UVA
BC
ND
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth

Lots of overlap in the kids who apply. They are all known for social, happy kids. My current sophomore applied to all of the above and my senior is as well.

There is a DCUM cohort who puts social vibe above all other parameters and there is a DCUM cohort who doesn't understand this thinking at all and can't imagine how a kid could be debating between Dartmouth and BC ("because aren't they SO different academically? Shouldn't the Dartmouth kid only be seriously considering the other Ivies?"). This second cohort will never understand that for many kids (and families) that social fit is more important than anything else once you are in the top75 schools.

My UVA kid was def interested in ND and BC but when you’ve got a state school budget- you are just thrilled to be living in VA. Obviously the vibes are all a bit unique but all three schools filled with driven students.

BC alum are some of the happiest I know

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.

You’ve never lived in the northeast then. It is definitely true.

Keep in mind that for a lot of kids from the Phili, NY, and Boston suburbs, New England colleges are incredibly popular.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.

Actually BC ED2 is filled with ED1 rejections from higher ranked schools. It just stands to reason.

certainly

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.

Clueless. This list is from the NCES

Anonymous wrote:ND and UVA have much better sports than BC. BC football is 1-10 with only victory over mighty Fordham, BC basketball has already lost to Davidson and has not made NCAAs in years.

*when my commuter school rationals fails, I turn to football scores. stick around for when I talk about neighborhoods. quick before admin deletes my posts and always happens eventually.*

ND and UVA have much better sports than BC. BC football is 1-10 with only victory over mighty Fordham, BC basketball has already lost to Davidson and has not made NCAAs in years.

Anonymous wrote:ND, Georgetown, and UVa are much better academic schools than Boston College. BC was a commuter school until 30 years ago like BU and Northeastern. No comparison.

No thread is complete until this dude pipes up to report that BC started as a school to educate blue collar families and immigrants. Like it's a ding against the school and "proves" its inferiority. Cluelessly unaware that's actually a draw.

Anonymous wrote:ND, Georgetown, and UVa are much better academic schools than Boston College. BC was a commuter school until 30 years ago like BU and Northeastern. No comparison.

Give it a rest. We’ve all heard your irrelevant commuter tale a thousand times.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.

Thousands of people do.

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.

Actually BC ED2 is filled with ED1 rejections from higher ranked schools. It just stands to reason.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t see anything in common between UVa and BC.

Pretty campuses, well-heeled students, good business programs, Div I sports, academically good enough to get you wherever you want to go, history of educating political types (John Kerry, Dorothy Bush, Tip O’Neill, lots of other Massachusetts politicians went to BC), Tina Fey-UVA/Amy Pohler-BC….

Seems like a bogus list. No one who contemplates going to Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Penn etc considers BC.