<p>lol CC threads just get more and more interesting…</p>
<p>threads such as this serve no purpose than to feed the emotional and intellectual insecuriities of those who have some sort of prurient interest in putting people and schools down while building themselves up. </p>
<p>Its sad.</p>
<p>Pitting one school against another is really unprofessional and sophomoric. You will find brilliant students at many schools, often in the second and third tier schools. People attend different colleges for vastly different reasons. </p>
<p>Every school serves a unique student body and community and has a unique mission statement. Its not one size fits all. Even the Ivy League Schools have vastly different strengths and weaknesses, and different focuses. </p>
<p>Its what makes this nation of ours so special that we have so many diverse choices for higher education. </p>
<p>I applaud any student who wishes to advance their education beyond high school. I would never deign to insult anyone for attending a university or college because it doesnt fit into some preconceived notion of someone’s prestige factor.</p>
<p>You will find esteemed faculty at some very remote and obscure schools. </p>
<p>BC is an outstanding college and is to be commended for the wondrous job it does in educating thousands of students each year, making them even better human beings ready to make this a better world for all. </p>
<p>I could care less whether its regarded as higher or lower than its peer schools in Boston or anywhere else in the United States. </p>
<p>If you got into BC and are attending: congratulations! If not, move along and embrace your school with dignity and pride, but not arrogance and condescension. </p>
<p>That is all.</p>
<p>Listen up, BrownBear1 you are crazy! I have seen your MULTIPLE threads bashing BC all over the boards, and I can only conclude that either you are a desperate ■■■■■ or you were rejected and are now bitter. You’ll drive yourself crazy with this endless quest to destroy BC. Calm down…You don’t even go there.</p>
<p>WUSTL is overrated.</p>
<p>Quite all of you BC is the most overrated school in the country PERIOD</p>
<p>-Jesuit tradition that embraces instructional and intellectual excellence, and service to others.</p>
<p>-Lively, proud, social community</p>
<p>-Ideal location in wealthy and safe suburban Massachusetts, proximity to Boston</p>
<p>-Campus aesthetic beauty</p>
<p>-Prestige among Catholic families, familiarity among the general populace</p>
<p>-A fairly impressive endowment, largest of all Jesuit institutions of higher learning in the world</p>
<p>-The largest Jesuit population in the United States</p>
<p>I would present arguments on behalf of Fordham, but you’re seething venom primarily at BC. In order to appreciate the strength and respect that schools like Fordham, Boston College, and Georgetown carry, you need to learn more about the Society of Jesus and their significance throughout the course of modern European history as leaders, educators, scholars, confessors, and wielders of enormous political clout.</p>
<p>I attend one of the oldest and most prestigious liberal arts colleges in the United States, and yet I have deep respect and admiration for the academic intensity and religious ideals that institutions like Fordham and Boston college embrace.</p>
<p>kwu, are you puffing the magic dragon or what? BC is overrated you offer no evidence for BC being one of the top schools in the country. NOT ONE PERSON HAS COME UP WITH ANYTHING!!! where is the evidence people?? nice bullet points by the way it really persuaded me to think differently.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know if I should “quite” or not, but I think rankings are overrated.</p>
<p>Boston College is most definitely NOT overrated. The problem, however, is that due to its proximity to highest-flight schools such as Harvard, MIT, and Tufts, BC will never get the same level of respect among the prestige seekers. Furthermore, among the academic elites, schools like BC that have a religious association will never be accorded a high (Liberal) Peer Assessment rating. So, if you’re judging BC by these faulty standards, then you may conclude that BC is overrated, but the objective facts say otherwise. </p>
<p>For judging the quality of an undergraduate academic experience, I strongly contend that the following four factors should dominate the evaluation:</p>
<ol>
<li> the quality of your peers</li>
<li>the size of the classroom that you learn in</li>
<li>the quality of the instruction that you receive</li>
<li>the institution’s financial strength and its willingness to spend on efforts to support undergraduate students</li>
</ol>
<p>I also believe that there is a lot more to choosing a college than the academic environment as you will have 150+ hours per week outside of the classroom. I would look for a strong social life and judge it based on the following:</p>
<p>*Welcoming nature and friendliness of the students
*Musical scene (both locally and for bands that come through)
*Athletic scene for entertainment purposes, ie, sports teams
*Greek life (good or bad)
*Strength of party scene
*Size, diversity and cohesiveness of the student body and how this impacts social life
*Weather and its impact on social activities
*Proximity to urban life/arts
*Student activities including community service, club activities, intramural sports, etc.
*Alcohol and drug scene</p>
<p>On virtually all of the above, BC actually compares quite well. IMO, if anything, the school is UNDERRATED.</p>
<p>Hahaha Phead…what do you have against WUSTL? In every thread I see, it seems like you are there advising AGAINST the school. What do you know about it?</p>
<p>Does it all stem from the fact that WUSTL is ahead of Hopkins in the USNWR rankings? Is that ranking what you mean by “overrated?”</p>
<p>Suck it up. USNWR is a very flawed ranking system, most people you encounter will never have heard of WUSTL, and you therefore won’t have to worry about the precious image of your (#15) school.</p>
<p>Hawkette, again you offer no evidence as to why BC is rated where it is! those are qualitative factors that most of the top 50 schools can offer to students. The main point is that academics their are average and no different than most of the top 100 schools. It doesn’t even have an engineering program! BC is highly overrated! Holy Cross is a better choice than BC!</p>
<p>i don’t get why people think that NYU is only good because of Stern & Tisch. </p>
<p>nyu has one of the best math departments, one of the best philosophy departments, a great journalism department, (all of which are located in CAS)</p>
<p>and a great education department (in steinhardt)</p>
<p>i honestly don’t understand why people think NYU is overrated besides the fact that it’s 54k and don’t have an ivy league sized endowment to meet full need.</p>
<p>(and i really don’t think BC is overrated… it’s a good school)</p>
<p>NYU runs on Pillars of Excellence – and you’re right, those are all great programs. However, there’s no denying that NYU specifically creates some areas where they are world class at the expense of others-- it’s how it has structured itself.</p>
<p>The lack of community/campus turns a lot of people off, but that’s not an over/underrated issue.</p>
<p>“My BU rant started when Daddywarbucks was comparing a BU education to that of Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. I laughed and cursed at him becuase he needed to be put in his place. I have a grudge with BC because it has no business being ranked where it is.”</p>
<p>Boy, you sure put him in HIS place! You surely revealed yourself as the classiest person in the bunch, whose opinion should really count! With that attitude, you’re going to go so far in life! </p>
<p>I would feel that I had failed as a parent if I produced a teenager who couldn’t be classy and gracious, especially about things that simply don’t concern him one way or the other. You know – like the college rating of a school that he doesn’t even go to. “You go to BC / BU / whatever? How nice for you! Hope you’re enjoying it!” </p>
<p>I would also feel I had failed as a parent if my child weren’t bright enough to understand that a good education can be had at any college in the US if you put your heart into it.</p>
<p>But, hey, maybe Brownbear’s parents are just like him.</p>
<p>okay then brownbear PLEASE supply me some evidence as to why BC’s “academics are average.” do you attend? obviously not. how would you know? you def got rejected by them hahahha… if you didn’t get rejected, you wouldn’t care at all…</p>
<p>This whole board is kind of ridiculous. Who cares if you think BC is overrated besides maybe your mom? Get over it.</p>
<p>Didn’t even apply it bothers me that they are on par with NYU. They are overrated and it upsets me (sigh).</p>
<p>haha
OP, why you hate BC so much?</p>
<p>LOL spend a day at BC and you will come across arrogance like no other. Plus its annoying to see so many schools that are better than BC ranked below it. What does this school have to offer seriously? Jesuit education? a mid tier business school? honestly its got decent sports and??? what programs stand out at BC??? did i mention they have no engineering program. At least NYU has superior programs such as Tisch, Stern, the econ and math department are outstanding and highly ranked. What about BC? Anyone out there…HELLO provide some evidence!</p>
<p>lol.
I can understand the arrogance the comes with the 37K tuition. I guess at least they have a pretty solid alumni network around the boston area.</p>