<p>UMass Boston just doesn’t seem like a good fit for me. Any opinions for my chances with the other Boston Colleges ?</p>
<p>I actually think you might have a shot at Boston College. The 25-75% SAT is 1880-2100. If you perhaps work slightly harder on the SAT, you might have a better chance. Plus, the difference between 1800 and 1880 is marginal and they do take people with lower scores.</p>
<p>Obviously more goes into getting accepted than SAT score, but don’t let that hinder you to places like BC. It’s a reach, but not completely out of the question.</p>
<p>Anymore opinions on the Boston schools?</p>
<p>Can anybody else give me thier opinions on my chancs at schools in Boston?</p>
<p>The following schools state they are need-blind and full-need and are in the greater Boston metro area and are within your range:</p>
<h1>Boston College</h1>
<h1>Brandeis University</h1>
<h1>College of the Holy Cross</h1>
<p>from: [Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>^ Please stop the HC ■■■■■■■■. HC is nowhere near Boston. I would consider Brandeis in the “metro” area, but Worcester isn’t even close to Boston.</p>
<p>HC does occasionally hit people’s buttons, but it IS 50 miles from Boston, well within OP’s parameters.</p>
<p>Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but Clark is part of a multi-college consortium with HC. Holyoke and Smith are part of consortium with Amherst, Hampshire & U Mass Amberst. In all these cases, shuttles take you between campuses. Great way to take advantage of classes and activities at sister schools. Like a built-in upgrade.</p>
<p>The best way for you to get an idea of colleges that are truly strong enough in IR (not just say-so,) is to look at their online course catalogs. See the variety of IR-related classes. See what- and how much- is designed to offer credit to different majors. This can be good or a sign of lagging interest. See who actually teaches the classes. (Eg, would you be ok with a prof from the religion or the gender depts teaching Middle Eastern history? This sort of thing can happen at smaller schools.) </p>
<p>One of the great things about IR is when the school can lead you to internships- some schools have nice pushy connections (like Holyoke, Smith, Amherst.) As you narrow down, you can ask that sort of questions- or check web info.</p>
<p>If the OP is good enough to get into BC, I don’t think there is any reason to look into HC or Clark (the Worcester schools).</p>
<p>To learn the most about Smith vs MHC, post on those boards- kids love both and have great experiences, great educations. They can explain more about how the consortium works. And, financial aid.</p>
<p>American is, of course, super for intl and you can’t beat the location in DC and in a pretty corner, to boot. I have always tht it may be rather competitive for any sort of intl studies, so be careful to check the more specific profiles for those majors. Maybe same for GW, though they seem to be more “flexible” than ever. Neither is reputed on CC to have great fin aid. That’s a whole other conversation for, maybe, the finaid forum or posted under college search with a finaid title.</p>
<p>Skid is prob w/i reach- but maybe an hr from Albany (not large, but very nice people 'round there) and maybe 3+ hours drive to Boston, more via public transp. </p>
<p>You have some geographic diversity going for you, but be careful when looking at 25-75 percentiles- often, the lower the stats, the more other pull a kid has- legacy, faculty kid, superior leadership or athletics, etc.</p>
<p>Boston College: “…the test scores for the middle 50% of the class of 2014 ranged from 1910 to 2125 on the SAT I, and 29 to 32 on the ACT.”</p>
<p>“from: Need-blind admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”</p>
<p>Why is this relevant? Why would anyone like a school any less just because it is need-aware? Yes, it affects chances of admission, but shouldn’t affect desirability at all.</p>
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<p>Brandeis isn’t need-blind anymore. They lost a bundle in the recession and apparently were victims of Bernie Madoff’s fraud, so hard-pressed for cash that they shuttered their art museum and sold off the collection. In the class that entered in 2009, they met on average 83% of need, and met full need for only 13% of their students with need. I believe they’ve now instituted a new policy of being need-blind and meeting 100% of need until their FA budget runs out; then they switch to need-aware admissions, and as I understand it accept only full-pays after that point.</p>
<p>I am definitely applying to Boston University, Mount Holyoke, and American (as well as a school that is a safety both admissions-wise and financially). I would just like to add about 3-6 more schools to my list that I could actully have a chance at getting into. I would love to go to Boston College or GW, but I think my stats (posted on the first page) might be too low and dishing out $50-$75 per application to 6-9 schools gets costly.</p>
<p>Northeastern University, UMass Amherst, Clark, Suffolk, UConn, Syracuse</p>
<p>Bclintonk is inaccurate in his negative comments about Brandeis. While the prior president did announce plans to close the Rose Art Museum, those plans were reversed. The museum is open and the collection is intact. Also, Brandeis lost no endowment money with Madoff although some major donors did. Brandeis’ endowment did shrink due to the economic crisis but no more than most college’s endowments and far less than some (and far far less than Harvard’s did, by percentage.)</p>
<p>Brandeis endowment has recovered nicely in the last year.</p>
<p>Make sure you visit Mount Holyoke & Smith and that you are very comfortable with the alternative life style at both schools.</p>
<p>You might want to take a look at Barnard. It is technically all-girls, but it’s more just like living in dorms with all girls. Since it’s partnered with Columbia you can take many of your classes at Columbia and join Columbia student organizations, etc. Plus, NYC is huge and has plenty of amazing opportunities for meeting people! Seriously, I would consider it.</p>
<p>Might look at Holy Cross very good LAC with need blind admissions. Holy Cross has one of the best alumni networks in the country and a nice campus. Holy Cross, Brandeis and Tufts are great schools for students who don’t make it into Harvard, Williams or Amherst. Other large Boston area schools include BU, Northeastern, BC, and Umass-Boston.</p>
<p>informative was right about par72. The OP does not have the stats for Tufts (and even Brandeis for that matter).</p>
<p>Besides, Tufts stats, for its part, are on par if not better than both Amherst and Williams. I know plenty of individuals who turned down those schools for Tufts or who were rejected by Tufts but accepted to Amherst or Williams.</p>
<p>For the OP, check out Northeastern.</p>
<p>I’ve heard the area around Holy Cross isn’t the best.</p>
<p>No, the area around HC isn’t the best. It’s like many failing New England former industrial towns. Plenty of them, incl near that Holyoke-Smith area. </p>
<p>But, you spend most of your time on campus- for many schools, the campus is its own planet. Whenever you run into a school that’s in an edgy neighborhood, check out the on-campus social life, visiting lectures or performances, etc. You can look at activities calendars on their web sites for info. </p>
<p>HC’s campus is large (or so it seemed to me.) Clark is a smaller campus, closer to town, but the kids I know love it. Forgot to mention before, Providence Coll is a huuuge party school.</p>