tomtownsenduhb]

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

I did not say I am part of it. Saying it died out or does not exist in substantial form is ignorant, especially if you spent any time playing golf or racquet sports in MA.

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Anonymous wrote:If BC were ever close to G’Town and BD, it wouldn’t have changed from EA to ED. It just simply couldn’t hold on to EA anymore. For private schools, EA is the true measure for prestige, including ivies…

This. Most kids with the scores and stats still apply to ND and Georgetown. And then move to BC EDII if deferred or they roll the dice RD. It depends on the strength of the student. Some kids on the margins don’t bother with ND and Georgetown when it’s too much of a reach and just ED I to BC - the kids who are Top 10-15% not Top 5%.

Whatever. My kid who is top 5% went ED1 to BC over ND and Georgetown in large part because of location.

Anyone who thinks Chestnut Hill (and not the good part) is a better location than Georgetown is a philistine. I hope he enjoyed his time at a mediocre public or parochial high school.

Your insults are meaningless, and you’re still wrong.

[Anonymous]

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This is a northeastern style BC post. It seems like the northeastern boosting has calmed down a lot. The OP doesn’t want to hear that Boston College sounds like a non elite public school. Its peers are other mid level public schools like Pittsburgh or other public sounding privates like Syracuse. It is on par with Rutgers.

This comment is comedy gold.

It is not that big of an exaggeration. BC is full of greaseballs.

Resulting to slurs, eh? What’s the issue, jealous you can’t afford it? Or denied admission?

[tomtownsenduhb]

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Anonymous wrote:If BC were ever close to G’Town and BD, it wouldn’t have changed from EA to ED. It just simply couldn’t hold on to EA anymore. For private schools, EA is the true measure for prestige, including ivies…

This. Most kids with the scores and stats still apply to ND and Georgetown. And then move to BC EDII if deferred or they roll the dice RD. It depends on the strength of the student. Some kids on the margins don’t bother with ND and Georgetown when it’s too much of a reach and just ED I to BC - the kids who are Top 10-15% not Top 5%.

Whatever. My kid who is top 5% went ED1 to BC over ND and Georgetown in large part because of location.

Anyone who thinks Chestnut Hill (and not the good part) is a better location than Georgetown is a philistine. I hope he enjoyed his time at a mediocre public or parochial high school.

Your insults are meaningless, and you’re still wrong.

Please, be specific about where I am wrong. A top 5% student who goes to BC is almost certainly at a bad high school. The top 5% at a good HS (St. Albans, Harvard-Westlake, Francis Parker etc.) is not going to BC, let alone applying EDI.

Chestnut Hill is full of strip malls and the blight that is Brighton. It is a long T ride from civilization. Georgetown has M Street and Wisconsin Ave. There is no comparison.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

I did not say I am part of it. Saying it died out or does not exist in substantial form is ignorant, especially if you spent any time playing golf or racquet sports in MA.

Careful not to break a hip, Gram.

[tomtownsenduhb]

Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a northeastern style BC post. It seems like the northeastern boosting has calmed down a lot. The OP doesn’t want to hear that Boston College sounds like a non elite public school. Its peers are other mid level public schools like Pittsburgh or other public sounding privates like Syracuse. It is on par with Rutgers.

This comment is comedy gold.

It is not that big of an exaggeration. BC is full of greaseballs.

Resulting to slurs, eh? What’s the issue, jealous you can’t afford it? Or denied admission?

I just had a minute of depression thinking there were people who assume others are jealous about BC when it is criticized as not as good as NYU or Emory or USC. I am over it though.

[tomtownsenduhb]

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous 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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

I did not say I am part of it. Saying it died out or does not exist in substantial form is ignorant, especially if you spent any time playing golf or racquet sports in MA.

Careful not to break a hip, Gram.

You do realize that denying the existence of a whole subculture of rich people who belong to exclusive institutions is trashy, right? That is shows you are unaware of what is out there in the broader world? If you went to a Founders League or ISL school you would not make the same error.

[Anonymous]

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If BC were ever close to G’Town and BD, it wouldn’t have changed from EA to ED. It just simply couldn’t hold on to EA anymore. For private schools, EA is the true measure for prestige, including ivies…

This. Most kids with the scores and stats still apply to ND and Georgetown. And then move to BC EDII if deferred or they roll the dice RD. It depends on the strength of the student. Some kids on the margins don’t bother with ND and Georgetown when it’s too much of a reach and just ED I to BC - the kids who are Top 10-15% not Top 5%.

Whatever. My kid who is top 5% went ED1 to BC over ND and Georgetown in large part because of location.

Anyone who thinks Chestnut Hill (and not the good part) is a better location than Georgetown is a philistine. I hope he enjoyed his time at a mediocre public or parochial high school.

Your insults are meaningless, and you’re still wrong.

Please, be specific about where I am wrong. A top 5% student who goes to BC is almost certainly at a bad high school. The top 5% at a good HS (St. Alban's, Harvard-Westlake, Francis Parker etc.) is not going to BC, let alone applying EDI.

Chestnut Hill is full of strip malls and the blight that is Brighton. It is a long T ride from civilization. Georgetown has M Street and Wisconsin Ave. There is no comparison.

Not my job to educate you. You are welcome to your opinions about where top 5% at good schools choose to go. You are welcome to your opinion about what are “good schools”. You are also welcome to keep making wrong assumptions. Just don’t get your feeling hurt when people call out when you’re wrong.

[Anonymous]

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous 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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

I did not say I am part of it. Saying it died out or does not exist in substantial form is ignorant, especially if you spent any time playing golf or racquet sports in MA.

Careful not to break a hip, Gram.

You do realize that denying the existence of a whole subculture of rich people who belong to exclusive institutions is trashy, right? That is shows you are unaware of what is out there in the broader world? If you went to a Founders League or ISL school you would not make the same error.

“Trashy” 😂😂😂😂😂.
Seriously, be careful of those hips.

[Anonymous]

I understand comparing BC to NYU, 10 years ago they were peers. NYU has come up as bit. But Emory?! I was just looking at NSF research funding BC gets less funding than Howard.

[tomtownsenduhb]

Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If BC were ever close to G’Town and BD, it wouldn’t have changed from EA to ED. It just simply couldn’t hold on to EA anymore. For private schools, EA is the true measure for prestige, including ivies…

This. Most kids with the scores and stats still apply to ND and Georgetown. And then move to BC EDII if deferred or they roll the dice RD. It depends on the strength of the student. Some kids on the margins don’t bother with ND and Georgetown when it’s too much of a reach and just ED I to BC - the kids who are Top 10-15% not Top 5%.

Whatever. My kid who is top 5% went ED1 to BC over ND and Georgetown in large part because of location.

Anyone who thinks Chestnut Hill (and not the good part) is a better location than Georgetown is a philistine. I hope he enjoyed his time at a mediocre public or parochial high school.

Your insults are meaningless, and you’re still wrong.

Please, be specific about where I am wrong. A top 5% student who goes to BC is almost certainly at a bad high school. The top 5% at a good HS (St. Alban's, Harvard-Westlake, Francis Parker etc.) is not going to BC, let alone applying EDI.

Chestnut Hill is full of strip malls and the blight that is Brighton. It is a long T ride from civilization. Georgetown has M Street and Wisconsin Ave. There is no comparison.

Not my job to educate you. You are welcome to your opinions about where top 5% at good schools choose to go. You are welcome to your opinion about what are “good schools”. You are also welcome to keep making wrong assumptions. Just don’t get your feeling hurt when people call out when you’re wrong.

Please, educate me. It is better than watching you flap around like a flaccid windsock. My feelings are not hurt, I do not put stock in those who went to or have immediate family who attend BC.

[tomtownsenduhb]

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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tomtownsenduhb wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

tomtownsenduhb wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous 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.

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.

BC is much harder to get into than Wake. Not even close. Agree it’s slightly easier vs ND Georgetown and Tufts.

BC and Wake are alike as two colleges can be. Historically Wake has been rated a tier higher, before the ratings criteria change in 2023.p, by IS News. I’d put Tufts, Emory USC, UCLAand UVA in this group as well.

NO! UCLA, Emory, Georgetown>UVa,USC> Tufts, BC> Wake

Mostly correct. Whether BC is hard to get into or not (it is not if you are a high caliber student), BC students become RNs, work in treasury services at banks, become public school teachers, or enter compliance at State Street. Students from NYU, Georgetown, Emory, ND, and USC are much more likely to become doctors, enter investment or commercial banking, or become consultants. BC still takes middling students from places like BC High or Weymouth, whereas students from Deerfield and Andover with a similar profile would rather go to more fun colleges without a Catholic affiliation, such as Wake. If you are interested in social prestige and having those types of doors opened up, you go to Wake and not BC. BC still has a poor reputation in better Boston circles.

This is so silly. The BC network is incredibly strong in financial fields. The old WASP elite who might have looked down upon a Jesuit school has died out.

Apparently there is still one active on DCUM 🙄. Other than that, you’re spot on.

I did not say I am part of it. Saying it died out or does not exist in substantial form is ignorant, especially if you spent any time playing golf or racquet sports in MA.

Careful not to break a hip, Gram.

You do realize that denying the existence of a whole subculture of rich people who belong to exclusive institutions is trashy, right? That is shows you are unaware of what is out there in the broader world? If you went to a Founders League or ISL school you would not make the same error.

“Trashy” 😂😂😂😂😂.
Seriously, be careful of those hips.

I am not elderly.