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<p>Correct. And that HAS to include your instate public. If you are a resident of Oregon, for example, its hard to make any business case that U-Dub is that much better.</p>
<p>BC is like 50 k more than the local option. 20k more than uw. i wish there was a way to compare the two but there does not seem to be. she didn’t apply to carrol so she is going into the arts and sciences if she goes. i believe the smaller school is better also. but the difference is paying 41k for uw or 61k for bc. things seem to be changing and it seems college is more what you make out of it than the school, unless it is an ivie.</p>
<p>Tao400: if I can pay BC which it seems you can, I would like my daughter to go to BC. Why pay more? because of prestige, education, connections, jesuit traditions, Boston. That’s is it for me. What is important to you or your daughter for that matter?</p>
<p>Tao400: btw, BC is a mini Ivy.</p>
<p>Well petro that’s the kind of info I am looking for. Thanks. Will it get her further in her career. Then it is worth it. But I looked of the return on investment for bc on payscale or whatever it is called and it is lower than uw and I think is like at 150</p>
<p>Tao400: well if you give this ROI ranking a lot of importance, then BC is not the school for your daughter. But then again, i doubt anyone accepted at Harvard ranked #14 will attend Harvey Mudd just because it is ranked #1 in this ranking. The investment you should think of more is what will your daughter do with her education no matter where she goes. I have seen successful people come out community colleges, ivys, state schools even dropouts but nobody can deny the prestige education and connections you get from attending an institution such as BC…and these are for the rest of your daughter’s life. Now that’s an investment.</p>
<p>How would you compare Villanova to BC? I have even accepted to both (A&S). Does BC have a much better reputation than Villanova?</p>
<p>Jencourt: but weren’t you accepted at BC’s CSOM?</p>
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<p>Thanks everyone for your help. The one thing is like about BC compared to uw is the smaller classes. 52 percent at bc are 20 or few and another 41 percent are 50 and fewer. at uw only 34 percent are 20 and fewer and around 43 percent are 50 and fewer. 34 percent are more than 50. Petre you are right about the school being part of you forever. </p>
<p>UW uses a lot of TAs. does anyone know the percentage of TAs being used at boston college?</p>
<p>Have been following this thread. Was wondering how they can say class is full as of 5/27 and not take into account summer melt as well as people who may not accept spot off wait list. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>I don’t know but I have one last question for all of the wonderful people who responded to me on the treAd, actually 2 since the last one was not answered</p>
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<li><p>Does bc have strong science programs like computer science specially</p></li>
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<p>Thanks again everyone.</p>
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<li><p>To my knowledge, TA’s only lead discussion/lab sections. </p></li>
<li><p>CS is very good at BC, but Unis with an engineering program will typically be considered ‘stronger’. That being said, a CS degree from BC will not hold one back in any way.</p></li>
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<p>They’ve already factored an estimate for summer melt into their estimates of bed space and deposits. (If they miss low by a few bodies, they can always accept a few more transfers in the fall and spring.)</p>
<p>Here’s the ultimate question about BC arts and sciences. What job will you get with a major out of there. You can’t transfer into the business school, says so right on the website. So what major from the arts and sciences put you in a position with a real good job. I see the following
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3 math maybe</p>
<p>The other majors are like all pre med or pre law majors. This is my problem with BC, though I love the school You spend 61 k this year and where is the focus on skills. The core curriculum is great but if you are in arts and sciences, not education or business or nursing, where do you get the skills to make above 50k a year. Yea you can get a teller job in the bank with some of these majors and go right into grad school, which is not what businesses want you to do, but where are the skills to go right into work in the STEM areas of study. I just dont see it. If somebody knows, please let me know. Thanks.</p>
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<p>Those are not majors. (Only a handful of colleges actually have a pre-health or pre-law major.) The largest majors in A&S are Communications and Psych. Sure, approx. 20-25% of incoming frosh are pre-health, but that is true at every undergraduate college. BC is no different in that regard.</p>
<p>Yes, at colleges without undergrad biz programs, a typical pre-biz is an Econ major. Think about it: of the Ivies, only Cornell offers undergrad biz as a stand-alone. (Sure, Penn has Wharton, but even Wharton undergrads major in Econ, not undergrad biz.) Grads of Dartmouth’s Econ program do rather well when applying for jobs on Wall Street. (If it were my kid, I’d recommend a liberal arts degree for undergrad, and then MBA.)</p>
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<p>Ed majors need to pick up an A&S major/minor discipline as a requirement for graduation. (And not sure what part of the country you are living in, but teaching jobs are hard to come by right now.)</p>
<p>IMO, if you want a vocational major for your kid, then A&S is probably not the correct school. Heck, any liberal arts college is incorrect.</p>
<p>After an exhausting day of graduation and the after-party luncheon last Saturday, we checked our mailbox. There was the dreaded Skinny Envelope from BC. Nothing personal, 25,000 apps for 2,250 openings, yadda yadda. Top 6% of his class not good enough. NYU here we come!</p>
<p>I live West Coast and know a few BC alum who graduated with economics degree and trust me: they make well over “50k.” I don’t know where this assumption comes from. Also, I am questioning whether you are simply chalking the major up as it is or accounting for the location/internship opportunities. Most business majors rely on interns/experience to “move up the chain.” Though I don’t know much about CS, I can tell you that I have seen BC produce successful individuals from CAS. It’s about the individual and his or her motivation… The school simply supplements and supports that.
Also a combo of economics/math can prepare one very well. Most business schools aren’t like med degrees where one is “guaranteed” a salary. That’s the beauty of business. Connections and the students own hard work.</p>
<p>Any third wave acceptances out there? Nothing?</p>
<p>To anybody that has been accepted off of the waitlist: has the portal changed at all for you?</p>
<p>Here in California the portal changed first and then five days later the packet came, dated on the day the portal changed. My daughter commented on how noticeably different the portal looked before and after acceptance. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>