One pp makes it his life's work to disparage any school in Massachusetts that isn't HC.

No one jealous of bu and bc. harvard yes

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Anonymous wrote:BU, BC, NEU, Tulane who cares medicre at best.

BU, BC, NEU are T50 with full of high stat kids.
If they are medicre, good luck with rest of 3000+ colleges LOL

Totally agree.

+1

Some DCUM posters are dense, jealous, or both.

Anonymous wrote:State flagships better than those 3. Location only reason rich kids go there. Not worth that money.

Tons of people disagree with you.

There's no right or wrong answer.

Tulane Wake BU BC =rich kids in bottom half private high schools

State flagships better than those 3. Location only reason rich kids go there. Not worth that money.

Anonymous wrote:Why pay $95k a year for 3 Boston average schools with little prestige, BU, BC, and NEU. Get same outcomes from UMass Amherst. Those 3 are surrounded by several much more prestigious schools lots of better Mass and NE universities.

1. They are well above average. UMass is average.
2. There are people money is less of a factor just like people buy Lexus when there's Toyota.
3. There are people who get aid and merits so they don't pay $95K


For cost and outcome wise,

UMass Amherst
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?166629-University-of-Massachusetts-Amherst
Graduation rate: 82%
Average Annual Cost: $23,691
Median Earnings: $71,631

Northeastern
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?167358-Northeastern-University
- Graduation rate: 90%
- Average Annual Cost: $32,116
- Median Earnings: $92,538

Welcome to Facts

Save money go to UMass! Proud alum.

Just because BC and BU aren't the same as Harvard doesn't mean that the schools aren't good.

I get it. All good schools have haters. If a school has haters, it just means it’s a good school. Period.

Anonymous wrote:Why pay $95k a year for 3 Boston average schools with little prestige, BU, BC, and NEU. Get same outcomes from UMass Amherst. Those 3 are surrounded by several much more prestigious schools lots of better Mass and NE universities.

First - those three are very good schools, not "average." The top 5% of students in our local public and private high schools might hopefully be admitted to any of those three, but it's not near a certainty like UMass Amherst (which is a fine option, but a very different experience).

The cost difference is at most 45k/year and for most normal kids not going to be that extreme. I probably know 10 families with kids at those schools and only a couple are full-pay. For most of the others it's a stretch above in-state tuition, but not a mighty one.

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Anonymous wrote:Why pay $95k a year for 3 Boston average schools with little prestige, BU, BC, and NEU. Get same outcomes from UMass Amherst. Those 3 are surrounded by several much more prestigious schools lots of better Mass and NE universities.

HC booster - we see you!!

Awesome comment.

Lol long list of kids picking BC or BU over Harvard.

Harvard, MIT, Wellesley, Amherst, Williams, Smiith, Holy Cross, Tufts, Dartmouth, Brown, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury are some of the many better than those 3. Grads from UMass Isenberg business school do better than BU, BC, and Northeastern. Add in Babson with better outcomes.

Anonymous wrote:Why pay $95k a year for 3 Boston average schools with little prestige, BU, BC, and NEU. Get same outcomes from UMass Amherst. Those 3 are surrounded by several much more prestigious schools lots of better Mass and NE universities.

Not everyone can or wants to go to Harvard or MIT. But you do you.