Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 21:52     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Anonymous wrote:Right now BC's football team is getting crushed by Florida State.


They lost by a touchdown. I don’t call that getting crushed. For a #3 team, FSU was less than impressive.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 21:50     Subject: Re:Tell me about Boston College
Anonymous wrote:Not sure some of these commenters are familiar with today's BC. Lot of high stat kids, and class more diverse than described on this thread. DS is a sophomore there- non-Catholic, 1540 SAT, 4.0 UW, 12 APs, recreationally sporty, and has met a lot of similar kids there. Friends from TX, CA, IL, WA, in addition to mid-Atlantic and New England. Racially and economically diverse. Agree there are a lot of UMC and wealthy, good looking, athletic kids but it's a pretty big place and there are plenty of "regular people."

Looking at Class of 2027 stats - Average SAT/ACT 1511/34. Would not call that academically average. School spirit is very strong and attendance at sports event is high. DS and friends go into Boston plenty but love campus life.


+1. My DD is a freshman, non-Catholic and agree with everything you said. Her friend group includes people from all over the US too.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 20:50     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Anonymous wrote:Right now BC's football team is getting crushed by Florida State.


Bc doesn’t get black kids like Deion (fsu alum). The black kids that go to bc are literally built different than the kids that go to fsu. Physiognomy is real

Bc would beat fsu at hockey

Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 20:24     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:The T is incredibly easy to navigate. And clean.


The T ends at midnight, so kids who party until last call are doing ubers

add it to my bill. we’re expecting $90k all in. Probably more


That’s insane for BC

It’s not an educational institution

It’s a finishing school for catholic kids



It's one of the top feeders to MBA programs, law school, and PhD programs, you moron.


For a rich east coast private school that is a so-called “top feeder”, this is should be a lot bigger:

https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/about/notable-alumni.html

BC does a really good job at maintaining class - it does a poor job of taking rich kids to the hyper elite or poor kids to the rich

Hence it’s a finishing school

It takes umc kids and gives them a “stamp of approval” to maintain their status pre-bc to post-bc

Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 19:54     Subject: Re:Tell me about Boston College
Not sure some of these commenters are familiar with today's BC. Lot of high stat kids, and class more diverse than described on this thread. DS is a sophomore there- non-Catholic, 1540 SAT, 4.0 UW, 12 APs, recreationally sporty, and has met a lot of similar kids there. Friends from TX, CA, IL, WA, in addition to mid-Atlantic and New England. Racially and economically diverse. Agree there are a lot of UMC and wealthy, good looking, athletic kids but it's a pretty big place and there are plenty of "regular people."

Looking at Class of 2027 stats - Average SAT/ACT 1511/34. Would not call that academically average. School spirit is very strong and attendance at sports event is high. DS and friends go into Boston plenty but love campus life.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 15:05     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:Right now BC's football team is getting crushed by Florida State.


Nothing new - but I'm sure the kids had (are having) fun tailgating.


And I mean this in a good way. It's still fun to have big football and reasons to gather.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 15:04     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Anonymous wrote:Right now BC's football team is getting crushed by Florida State.


Nothing new - but I'm sure the kids had (are having) fun tailgating.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 14:25     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Right now BC's football team is getting crushed by Florida State.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 14:22     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:Great location. More conservative than other MA schools. Somewhat religious--think Villanova-ish. Well-recognized locally.


What does this mean? Do kids at BC and Villanova actually attend mass regularly? Somehow I doubt it. Or are they just Catholic kids whose parents made them do religious education through confirmation?

NP. The latter. There are subsets of people who do attend mass regularly, though only students in those subsets are aware of each other. Most do not attend regularly.


This. I had friends that I found out later attended mass. I never knew they were attending. They didn't tend to announce it and there were likely many options to sneak a mass in during the week (not just Sunday but even on Sunday). I only remember attending a large mass once - the memorial mass for BC classmates who had been killed on the bombed Lockerbie flight. I'm sure any school would have held a memorial for something like that. They probably hold a 9/11 related mass - many BC alum killed that day - some with prominent stories.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 14:10     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:Great location. More conservative than other MA schools. Somewhat religious--think Villanova-ish. Well-recognized locally.


What does this mean? Do kids at BC and Villanova actually attend mass regularly? Somehow I doubt it. Or are they just Catholic kids whose parents made them do religious education through confirmation?

NP. The latter. There are subsets of people who do attend mass regularly, though only students in those subsets are aware of each other. Most do not attend regularly.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 14:07     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Anonymous wrote:Great location. More conservative than other MA schools. Somewhat religious--think Villanova-ish. Well-recognized locally.


What does this mean? Do kids at BC and Villanova actually attend mass regularly? Somehow I doubt it. Or are they just Catholic kids whose parents made them do religious education through confirmation?
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 13:25     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
Great location. More conservative than other MA schools. Somewhat religious--think Villanova-ish. Well-recognized locally.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 09:34     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:BC is def in the "can pay for it, won't pay for it" category for us. Not even a close call.

We're in the can pay for it, go ED1. Not even a close call.


Same but for Georgetown. I dont get BC, but there are kids who like that!

Georgetown is a nonstarter because its location - and closer to our house than their high school. Could never convince them otherwise.


And BC has many more sports at high level, the community is more supportive/collaborative and cohesive, and if you aren't into politics/govt/IR Boston is a better city - especially for college students.
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Post 09/16/2023 09:32     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:My daughter went to Blessed Sacrament School in DC for middle school and upon touring BC said "this place seems like Blessed Sacrament in college form"

(Not a pro for her, but certainly would be for others!)


For those who know nothing about Blessed Sacrament, what does that mean?

preppy, wealthy/country club vibe, sporty, high achieving people who do care about academics but not necessarily in a "life of the mind" kind of way, people who are maybe not overly conservative in the political sense but more so conventional in terms of interests, lifestyle, etc.


this. unusually homogenous in thought, culture, activities, background, interests. if your kid was worried that at (insert top 20 school here), they might end up on a dorm floor with kids who they (seemingly) had nothing in common with on that very first day .. then BC is your school. your dorm will be full of kids just like you!


This was not true for me - but I came from a less wealthy and more diverse back ground. I loved BC.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2023 08:19     Subject: Tell me about Boston College
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Anonymous wrote:My daughter went to Blessed Sacrament School in DC for middle school and upon touring BC said "this place seems like Blessed Sacrament in college form"

(Not a pro for her, but certainly would be for others!)


For those who know nothing about Blessed Sacrament, what does that mean?

preppy, wealthy/country club vibe, sporty, high achieving people who do care about academics but not necessarily in a "life of the mind" kind of way, people who are maybe not overly conservative in the political sense but more so conventional in terms of interests, lifestyle, etc.


this. unusually homogenous in thought, culture, activities, background, interests. if your kid was worried that at (insert top 20 school here), they might end up on a dorm floor with kids who they (seemingly) had nothing in common with on that very first day .. then BC is your school. your dorm will be full of kids just like you!