<p>To tell you the absolute honest truth, the only reason I applied was because there wasn’t an essay involved. But now that I have gotten in (and rejected from a lot of places) BC is beginning to look like a real option. Very glad I applied now. Now could you guys just tell me some things that might help me with my decision.</p>
<li>What’s with this whole “Jesuit” thing?</li>
<li>How are BC’s medical school acceptances? Do students go to top medical schools?</li>
<li>How is the psychology major?</li>
<li>The social atmosphere? Will I be able to make friends?</li>
<li>What is there to do around campus?</li>
<li>Do current students enjoy their experience?</li>
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<p>If anyone can answer even one or two questions, please help me out. :)</p>
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<li><p>What’s with this whole “Jesuit” thing? - I visited a few weeks ago and this was one of the main questions I had. They’re really big on the “education of the whole person” which is what the Jesuits were all about. That basically manifests itself in their core curriculum which a lot of schools do so that’s not that much of a dealbreaker or anything. Plus, with AP credit and stuff I guess they are easy to get out of. Also, another big part of the whole Jesuit thing is serving/helping others so that’s just community service and stuff. But I talked to a good amount of students and they said that it’s pretty much whatever you want it to be so if you want to be really religious then you can and if not then it’s a-okay.</p></li>
<li><p>The social atmosphere? Will I be able to make friends? - From the students I’ve talked to and stuff they say it is VERY easy to make friends and everything your freshman year because you live with all freshman on either upper or newton (I don’t know if you’ve heard about the whole freshman housing thing yet or not).</p></li>
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<p>1) What of it? It’s just a different perspective on teaching. With a jesuit education, you’re essentially brought back to high school education in terms of their core requirements (math, science, history, etc.)</p>
<p>2)About 75% of BC students who follow the pre-med program go onto medical school. An astonishing number considering the fact that BC does not kick students out for doing poorly.</p>
<p>3) Not knowledgeable enough on this subject.</p>
<p>4) You will easily be able to make friends. Keep in mind, there are 2250 or so other freshman on campus and a large majority are coming to this school without friends. Hence it becomes very easy to make friends. You can also join the many clubs around campus to meet new people.</p>
<p>5) There are many events around campus on a regular basis. There are the D1 sports (football, basketball, hockey, etc.). There are also events hosted by the school, different clubs, as well as parties on the weekend. If you’re not into that kind of thing, there is always the city just 30-40 minutes away.</p>
<p>6) I am thoroughly enjoying my experience here. According to collegeboard.com, BC has a 96% retention rate, by far one of the higher retention rates for US colleges.</p>
<p>There’s a good chance that I will. I haven’t got my letter yet but according to agora I’m accepted because I can put down housing deposits and stuff…Just waiting for the mail today. And financial aid offers will factor in compared to those of other schools and stuff, of course.</p>
<p>Once you’ve been accepted it says you either get 3 or 4 years of guaranteed housing, first of all. If you only get 3 then it’s usually your junior year which you will live off campus or study abroad. And then you are also able to request housing on either upper campus or newton. Newton campus is pretty much all freshman except for the law school and it’s a bus ride away from the actual BC campus so some people don’t want to be put on newton because of that little inconvenience. I’ve heard that the food is better on newton though, and there is also no possibility of being put into a forced triple which could happen on upper. Pretty much though, everyone I’ve talked to loved their freshman dorm experience whether they were on newton or upper.</p>
<p>how is the campus organized? is there a quad? is “upper” on campus? and is the housing a lottery system or first come first served (but still freedom to choose?)</p>
<p>Upper is on campus - there is an upper/lower campus on either side of the main quad area. That is why most people request upper originally. Even if you request upper there is a chance you’ll get put on newton but I’m pretty sure that if you request newton that’s where you will go. I think that it’s something like 60% of freshman end up on upper and 40 on newton. There is something about how if you’re in a certain major or other circumstances you are put on upper but I don’t remember the details.</p>
<p>so your agora has the housing option? mine doesn’t but i suspect that’s because i haven’t sent in my taxes and w-2 forms yet. are you going to be attending the admit weekend?</p>
<p>Oh it’s not a specific tab or anything. Just if I click on application status it takes me to a new window where it has options for housing deposits. And I’m not sure yet.</p>
<p>you will get the housing tabs up once you submit your housing deposit.</p>
<p>I was pretty much in the same boat as you 2 years ago. I only applied to BC because I only had 5 colleges on my list. I felt i needed at least one more college to apply to, so I applied to BC as my sixth. One reason for doing so was because there was no essay required. I immediately fell in love with the school when I visited for orientation and I’m continuing to love it.</p>
<p>If you have any other questions, feel free to pm me your questions or post them up in this format:</p>
<p>Just the differences between living on Newton versus living on Upper. Everyone seems to have their own opinions though. There’s quite a few older threads discussing them, if you’re more interested. I tried to summarize the main differences on the first page here. ^^</p>