<p>thanks mirage!</p>
<p>I see that you are a fellow New Yorker.</p>
<p>yup, i'll be going to orientation next week, can't wait ^^</p>
<p>When did you guys get your stickers?</p>
<p>what stickers?</p>
<p>bumper stickers.</p>
<p>what? hmm, I haven't gotten any bumper stickers yet, I guess they distribute them at orientation? or possibly when we finally get on campus.</p>
<p>Thank goodness, Carnegie111.</p>
<p>Did anyone else hear from BC?</p>
<p>Congrats Carnegie!!!!!!!!!! I must have missed your post about getting in!!!!</p>
<p>D just graduated, and she loved it so much she is staying in Boston this year and working--hoping to get to as many football and basketball games as she can!</p>
<p>Good luck!!</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>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 concocted 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 you're 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>
<p>yea seriously, can someone just boot tdolson88 from this forum? if you're not a fan of bc its perfectly fine to state it, but you're going too far when you post the same exact thing on every single thread, chances are the people on this forum read all of the threads and it gets redundant when spamming over multiple threads.</p>
<p>Social Life:
The first and most obvious aspect of BC's social life are the cliques. By the end of the first month at school, it seemed that everyone had made their exclusive group of 5-10 people. Although i was part of one these groups, it was terrible to see how many kids would talk crap about others to make themselves out to be "the man". I'm a pretty much typical guy, im into sports and music and like to have a healthy social life. But I felt turned off by the shallowness of most students who I associated with. Most of my friends wouldn't go to class on fridays if there was not an exam scheduled. My first priority was always my academic success not how drunk I could get on "3 day weekends". The girls are of two sorts. One: quite studious and dedicated to their academics. They also would have good times on the weekends. Two: got in b/c mommy or daddy are alum or mommy and daddy donated a bunch of money to the endowment which got them in. These girls, although fun to hang out with, were not at BC to get an education but instead they saw BC as a ticket to a 4 year party. Overall i think the student body at Cornell is much more MATURE. That is the best way to describe BC: a good school filled with rich, arrogant, ignorant, immature kids. Materialism is the fashion at BC; the richer (or the richer acting) you are the "cooler" you must be. Although there are some great kids at BC it took me almost my entire freshmen year to find them.</p>
<p>Academics:
The academics are simply overrated. BC does a lot of "handholding" b/c mommy and daddy (the millionares who live in Greenich and the HAmptons) might not donate to the endowment if their son/daughter doesnt get at least a 3.0. Second, the administration is in an awkward stage in which they wish to push BC into the "big leagues" but by doing so they neglect the needs of the student body. Little money is spent actually towards the benefit of the students but instead for alumni galas (increase endowment) and speaking events (for US news and World Report rankings). Overall, given the opportunity you have to get an Ivy league education, you should attend Cornell.</p>
<p>Sports:
BC will certainly afford you much better opportunites when it comes to division one, ACC sports. I had great times at the bball, football, and hockey games. However, admission is not free and for bball and hockey many students dont get tickets b/c Conte forum is not large enough to hold even 1/4 of the student body. </p>
<p>Facilities:
The gym is absolutely terrible, it is old and worn down. The housing is based on a lottery and if you arent picked early u get stuck with bad housing (remote location, old and worn out). Some of the older, neogothic buildings are nice but all need renovation. The 10 year plan should take care of this, but you will be long gone by that time.</p>
<p>Finally, a readable case against BC that offers a illogical and slanted point of view, but nevertheless an improvement over the previous rant.</p>
<p>"By the end of the first month at school, it seemed that everyone had made their exclusive group of 5-10 people. Although i was part of one these groups, it was terrible to see how many kids would talk crap about others to make themselves out to be "the man"."</p>
<p>So let me get this straight, you belong to a clique (which is fine, because Lord knows having a small group of friends condemn you to a life of shallowness of social hell), and so I'm presuming you don't have a social network larger than "5-10" people yet you are making a blanketed judgment on ALL THE FEMALES at BC by putting them into two camps? That doesn't seem like very logical at all.</p>
<p>"These girls, although fun to hang out with, were not at BC to get an education but instead they saw BC as a ticket to a 4 year party."
...As much as I hate using college ranking in anything, BC is not a party school in the legend of the many states school nor does the Princeton Review place BC in its top twenty party-schools. In fact, to describe BC as a party school is laughable, we have an active social scence, but nothing compare to Umass-Amherst. Do students go to BC for the fun times it offers...DUH YES! There are ton of reasons to go to school, why is fun a wrong one to have? Those who can't do the work can drop out and some does. But I guess you should know how much these girls party since you spent so much time in classroom looking for a challenge in your academics pursuit. No one is denying BC has students who are pretty hammered by Thursday, but I challenge you to find one elite college or university that doesn't have students like that (and Deep Spring College doesn't count). </p>
<p>"Overall i think the student body at Cornell is much more MATURE."
uh...Can I ask where you spent your freshman year? Cornell or BC? </p>
<p>"The academics are simply overrated. BC does a lot of "handholding" b/c mommy and daddy (the millionares who live in Greenich and the HAmptons) might not donate to the endowment if their son/daughter doesnt get at least a 3.0."
I'm sorry, I don't think BC is up there yet in the millionaires' children. As I recall, Harvard, Williams, Amherst, Yale (all hail bone skull society), Princeton (let not forget the dining club here), are still leading the pack in millionaires. BC has a sizable number of wealthy students, but this might be shocking to you since you spent so much time with your clique, it also has a sizable low-income students who could only afford BC because of its generous committment to providing aid for poor students; I'm darn proud to say I'm among them. </p>
<p>Furthermore in the academics, can I ask how many classes have you taken and with how many professors? I had professor who are amazing lecturers even in HUGE lecture hall (Richard Kearney, Seth Jacobs, Mark Gelfand); professors who give homeworks till you turn blue with illness (O'Har, Duket), and a few professors who are so easy you can have a mind of a numbnuck and still get at least an A- (...actually I won't name these few lest they read this and turn on their intensity). BC has many professors thus many different experience and the vast majority in the 25 classes that I had taken are some of the most memorable; but let get real here, if a true education and great teaching is what you want Harvard is the place to be (because we all know how famous they are for teaching.)</p>
<p>"The gym is absolutely terrible, it is old and worn down. "
" However, admission is not free and for bball and hockey many students dont get tickets b/c Conte forum is not large enough to hold even 1/4 of the student body."
Ok you got me there. Definitely need improvements in these areas.</p>
<p>P.S.
This is not a "meaningful" post, but a rant--but at least with me you know when I'm ranting and when I'm trying to be informative and not pretending to do one in the guise of the other.</p>
<p>ok fair enough...we have both shared our opinions and I hope it is helpful to everyone on the thread. agreed?</p>
<p>tdolson88 - I am speaking from a parent's point of view here. I have a child who graduated from G-town and a child currently at BC and I can say that many of the issues you seem to have with BC will also be present at G-town. You will find wealthy students (probably more at G-town), cliques, some easy classes, so-so dorms and a work hard/party hard atmosphere. You will also find many of the positives there as well. I am sorry you did not have a good experience at BC. It happens, but I am pleased with the experience my child is having at BC. Perhaps by insulating yourself in your freshman clique, you did not allow yourself to experience the many wonderful activities available on campus, and yes, there are many. I hope that when you arrive on "the hill" this August, you do not repeat that mistake.</p>
<p>Excellent post Dogwood.</p>