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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in Boston.  Went to visit last summer, my laid back jewish kid hated it. [b]Campus is beautiful but catholic landmarks everywhere which was a turnoff for him.  [/b]The local kids i know who go there are very much into sports and frats. I know people who go/went there love it but not for my son. He loved BU and Brandeis, even umass amherst more than bc[/quote]
Well, yes. It seems logical that a ...Catholic school would have physical indicators that it is Catholic.[/quote]

Thank you PP.  That “turnoff” line made me LOL too.  It cracks me up when people are shocked that they’re not able to ignore something they don’t want.  It’s a Catholic school whether you want it to be or not.  I would get why a Jewish kid would feel infinitely more at home at BU or Brandeis.  [b]UMass Amherst is THE party school in the MA state system so I’m not surprised when ANY college kid feels at home there![/b]

But back to the point, sadly BC has gotten too big for it’s britches and priced out the very demographic it was founded to serve.  Blue collar Catholic kids can no longer afford it (or get in!) so some of the smaller Catholic colleges fill that gap.  BC does its best to hold a Catholic identity even with increasingly secular students and sometimes controversial Jesuit influences.[/quote]

This is kind of a silly statement-- would be like saying College Park is "THE party school in the MD state system."  Once upon a time UMass had a party school rep but those days are long gone, along with the days it accepted everyone who applied.   I suppose it might be the most party-like school in the UMass system but mostly because there isn't unfortunately much of a MA state system (too much historic reliance on the private colleges, although there are campuses in Lowell and Boston plus a few state colleges). [/quote]
Nah, it definitely still has a party school rep. It doesn’t get the nickname of Zoo Mass for nothing.[/quote]

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