Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 08:15     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:As others have said, they will be very different college experiences and that, as much as anything else, should help your kid chose.

Being from Boston and attending Michigan, I didn't think about how much I would miss skiing, hiking, and the outdoorsy stuff we did as HS kids that wasn't common in Michigan. That stuff was probably there but as a young adult I just followed a path of greek life and found friends that way. Which was fine too.


Of course it was there. You were just having too much fun sticking with your frat buddies getting drunk every weekend.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 08:14     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:As others have said, they will be very different college experiences and that, as much as anything else, should help your kid chose.

Being from Boston and attending Michigan, I didn't think about how much I would miss skiing, hiking, and the outdoorsy stuff we did as HS kids that wasn't common in Michigan. That stuff was probably there but as a young adult I just followed a path of greek life and found friends that way. Which was fine too.


While the skiing isn’t great in the lower part of the state, I can’t imagine that the hiking and outdoor stuff in the city of Boston and environs is all that wonderful either.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 08:11     Subject: Re:BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:Jesuit=liberal arts/whole person education.

No brainer. BC


Then we all should have attended Jesuit schools right? Such a simplistic no brainer remark.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 08:09     Subject: Re:BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:Really? One is 9k undergraduates, Jesuit in Boston. The other is 33k undergrads.

I had no relationships with Amy professors at UM. My sibling at a smaller college is still in touch with several professors who helped tremendously with career and internships.


I had relationships that extended after college with my professors. I went to a giant state university. Perhaps you didn’t have any because you never made an effort to.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:55     Subject: BC or Michigan?
As others have said, they will be very different college experiences and that, as much as anything else, should help your kid chose.

Being from Boston and attending Michigan, I didn't think about how much I would miss skiing, hiking, and the outdoorsy stuff we did as HS kids that wasn't common in Michigan. That stuff was probably there but as a young adult I just followed a path of greek life and found friends that way. Which was fine too.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:37     Subject: Re:BC or Michigan?
Jesuit=liberal arts/whole person education.

No brainer. BC
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:37     Subject: Re:BC or Michigan?
Really? One is 9k undergraduates, Jesuit in Boston. The other is 33k undergrads.

I had no relationships with Amy professors at UM. My sibling at a smaller college is still in touch with several professors who helped tremendously with career and internships.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:35     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Michigan’s commit date was 5/1 so this is purely hypothetical…
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:33     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:Did BC offer 4 years of housing. They only do that for the top 10% of admits.


No.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:28     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Did BC offer 4 years of housing. They only do that for the top 10% of admits.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:23     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Anonymous wrote:Did they get merit at either one?


No.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 07:17     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Did they get merit at either one?
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 06:41     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Whichever one DC wants. Do they want big time football and basketball in a college town dominated by one of the largest and best public colleges? Or do they want a smaller college that’s in a city full of different world class universities? I went to BC and loved it but it’s more a matter of preference than is one “better” than the other.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 06:40     Subject: Re:BC or Michigan?
Chocolate ! No wait... vanilla
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2024 06:31     Subject: BC or Michigan?
Which would you choose for a liberal arts degree (English or History) followed by law school?