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<p>I guess it’s a good thing that I’m an atheist Asian who is currently on financial aid, isn’t it? XD</p>
<p>Vinnyboy first off we all know how much asian parents care about ranking because i am asian as well (Korean actually). BC does actually have a decent amount of asians although i do agree it is not the most diverse campus. Anyways from what information do you gather that the rankings i posted about are not legitimate and where did you get the idea it only measure graduate schools? Clearly BC as a research institute is simply subpar. There are much more research activity at those aformentioned schools that you have listed. </p>
<p>UT Austin Mcombs business school far superior than BC’s best program CSOM</p>
<p>*The McCombs School of Business was ranked first in undergraduate and graduate accounting programs, #3 undergraduate and graduate MIS programs, the #2 undergraduate marketing program, the #2 undergraduate ethics program, the #4 undergraduate finance program, the #4 management research productivity, the #5 undergraduate international business program,the #5 undergraduate insurance/risk management program, the #10 overall-undergraduate business program (#3 among public universities), and the #18 (full-time) MBA program. A 2005 Bloomberg survey also ranked the school #5 among all business schools and #1 among public business schools for the largest number of alumni who are S&P 500 CEOs. Similarly, a 2005 USA Today report ranked the university as “the number one source of new Fortune 1000 CEOs”.</p>
<p>still we are talking about OVERALL and you keep picking a school “here and there” that might have BC beat in one thing LOL! </p>
<p>you said there were MANY THAT ARE ACADEMICALLY SUPERIOR and have not been able to back up that claim in the slightest, sorry but it is not overrated.</p>
<p>Well for one BC does not have an engineering school so i can’t use any of the ranks. I am using UT Austin as a mere example. </p>
<p>UT Austin
USNWR Law 15
USNWR Engineering 10
USNWR Education 7</p>
<p>*all higher than BC by the way</p>
<p>because it’s the only one you can use…</p>
<p>Nope you should take a look at Wisconsin, UIUC, UF, and the other state schools buddy. Have fun researching!</p>
<p>USNEWS OVERALL RANKINGS</p>
<p>BC-34
UT-47
WPI-71</p>
<p>*BC is higher by the way</p>
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<p>It’s really simple. Truly star-studded faculty who are research-oriented, which are given a boost in this ranking, do not teach many undergraduate courses (they probably teach one or two a semester, and most of them are higher-level courses). They focus their energies on their research and graduate students (generally true trend, there are a few exceptions). Hence, many of the lower level courses are taught by TA’s and less recognized professors to save costs. Outside research and famous faculty does not an undergraduate education make (Berkeley is that much better than Dartmouth at teaching undergraduates? Really?). You have to look deeper into the rankings to see what it measures.</p>
<p>Oh thats right i chose WPI over BC becuase i wanted engineering. You have some class dude. Anyways a couple of my friends at BC are really happy about their education. So happy that they are in CSOM and thinking of transferring out because they are offering 1 tax course this semester that has already overloaded to 50 students. The advisors told him to wait till next semester or possibly next year to take federal taxation and he was on the wait list since last semester. </p>
<p>You wouldn’t last a second at my school bud.</p>
<p>AHAHA GOOD 1!!! 67 percent acceptance=mit status</p>
<p>Is it really 67 percent? wow</p>
<p>I don’t really understand BC being so overrated. Everyone I know who goes there absolutely loves it, they can’t say enough good things about it. It seems like everyone there loves their school.</p>
<p>^^^So true, and yet everyone not going there hates it lol</p>
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<p>What is the evidence that Emory does that?</p>
<p>does it really matter… i mean how in the world can you say a school is “overrated” i mean, in BC’s case, did you attend? did you have a miserable experience? everyone except a select few who goes there loves it and that is reflected in their extremely high returning freshman rate (i believe 96%), higher than many of its peer or “higher ranked” schools. this discussion does not make any sense to me. what are you trying to prove saying a school is overrated? who cares? does it make you happy inside? get over it</p>
<p>NYU = slightly underrated.</p>
<p>Wash U/Emory = overrated. </p>
<p>BC = fine where it is.</p>
<p>Tufts = slightly overrated.</p>
<p>Tufts and NYU should swap rankings. Which undergrad programs at Tufts are highly ranked?</p>
<p>I can name many at NYU.</p>
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<p>god, that’s the second funniest thing I’ve seen today on CC.</p>
<p>first was someone’s account named “bicuriouslee”</p>
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<p>You realize that petty argument is not going to get you anywhere, right? This happens most everywhere when the class/professor is popular in demand, even at some of the higher ranked schools. BC’s not perfect, but it’s a good school that’s provides one of the best liberal arts undergraduate education in the country. It deserves its place in USNWR, as many will agree that the ones ranked below BC don’t give any better an undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Personally and ranking wise, I don’t think the strength of WPI’s engineering is any more noteworthy than BC CSOM (as for the student body, you can argue all you want, but the math SAT’s for both are comparatively equal, so I’m pretty sure many, if not most, BC kids can handle WPI work). The majority of WPI kids having the ability to handle philosophy at BC, however, may be a different story, no offense. I hope you prove me wrong.</p>
<p>NYU, outside of Tisch and Stern, I’d say is overrated. Its College of Arts & Sciences is comparable (or worse) than that of tons of state schools. But if you’re in either Tish or Stern, you’re good. I think. Personal opinion.</p>