Boston -THE College Town Thread

College Search & Selection
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<p>Let just call this the thread about Boston, any questions or comments post…I have a few:</p>

<p>First, I’ve always wonder why Boston is considered THE college town, is there some other thing about the city I’m missing besides the schools itself? <a href=“yes,%20they’re%20a%20lot%20of%20them”>I</a>*</p>

<p>Also, does anyone else find it funny that our schools name their mascots after whatever animal comes to town (King Husky, Jumbo the Elephant, Sharkie)</p>

<p>Does anyone find it strange how in 2000 we had the 2nd best public school system in country (K-12) yet we are 47th in funding higher education?</p>

<p>The one thing I love about Boston is that with all the schools, there is not one that really overshadows the others :Harvard glares at me:, but really, if you want medicine (Harvard wins, but Tufts follows), there’s the obvious, if you want engineering (MIT, Olin follows), there’s the obvious, if you want criminal justice, there’s the obivious (Northeastern, BU follows), if you want pre-law, there’s the obvious (Harvard, Suffolk follows), if you want an all girls school, there’s the obvious (Wellesley, Simmons follows), if you want business, there’s the obvious (MIT, Babson follows). As you also can see, there are multiple excellent options in almost every major.</p>

<p>But really, Harvard doesn’t tower over everything, most of the time, you’ll forget it was there, Northeastern still boasts that it has the largest library collection in Boston (Actually, they do ;))</p>

<p>Last, if you had to rank the school in the Boston area, in order of which you would most like to attend, what would they be? Mine are:</p>

<li>Northeastern</li>
<li>Wellesley College (If I were a girl ;))</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Brandeis </li>
<li>Suffolk </li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Simmons/Emmanuel</li>
<li>Boston University</li>
</ol>

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<p>During the academic year there are in excess of 350,000 college students in Boston.</p>

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<p>Yeah, but I mean, is there any about the city itself that people consider so great? Aren't there just as many college students in NYC during the academic year between all the boroughs?</p>

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<p>Boston is an easy city to get around. It has many many things for college students to do, and many many resources for them. If you walk down the streets in Boston EVERYONE seems young. I'm sorry that this does not seem the case to me in NYC. The cultural, entertainment, sports, intellectual, and just fun ops are easy to get to and very available to students in Boston.</p>

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<p>It's also the percentage of college students in Boston (and surrounding areas - remember six of the 10 colleges you listed aren't actually IN Boston) as opposed to New York. Even if the numbers are the same, the huge population of New York dwarfs them. And when most people talk about "New York", they're not including all the boroughs; they're talking about Manhattan and maybe parts of Brooklyn, but not Staten Island, and only rarely Queens or the Bronx. As my d put it, "Mom, when I'm talking about going to school in New York, I mean Manhattan."</p>

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<p>NYC is much more an "adult" oriented town. I pretty much agree with thumper1. I love Boston (hence why I'm applying to 2 schools)</p>

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<p>So which Boston schools would you gyu want to attend?</p>

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<p>Tufts probably. I live 1/2 hr outside of Boston</p>

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<p>BC or NEU.........</p>

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<ol>
<li>Boston University</li>
<li>Northeastern</li>
<li>Emerson</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Babson</li>
<li>Bentley</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Brandeis</li>
</ol>

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<p>I took a tour of BC and I believe one statistic they threw out was that during the year 1 out 5 Bostonians is a student.</p>

<ol>
<li>BC</li>
<li>BU</li>
<li>Tufts</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
</ol>

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<p>I don't know why but it seems like a lot of people hate BU at studentsreview...not that that site is making my decision, I did see the campus, and I will apply. I liked NEU also and Tufts. heh. BC sounds like I could adapt well enough but no engi.</p>

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<ol>
<li>BC</li>
<li>Brandeis</li>
<li>BU</li>
<li>Northeastern</li>
</ol>

<p>Those are all the ones that I'm applying to in the area.</p>

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<p>Boston University does have sort of a bad rep trailing behind in comparison to the other dozen big schools in the area, but if you placed it in another city it would probably recieve a lot more recognition than it does.</p>

<p>BU just is known to have a lot of red tape, a rather unimpressive campus and location, and it's can be a rough time living there.</p>

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<p>I'm at BU for a summer program and it seems like it would be a nice place to go to school, although I guess it would be packed during the school year.</p>

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<p>Are you saying that as an enrolled student or as an observer. DS goes to BU and he does not agree at all with your assessment. For a large school it is actually easy to navigate the "red tape" issues. The housing, particularly for upperclassmen, is terrific. AND he likes the urban campus quite a bit. The location on Commonwealth Ave makes it easily accessible to almost anywhere in Boston. He actually likes the location a lot.</p>

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<p>I says this after being at Boston University for three months and acquiring multiple friends that now go there. Maybe I've been spoiled with living other colleges, but what "campus are we talking about? Northeastern is a campus, BU feels like 20+ building squishesd between the MassPike and Commonwealth.</p>

<p>Academically, it is an excellent school, but I would never live there, it's just my preference, but I'll admit to being picky, I was raised on Stanford campus.</p>

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<p>Some students actually LIKE the urban feel of BU. If you are looking for a pretty campus, no...BU does not have a college green. Were you an enrolled student there for three months?</p>

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<p>Providence is a half hour train ride away and has a ton of colleges too. Though I think the town with the most net college students is Philadelphia (unsure about that).</p>

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<p>^^^
That may be believable if you incude the metro area.</p>