Boston College Honors Program v. UMichigan v. UMass Amherst Honors Program

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<p>I’m deciding between BC, UMichigan, and UMass Amherst. If anyone could help me with my decision, that would be great. I live in MA just north of Boston.</p>

<p>Major- undecided, maybe pre-med, maybe finance but applied as some version of an the arts & science college for each school</p>

<p>Financial Situation - don’t have too much money but parents willing to pay</p>

<p>Plans after college - grad school or med school</p>

<p>BC - honors program, will be paying around $27000 a year</p>

<p>Michigan - will be paying around $13000 a year plus airfare</p>

<p>UMass - honors program, will be paying around $2000 a year</p>

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<p>2000 a year. Esp if you you are not sure on a major or a career. Debt sucks and it does not go away with bankruptcy.</p>

<p>Trust me the “where i went to college” even with the prestige of BC wears off after your first year at a job in the real world. Then your stillstuck with 100,000 in debt vs 8 thousand. </p>

<p>UMass then BC for grad school.</p>

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<p>If you are considering business, then Michigan-Ross is worth the extra coin. For premed, save your money. OTOH, Ann Arbor would be a tremendous undergraduate experience and if your parents are willing to pay…</p>

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<p>How much of your fin aid is loans? Are you in at BC Carroll School of Management (transferring in is notoriously hard)?</p>

<p>As others have said, if the goal is med school, save as much money as possible - go to UMass.</p>

<p>If you’re going into business and Michigan is $14K/year less, then go to Michigan and try for the Ross school.</p>

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<p>doesn’t anyone want to ask why or how the OP is still deciding and it is May 5th? or only me?</p>

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<p>Probably a transfer student mang.</p>

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<p>beverly24,</p>

<p>Regarding the finances, this is very personal. If your parents are willing to pay and it doesn’t cause any hardship for them, does this mean that you won’t be taking on any debt? If this is the case, then you might want to consider:</p>

<p>Boston: You are from MA and know what a great college town Boston is. With so many colleges in the area, one sees students from many different schools all over the city (I think I read somewhere there are about 60 colleges around Boston). Boston has all the things one would expect from a big city, the arts, concerts, restaurants …. It’s a cultural center. Ann Arbor: Totally different atmosphere, also very popular with students.</p>

<p>Are you a transfer student? If so, you’re going to need a good advisor since you are thinking of pre-med/finance at this stage. Since you didn’t apply to the business schools Ross or Carroll, you have to sort out what finance courses you want to pursue in Arts and Sciences and where you want to go with this area of study. One of my kids was accepted preferred admission to Ross which is good for the students because this way they know beforehand that they will be studying business at Ross sophomore year. Otherwise the students have to apply to the business school at the end of freshman year and there’s no guarantee they will get accepted. For BC, it’s also very difficult to get into Carroll if you didn’t apply to it right off the bat. But if you don’t plan to study at the business schools, I don’t think it matters which of these colleges you study econ/finance at, they are both good. (Haven’t a clue about UMass, you should try their forum).</p>

<p>BC has an excellent pre-med program. BC is a small enough college; you will receive lots of attention and great advising. You can continue your pre-med studies in its summer program and intern in a hospital nearby (several of my D’s friends are doing this), making this very convenient and cost effective, especially if you live at home during the summer. The pre-med aspect to BC has been discussed so many times in this forum, if you do some research, you’ll find a lot of information. </p>

<p>Finally, all three of these schools are very different from each other. Do you want a very large school like Michigan or a medium one like BC? Do you prefer a city like Boston or a town like Ann Arbor? Where do you plan to live after graduation (for recruiting and job placement)? How many times will you be coming home if you go to Michigan (for airline tickets) and if your parents visit will they fly or drive (travel costs plus hotel accommodations)? If you are a transfer student, are you entering as a sophomore or junior (tuition for 2 vs 3 years)?</p>

<p>You better decide soon, the clock is ticking. You applied to all three of these schools for a reason, so you should ask yourself why you chose them, what attracted you to them in the first place. Maybe when you do this, it will be easier for you to decide. Good luck!</p>

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<p>rodney - I will be a freshman next year. I just made deposits at the three schools so that I’d have more time to decide. </p>

<p>vinceh - I’m in CAS at BC.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help! Feel free to keep posting.</p>

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<p>assuming that you are not a ■■■■■, please immediately drop BC from your list of choices. It is not a good college for the ethically-challenged. And, if fact, ethics is a staple in business schools, so you should drop Ross as well. </p>

<p>Share your “honor” at UMass.</p>

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<p>How is depositing at multiple places unethical? The protocol is the same for waitlist students…</p>

<p>I would honestly go to UMASS if you are largely unsure about what you want to do. Like previously mentioned, CSOM is very difficult to transfer into and Ross is also a pretty tough program to get into. I don’t see how you could go wrong with UMASS Honors.</p>

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<p>^^I thought such stuff was to be covered in Portico?</p>

<p>I suggest you ask any BC Philosophy prof or any CSOM prof about the ethics of signing a ‘contract’ with three simultaneous commitments, only one of which is possible. </p>

<p>(Hint: it hurts those on the WL. What if YOU were on a WL and a bunch of beverly’s multi-deposited?)</p>

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<p>^^ Not to mention it’s a complete waste of money. I mean, if you’re going to throw around money like that, then at least throw it in the direction of a good cause.</p>

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<p>Just to clarify, I deposited at more that one because I had appealed for more aid at michigan and just received the updated information when I posted my question. I had to make more than one deposit. I will be deciding by tomorrow…sorry if I offended anyone.</p>

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<p>If you signed a common app, you have just violated its terms. I think you should drop BC from your choices. If someone can figure out who you are, or the BC admissions office is reading this, you could be in trouble I doubt if UMass or UMich care about the double dipping, but BC does. Unless you cleared it with them, you have violated the terms of your application with them.</p>

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<p>I think that all colleges, should they find out about applicants double dipping would not be pleased, including Michigan and UMass. You probably didn’t realize at the time that it is wrong to make deposits/commitments to more than one college, so now you know. Since you will be making your decision by tomorrow, you can correct all this by accepting one college and then withdrawing from the other two.</p>

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<p>Seems to me coming to BC might do the OP some good; with a little luck he/she might find some ethics.</p>