<p>Hey, I'm looking for some second-tier (or good third tier? I don't know) schools in the Boston/Cambridge area. I have schools in my home state and in New York, but I'm looking for some in Mass.</p>
<p>I don't want any 1. tech schools 2. community colleges 3. culinary/fashion/art institutes 4. commuter colleges 5. ...I dunno, just no really crap schools in general, ha. And I can't get into any first-tier or really competitive second-tier schools, I don't think.</p>
<p>Thanks fo' help.</p>
<p>Boston University and Northeastern. Maybe Boston College too? BC may be a first tier.</p>
<p>Brandeis is not in Boston but a very close suburb.</p>
<p>Brandeis is ranked # 31, BC #34 & BU # 60, all solidly tier 1. NEU might be the closest at #96. How about taking a look at both the university and LAC rankings just go down the list to your range of schools and then go to the college websites. There you can match your stats against accepted students and read about the school to see if it fits your interests. It really doesn't take that long to do since you probably already have some preferences as far as geographic area, size of school, etc.</p>
<p>Isn't the unofficial tier one ranks 1-50?</p>
<p>Northeastern too... Bentley, Babson</p>
<p>US N & WR lists as "Top Schools" numbers 1-130 and lists them all as tier 1. Then it drops to 3rd tier schools. That doesn't make sense to me.</p>
<p>I believe that a strict line is not usually drawn between tier 1 & 2 schools, and so I just split the difference on the 130.</p>
<p>Okay, haha, I can't get into any tier-one schools.</p>
<p>I was thinking around the competitive level or Ithaca or Syracuse?</p>
<p>If you want some schools with I think more lenient standards of admission in Boston Cambridge, think about Suffolk, Lesley, Wheelock,</p>
<p>Northeastern is probably the easiest "big" Boston school to get into. BU could be a good reach for you if youre around NEU level. I also second the Suffolk suggestion, maybe UMass Boston?</p>
<p>Tier One is in the eye of the beholder for the most part. The largest grouping of "Tier One" would be USNews' Top 50 LACs & Top 50 Nat'l Universities. Many refine tier one to conform with their reach schools. Some think of the top 30, top 20 or top 15 nat'l univs. as "tier one" depending upon their personal stats, while tier one LACs tend to be a smaller group such as the top 20, top 15 or top 10 USNews LACs.</p>
<p>UMass Boston is strictly a commuter school; as of now there are no dorms, although some are planned for the future.</p>
<p>Go to collegeboard.com and do a search of schools in the area. Once you have their names, you can come back here and ask about the specific schools. There are so many schools in the Boston area that it's impossible for anyone here to know them all.</p>