Why the hate for Boston College?

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Anonymous wrote:Among motivated Catholic families, BC was not the school of choice. Georgetown, Holy Cross, and Notre Dame have the cache, BC and Nova are newcomers. No nursing or education schools at ND and HC and their endowment per student higher than Boston.

I agree with this. We are a Catholic family and my DD doesn't quite have the stats for BC or Villanova, so we're looking at the third tier lol- Univ of Dayton, Marquette, Fairfield, St. Louis, Santa Clara and the like.

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Anonymous wrote:In the STEM fields, especially CS/AI and engineering, NEU has surpassed BC so while it has a very good business program while BU has made a big push in engineering, many see alternatives in in-demand fields just in the Boston area.

The BC network within Boston is fine but you are competing with Tufts, BU, and NEU (to say nothing of Harvard and MIT and NESCACs or Ivy graduates looking to return home), none of which is a clearly better than the others. Because so much of the higher-paying Boston job market is biotech, it is less than ideal to got to BC thinking you will stay in Boston. Maybe you work back or middle office at State Street.

Network is overrated anyways.

Not when you go to a T25 school.

This is what you get with the fancy network.

- Harvard English = $64,155
- Boston College Finance = $135,373
- Northeastern CS = $149,127

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Self-reported stats are beautiful and not fraught with significant problems. Let me know the next time you fill out an alumni survey of your income and net worth 30 years out of school. If you think the BC Finance major is doing better in life than Harvard English you are a fanatic.

Stop crying. It's not self-reported. It's data from the Department of Education.
BC finance outcome is definitely better than Harvard English. You are clueless

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Still not sure about the hate unless you personally know someone who attended that could speak with authority vs what USNWR tells you is a top school.

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PP^ OP, congrats to your daughter. BC is a great school! I would love for my DD to attend, but I don't think she would be accepted, unless she turns things around drastically her junior and senior year.

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Multiple bright kids/strong students from DD's school have chosen BC over the last few years and all have raved about it. It's a strong school and appealing atmosphere

Multiple bright kids/strong students from DDs school have been rejected from BC as well.

It's a tough admit - particularly RD - but also surprisingly attainable for some. BC and Northeastern are the two schools that garner the most admissions bitterness in our circle (Coastal MA)

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Anonymous wrote:In the STEM fields, especially CS/AI and engineering, NEU has surpassed BC so while it has a very good business program while BU has made a big push in engineering, many see alternatives in in-demand fields just in the Boston area.

The BC network within Boston is fine but you are competing with Tufts, BU, and NEU (to say nothing of Harvard and MIT and NESCACs or Ivy graduates looking to return home), none of which is a clearly better than the others. Because so much of the higher-paying Boston job market is biotech, it is less than ideal to got to BC thinking you will stay in Boston. Maybe you work back or middle office at State Street.

Network is overrated anyways.

Not when you go to a T25 school.

This is what you get with the fancy network.

- Harvard English = $64,155
- Boston College Finance = $135,373
- Northeastern CS = $149,127

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Self-reported stats are beautiful and not fraught with significant problems. Let me know the next time you fill out an alumni survey of your income and net worth 30 years out of school. If you think the BC Finance major is doing better in life than Harvard English you are a fanatic.

Stop crying. It's not self-reported. It's data from the Department of Education.
BC finance outcome is definitely better than Harvard English. You are clueless

It is self-reported. Seniors and recent college alumni are not obligated to provide the Dept. of Education their income. They are not subpoenad. Duh

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Anonymous wrote:Multiple bright kids/strong students from DD's school have chosen BC over the last few years and all have raved about it. It's a strong school and appealing atmosphere

Multiple bright kids/strong students from DDs school have been rejected from BC as well.

It's a tough admit - particularly RD - but also surprisingly attainable for some. BC and Northeastern are the two schools that garner the most admissions bitterness in our circle (Coastal MA)

Yes, a ton of the applicant pool is from MA because of exposure to the school whereas a Georgetown is more cosmpolitan.

It is not "surprisingly" attainable when you realize what level of school BC really is. It is okay but a disappointing outcome if you are a strong college applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:Still not sure about the hate unless you personally know someone who attended that could speak with authority vs what USNWR tells you is a top school.

People don't hate BC. They hate being told BC business school is a better outcome than Harvard. It is being force fed cow excrement through a fire hose.

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Anonymous wrote:BC, BU and Northeasten are in the 40-50 ranking not sure if they qualify as semi-elite. USC would ve semi-elite.

BC is 37 but who’s counting:

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Anonymous wrote:BC, BU and Northeasten are in the 40-50 ranking not sure if they qualify as semi-elite. USC would ve semi-elite.

BC is 37 but who’s counting:

Saying BC is 37 and therefore better than BU and NEU isn't the own you think it is.

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ONE poster providing so much hate.

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Anonymous wrote:BC, BU and Northeasten are in the 40-50 ranking not sure if they qualify as semi-elite. USC would ve semi-elite.

BC is 37 but who’s counting:

Saying BC is 37 and therefore better than BU and NEU isn't the own you think it is.

BC is consistently ranked 37. That's it. That's the post.

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Anonymous wrote:BC has been consistently ranked 37. Its undergraduate Finance major has been ranked 7. 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.

Its finance major is ranked 7 because so many elite schools do not offer undergraduate business programs, BC is filling a vacuum.

It is rather far from the fun parts of Boston and Cleveland Circle (where BC students party) is a dump compared to where BU and Northeastern are.

If you want Catholic, go to Notre Dame or Georgetown. I also wouldn't pay 90k a year to be around low income and first gen students.

Wow! You are a gross snob. These could be amazing kids. My grandfather was a first gen at Harvard- Jewish in the time if quotas. Everyone was first gen at some point. Sorry your little snowflakes might have to mix w people who don’t have $$$$z

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What's with the one thread bully who commandeers all the BC threads and many of the nonBC threads? Pretty much until his posts are deleted or the thread is locked.

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Anonymous wrote:BC has been consistently ranked 37. Its undergraduate Finance major has been ranked 7. 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.

Its finance major is ranked 7 because so many elite schools do not offer undergraduate business programs, BC is filling a vacuum.

It is rather far from the fun parts of Boston and Cleveland Circle (where BC students party) is a dump compared to where BU and Northeastern are.

If you want Catholic, go to Notre Dame or Georgetown. I also wouldn't pay 90k a year to be around low income and first gen students.

Wow! You are a gross snob. These could be amazing kids. My grandfather was a first gen at Harvard- Jewish in the time if quotas. Everyone was first gen at some point. Sorry your little snowflakes might have to mix w people who don’t have $$$$z

So your grandfather chose to go to a school full of rich and entitled classmates rather than a working class school full of other first gens. He made the right decision, smart guy.