<p>What are some colleges that compare with Boston College as far as difficulty to get in/academics go? If I applied to Boston College, what would some other colleges of the same standard be? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>i hear holy cross is similar to bc; i'm not sure of any others...</p>
<p>Holy Cross and Boston College are both Jesuit colleges. Other comparable good Jesuit colleges include Georgetown, Fordham, and Fairfield,</p>
<p>Holy Cross-great alumni network with strong school spirit.</p>
<p>Davidson College in North Carolina. Wake Forest University, Vanderbilt University, Colgate Univ., Trinity College, Bucknell Univ., Univ. of Richmond & Univ. of Wisconsin. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Are these colleges need-blind?</p>
<p>Holy Cross employs a need-blind admissions policy, meaning no student will be denied admission due to a lack of financial resources.
Financial</a> Aid | College of the Holy Cross</p>
<p>Hi guys,
This is a question of interest for me because my little sister is currently applying to BC EA of this year. She comes from a long legacy line, including me (Class of 07), has a great profile, perfect extra-curriculars, but you never know. As a former tour guide/admissions volunteer and employee, I would say that no school has the exact combo that BC has of location, athletics, academic excellence, and atmosphere.
1. UPenn
2. Georgetown
3. Northwestern
4. Villanova
5. USC/UCLA</p>
<p>Others to keep in mind but might lack one crucial element
1. Columbia (lacks sports)
2. Wake/Duke/UNC/Bucknell (lack big city)
3. UPitt/Texas/UMiami (not as academically competitive)</p>
<p>Georgetown, Holy Cross, Tufts, NYU, Notre Dame, USC</p>
<p>Schools Honors Program BC students were admitted to (that I know of)
- Harvard (only one)
- MIT (only one)
- UPenn
- UNC-Chapel Hill
- Wake Forest
- Tufts
- Notre Dame
- Georgetown
- Northwestern
- Cornell
- Brown
- Dartmouth
- Columbia (Teacher's College)</p>
<p>Average BC students:
- Villanova
- BU (A LOT of them)
- Fordham
- NYU
- Holy Cross
- Northeastern
- Providence College
- Catholic U
- Umass-x
- USC (most Californians that I know of applied to USC and either got rejected and go to BC instead or got in, but still go to BC--they are glutton for winter punishments).
- Brandeis (those who got in here told me they chose BC immediately when visited Brandeis' campus. I haven't been to the place, but I have been told that the place look like a concrete dumpster. I'm not sure is that for real or that's the antisemitism speakings)</p>
<p>Not surprisingly a lot are from Catholic schools. But this is all from personal experience. Nothing scientific.</p>
<p>Reddune...I think you are making way too big a distinction between HP students and non-HP students. I was in the HP and my acceptance list looked really similar to my roommates who were all not in the HP. We all chose BC over Georgetown, UVA, UChicago, Northwestern, WashU, Emory, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, and the list goes on. My roommates, though wonderful, smart girls, were fairly average in the BC pool, only 2 of our 6 graduated in the top 15% of our class, and remember to graduate with honors you need to be in approx. the top 7%.</p>
<p>I'm not claiming by experience is the actual reality. It's just my experience.</p>
<p>"I'm not sure is that for real or that's the antisemitism speakings"</p>
<p>P.S. The above is a joke. BC students are not antisemitic.</p>
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<p>The Brandeis campus IS depressing. Surprisingly, religion is more on display than BC. Having said that, there seemed to be a lot more diversity, and they went to great lengths to emphasize their rich tradition of non-conformism.</p>
<p>i think lehigh is comparable to BC, minus the religious affiliation</p>