<p>If you apply to Boston University, you might want to apply directly to the College of General Studies. After two years of general education core curriculum, you transfer into any BU school--- Communications, Liberal Arts, etc. Your degree will be from Boston University. Statistics of CGS freshmen are lower than those of other schools. I couldn’t find the Class of 2011 profile for CGS.</p>
<p>Stonehill College is near Boston. Both my neighbor and her husband went there and loved it. He went on to get an MBA; she's a teacher. Definitely don't write off BU. It's a huge school and seems to be more geared toward the motivated B student. Northeastern is nice, but it has a sort of "trade school" feel to it. Not so much the liberal arts approach.</p>
<p>It is Harvard Extension School, not Harvard's Extension School.</p>
<p>I was a Harvard Extension School student before. It is definitely not for a B-level student and I have never heard of anyone receiving their undergraduate degree from the Extension school. They will direct you apply to Harvard college instead. lol</p>
<p>Division I or II sports
Significant % with GPA < 3.0
Within Hr of Boston
Over 3000 students</p>
<p>Only one I found that meets every criteria</p>
<p>University of Massachusetts Lowell</p>
<p>Perhaps 1.5 hour out of Boston, but a more reasonable match school than BU, Babson, etc. is Western New England College, and Springfield College.</p>
<p>What sport are you interested in? If it’s XC/Track, then UMass Lowell is worth looking at. They have been on fire the last five years. They are also in the process of building a new science building - ready 2012?? and are big into nano science as well. Campus is a little spread out, but most science courses are on the north campus. They have recently bought a hotel and the Tsongas Arena. Putting lots of money into the city…which honestly needs it. (PS my son is graduating from there this year with a BS in Chem. Was on the XC/Track team).</p>
<p>BU and Northeastern will be reaches, but worth the application. Norheastern is a little more selective, but admissions wise, they are pretty similar as far as the stats you’ll need to get accepted. BU is notorious for being bad at giving financial aid.</p>
<p>You could also look at the following schools which are pretty easy to get into:
Emerson
Emmanuel
Simmons
Wentworth Institute of Tech.
UMass Boston
Suffolk</p>
<p>These aren’t as good as the big boston schools (Harvard, MIT, BC, Northeastern, BU), but they’ll give you a Boston experience and you could transfer to one of the bigger schools later.</p>
<p>Also note that while there are some good schools listed by other posters, those are not Boston schools. They are not in the city or even close. Not sure when all of New England became the “Boston area.”</p>
<p>Thread is from 2008.</p>
<p>BU is a great school for B sudents</p>