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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is Boston College on these dimensions? Well-adjusted? Prestigious?

DC is a possible science + business major.  But not pre-med or CS.[/quote]

BC is well-adjusted because it is filled with kids who would never get into a T20, and would never go STEM or pre-med. The vibe is distinctly upper middle class, white, suburban catholic, from goody two-shoes families. I'm not sure everyone would agree it is prestigious in the way they think Ivy, Williams, and MIT are prestigious, but if majoring in business, your kid will be fine. [/quote]

True. other than the Gabelli scholars, the BC kids are not gunners. It is also not prestigious. 
[b]You cannot have it both ways: prestigious well known school with top grad/professional matriculation and quant/banking/consulting feeder and yet somehow the average kid is "chill".[/b] It simply does not happen. Kids party and have fun, but they also work extremely hard especially in STEM, and they do a bunch of non-class clubs and groups too. The majority of students who attend these schools thrive in that environment and would pick the same path again and again. [b]They think they are well adjusted and many of them do not describe these schools as a pressure cooker. [/b][/quote]

This! For the right kids, and there are an awful lot of them, the prestigious schools are the right fit and are Not filled with horrible pressure and no fun[/quote]

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