<p>What is the best catholic university out of the 4 ranked ones, i listed below? I do not care about which is higher ranked… so just because BC is the highest ranked, that is not what I’m asking. I want to know about campus, ppl, education, social life, diversity… which is the best?</p>
<p>Boston College
St. Louis University
Loyola College Chicago
Catholic University of America</p>
<p>anyone have any opinion?</p>
<p>Might want to add Notre Dame to that list</p>
<p>I dislike ND</p>
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<p>well i dont know anything about the other 3, but BC is amazing. Beautiful campus, very active student body, school pride, sports, very good alumni connections in New England and NY when looking for jobs and its minutes outside Boston!! and right on the subway line.</p>
<p>more opinions?</p>
<p>Actually, St. Louis is the Highest Ranked. Personally, i think St. Louis may be the best Catholic College out there. St. Louis may not excel at many subjects, but they do well in all of their respective majors. St. Louis offers more major choices and has classes all over the place from English to Engineering, while BC does not. Boston College is more liberal arts based. If you're a student wanted a holistic college experience I'd go with St. Louis, but BC is also a great college in its respective fields.</p>
<p>on U.S. news... Boston is ranked 34, saint louis is 77.</p>
<p>lets just put it this way, i have not heard of the other three except for bc</p>
<p>oh, sorry thought you meant Washington university >.<. I've vaguely heard of loyola, but i know that BC is probably the most well rounded school on that list.</p>
<p>Out of that list I'd have to say: 1) BC, 2) Saint louis, 3) Loyola, 4) CUA. </p>
<p>btw BC flat out beats the other three in every category you've mentioned (at least from my pov)</p>
<p>youre forgetting about Georgetown, Notre Dame, Fordham, VIllanova, Holy cross, Fairfield and a few other stellar schools</p>
<p>"btw BC flat out beats the other three in every category you've mentioned (at least from my pov)"</p>
<p>...well maybe not diversity (I havent looked into it).</p>
<p>The only one I can opine on is CU in DC.</p>
<p>It is a pretty underrated school with good lib arts programs but also a pretty good architecture program as well.</p>
<p>It is worth looking into.</p>
<p>It is also by far the most "Catholic" of the group as it is the official college in the US of the catholic church, so bear that in mund as well.</p>
<p>I also think Loyola Maryland and Providence might be worth a look for you, as well as some of the others that have been mentioned.</p>
<p>Years ago, the Washington Post reported that the CUA students were much more happier about their education compared to Georgetown ... even though most of the CUA respondants had been rejected or on the waiting list at GU</p>
<p>BC is clearly the best of the colleges you listed there but ND and Gtown are better and you have forgotten other highly regarded institutions that are a lot higher then the 3 you listed after BC (ie. Holy Cross, Providence, Villanova)</p>
<p>To those who were not accepted to BC for transfer do not fret. It's certainly not the institution that many make it out to be. I just to spent my freshmen year at BC and didnt like it all. The academics are not challenging (hence my near perfect GPA), the people are fake, and the housing is terrible. I'll be at Georgetown next year and im so happy I got away from BC. If you want to be in Boston apply to Harvard, Tufts, or Wellesley. My friend who is at Harvard loves it and I know others who are happy at the others. So to those who didnt get in dont get too upset.</p>
<p>BC is a good school but people fail to realize that there are so many great opportunities at other schools. So im sorry if i offended anyone but I want people to "hear the other side of the story" concerning BC.</p>
<p>Seriously tdolson88, if you hate BC, then provide concrete evidence that back up your story rather than making blanket statement that does no service to everyone. I love BC, but I acknowledge its drawbacks and know where it needs to improve. No school is perfect, but your attitude to attacking BC on every single post here shows me that you were either rejected and now is trying to get back at BC with some concorted story and then post it every chance you get, or a person who really has nothing better to do with his/her time. My advice, get a life and move on.</p>
<p>"If you want to be in Boston apply to Harvard, Tufts, or Wellesley. My friend who is at Harvard loves it and I know others who are happy at the others. "
- News alert, students who apply to BC DO APPLY TO THOSE SCHOOL TOO. I'm glad that your friends are happy at Harvard and wherever, but if you don't mind me asking, what does that have anything to do with the caliber of education at BC. I'm guessing your a freshman, so I am assuming you haven't been here long enough to take the hundreds of different professors here at BC so you weren't challenged, but that doesn't say anything on the challenge of BC curriculum. Georgetown offers a fine education and I hope it offers the intense curriculum that you crave (I'm surprise Chicago and Reed weren't in your list if challenge is what you're looking for).</p>