<p>i might’ve been wrong about wake forest but given the number of students at BC and Brandeis i would still categorize them as not too diverse.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you are getting defensive shmaltz this is all subjective opinion. Its not like im right, i’m just typing my thoughts which is she should’ve gone to CAL. I even stated (Full Disclosure) that Cal was my dream school so i am obviously biased towards it.</p>
<p>superstar, there’s something called percentages, if 2% of the student population at a large or small college is minorities, the college is not diverse, if 20% of the population at a large or small college is minorities, the college may be considered diverse</p>
<p>the percentages are not affected by the size of the school…</p>
<p>Pierre thats fine i understand common size analysis. To each his own, let it go becuase this is all opinion.</p>
<p>haha I agree, sorry for insisting on proving my point, im just a competitive high school senior</p>
<p>Superstar, what rubbed me the wrong way was your one-size-fits-all approach to the UCB/BC debate…with no awareness of the OP’s individual situation. You look at the US News rankings, and bang, the one with the higher rank is the way to go, quite literally “no questions asked.” It’s like saying a Porche 911 is better than a Jeep Wrangler without even asking if the driver intends to go off-road at all.</p>
<p>I went to BC. As a transfer (like the OP). And majored in English there (like the OP). I also lived a few years right near UCB and hung out there, and have several relatives who’ve taught there and/or got bachelor’s and PhD’s there. It’s not like I just watched a couple online videos and flipped a coin.</p>
<p>I do appreciate all the input, but yeah, I’ve decided to go to Boston College. I can hardly wait. :)</p>
<p>Shmaltz, I read the OP’s original post and garnered atleast enough information for me to make a judgement call. You want me to research yet you automatically assume that i go by US news rankings to tell her to go somewhere. I am an engineering major, so obviously i know CAL as being one of the best institiituions to go to. I also know that english which is her intended major is top notch at Cal as well. The superior academics, close to home, cheap tuition…makes sense to me given the fact that she has never visited BC and how can you automatically assume shes going to like BC or Boston?. Please stop making this into an argument i was stating my opinion obviously you don’t agree with it but CAL is my dream school as i said before i was going to be biased.</p>
<p>Good luck at BC missyujin its a great school</p>
<p>superstar, I, too, believe that Cal is superior to BC. I honestly think that the gap isn’t narrow, but wide. Cal is famous not just int he US but throughout the world. Cal has would wow employers, including the big ones, not just int he US but all over the world. BC couldn’t. However,</p>
<p>the OP is Asian (Chinese). But already about 45% of Cal’s student body is Asian. If she’ll go there, she would just be another smart Asian at Cal. She would feel like she’s just a small fish in an ocean. If she’ll go to BC, an obvious inferior school to Cal whether you agree with me or not, there’s a higher chance that she’ll feel like she’s a big fish in a small pond. I think that’s worth paying the extra bucks for.</p>
<p>Even though I understand that Asians are typically more cutthroat academically, I don’t understand how she’ll stand out more at BC because Cal is 45% Asian. Most schools are 90+% white, should people start going to HBC’s to be a big fish in a small pond? Reasoning doesn’t make sense to me at all.</p>
<p>Congradulations! BC is amazing and it is one of my top two choices next year along with UMich; I really hope I get in!</p>
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<p>What made you say that? 
I’m Korean. lol</p>
<p>Missyujin, sorry; I meant East Asian. </p>
<p>TPL09: My opinion about Cal is that, it’s gradually becoming a Howard. Unless Cal admin will do something about it, it will become a Howard, which means, less diverse, monotonous, etc. That in turn will create a chain effect leading to the degradation of the quality or standard of the school.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>oh bs, rml. It’s not becoming a Howard. Stupid argument.</p>
<p>Cal is a better school than BC judged on raw academic strength.</p>
<p>But it’s clear the OP wanted to go to BC. So the right answer was BC, and it really doesn’t ultimately have a lot to do with BC vs. Cal objectively, but is about what is right for her.</p>
<p>Now that she’s going to a school that she’s never seen before, she’ll either love it or learn some really important things about herself and life or both. It’s not really a huge risk at that level. What matters is how she does in school, if she’s intending to go to grad school.</p>
<p>It’s always fascinating when people say “Everybody’s the same, nobody’s any better than anybody else, you should be judged on your individual merits, and you’re a bigot if you differentiate among different groups.” Then they pause for as second and say “But you gotta have around 10% of these, at least 8% of those, no more than 49% of that bunch, and at least a smattering of them over there.” Then they shout down anybody with a dissenting (diverse) opionion, and anybody who’s from a different political party is a Fascist.</p>
<p>Oooh, another person going to BC. Welcome to Boston, one of the best college towns on this earth.</p>