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<p>1) The student body is actually quite diverse. While probably 25-30% of students can qualify as minorities, BC is definitely trying to improve itself on that front as evidenced by collegeboard statistics. I believe this past year is the first year (according to The Heights) BC actually implemented a Affirmative Action approach to acceptances and is definitely trying to expand the student profile.</p>
<p>2) Football games are not free and will run you about $20 a game. You can always find students on facebook who are willing to sell their tickets for $15 or so to the “bad games.” </p>
<p>3) The gate probably offers the best housing. It’s one of the newer buildings on campus and us absolutely gorgeous on the inside. The other buildings on lower such as Voute, Gabelli, 90, 66, and Vanderslice are all very nice as well. However, as someone stated earlier, freshman only get the option of living on Upper or Newton. </p>
<p>4) The class sizes in CSOM are typically 40-60 students, but no more. While it may seem like there are many students, the professors try to make the class experience as personalable as possible; either by getting to know your name or by inviting students to office hours to talk.</p>
<p>5) The actual school is conservative. BC is a catholic school and thus has to balance politics with the views of the church. An example is the GLBT club on campus. The club is not allowed to use the word “dance”, but is allowed to use words such as “ball”. While the administration at BC is conservative, the professors and especially students are overwhelmingly liberal.</p>
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<p>It’s hard to tell especially since I’ve only been exposed to BC for 2 1/2 years now. Improvements don’t happen overnight, it takes a while to truly manifest. BC has introduced a $1.6 billion plan to modernize the campus (build new buildings, etc.). The buildings take a while to build and I have not seen any construction occurring on campus and don’t expect to see construction begin while I’m here at BC. There have been minor changes that I have noticed, including the addition of monitors to group study rooms, white boards in those rooms, and more macs on campus. </p>
<p>As for the student body, I have listed the improvements in my response to the first question.</p>