Midsize University with Good Business School and Traditional Campus Feel (not in South)

[Anonymous]

What about Drexel?

Loyola (MD) could be a solid safety.

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Anonymous wrote:Xavier
Fordham
Syracuse
Delaware
Pitt

These are good additions, and I like Villanova for your kid.

Villanova SOB is tough admit, and even harder to transfer when there. Big yawn on this school. Take themselves way too seriously. DS got the vibe that this is the actual school where fun goes to die. The new upperclass dorm is gorgeous. DS took it off his list.

Providence is a big nooooooo. Immediate surrounding area is a dump. Providence is a cool little city though. Read Reddit Providence College for real reviews, then hop over to Niche. Like BC, business school is heavy white finance bros. Not a diverse school. There's always a twinge of New England arrogance. Lehigh same with big fat Greek life. Just being honest on our end.

I would visit Providence College. I am from New England and I always thought of it as a working class version of BC or Holy Cross. No New England snobbery there.

Uh, what?! If you'd have said "a less selective version of BC or Holy Cross" I'd be with you, but as someone who went there I would say it's every bit the preppy, rich, Catholic vibe of BC or Holy Cross. Not working class in vibe at all.

BC School of Management undergrad alum here to weigh in (with PC friends). Totally agree with the PC grad - I would never describe PC as the working class at all. The city of Providence is quite different than Chestnut Hill/Brookline (and perhaps that's where you get a more blue collar idea?), and BC may be more competitive, but these schools have generally similar populations. I'd agree these are not diverse schools, but they are not snobby at all. And at BC, the Jesuit tradition is strong in creating a very warm, accepting, and cohesive community and actually provide a moral compass for undergrads that I did not find in the highly competitive school I attended for grad school. The description of BC management students couldn't be more off.

Pp here. That is fascinating! Seriously, I always thought it was the school where working class catholic went and the more well off went to BC and Holy Cross. I am not kidding!

You're not the only one. I did think of Providence College as having a working class history. It may be different today, but I did have the impression that for past generations it catered to kids from working to middle class Catholic families, while the more well off went to BC and Holy Cross.

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Any recent experiences to share from any of the schools mentioned in this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:Any recent experiences to share from any of the schools mentioned in this thread?

You really should start a new thread to ask about current experiences. It's frustrating and confusing when people start quoting PP responses from FOUR years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:UPenn
Carnegie Mellon
Notre Dame
Wash U
Georgetown
BC

1300's? Prob not.

Probably not ND or BC either

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Old thread

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Miami University, Oxford Ohio.

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My nephew got 1450 and similar GPA outside of Boston. He had no idea what he was doing in the procsss.

Denied
Brown (Ed unrealistic legacy)
nd
Bc
Villanova
Georgetown
Cornell
NYU

WL
Loyola

Admitted
Umass
Fordman

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University of Miami Ohio

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Lehigh

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Anonymous wrote:My nephew got 1450 and similar GPA outside of Boston. He had no idea what he was doing in the procsss.

Denied
Brown (Ed unrealistic legacy)
nd
Bc
Villanova
Georgetown
Cornell
NYU

WL
Loyola

Admitted
Umass
Fordman

Similar GPA to the OP, who asked this question four years ago?

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PC and BC were both working class Catholic schools for much of their history provably Up until the 1990s. Georgetown and Holy Cross drew from Catholic elites from the 1850s. That’s what made the HC vs BC rivalry intense as BC was the Boston working class commuters up until the 1980s.

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Big cultural divide between Holy Cross and Boston College.

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Miami of Ohio seems like the obvious choice. Definitely visit- the campus is gorgeous.

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Indiana Kelly school!