<p>Can anyone tell me a little bit about these colleges such as academics, student life, and work opportunities as well as how these colleges are looked upon in the Boston community?</p>
<p>Also, is four year on-campus housing available at both colleges?</p>
<p>How good are these schools with financial aid and merit aid?</p>
<p>^^^Bump^^^</p>
<p>My son is at Emmanuel. It was his safety and ended up being pretty perfect for him. Academics are moderately challenging and the class sizes are very small. Student life has been great- he’s made lots of friends and his social life is very full. First year dorms were rough,kids trashed them regularly.I know some upperclassmen are dormed at Wenworth college I hear the college is making plans to expand housing. I have no doubt this will happen, as Pres.Eisner is a pretty savvy business woman. Food is good- kids come from the other COF to eat at Emmanuel’s dining hall.
My son rcvd good grant aid- made this school a better financial choice than our state school, actually. I think it helps to be a boy- the school is very girl-heavy 75%.
It’s easy to get into, so it’s definitely not as prestigious as Northeastern,even but a good choice for our family.</p>
<p>^^^Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Anybody else have input on these two schools?</p>
<p>According to sources, Suffolk costs about $46K per year and only about 35% graduate in 4 years. The student body stats are weak. The school does not have a positive reputation in the admittedly-rarified Boston academic world. The location is nice.</p>
<p>Unless you get a NO-LOAN package that makes it cheaper than a state university, I strongly doubt whether it is worth the money.</p>
<p>What about Emmanuel’s academic repuatation? I am interested in studying political science/international relations.</p>
<p>I am not sure what is important to you regarding reputation at Emmanuel… Percentage of students that go to grad school?? I’m not sure.I can tell you that internship opportunities abound, especially for science majors. Their persistence rate is low, like Suffolk. When asked about this at orientation, staff responded honestly that many transfer out for greater course selection. My son is a psychology major, maybe specializing in art therapy, so he will have no trouble fnding what he needs among all of the COF.</p>
<p>I sincerely doubt either one of these schools would meet your need.
On a previous post you said your EFC was $15,000 & your parents would not go above that figure.</p>
<p>My D was accepted to Emmanuel, has stats above their 50% for SAT, etc, and they offered less aid than American U. in DC. My D is also a Poli. Sci/Int. Relations intended major. Emmanuel was expecting us to come up with over 3 times our EFC, more than American which is a more expensive school, and better overall. Also, on the accepted student’s day at Emmanuel, they showed us a basement room (why wouldn’t you show a room on an upper floor that had windows and light and a view to students considering the school?) and the Boston tour guide/student talked about how to drink alcohol on the dry campus without getting caught. She also couldn’t remember Paul Revere’s name! We were not impressed, and when our financial aid appeal yielded no additional aid, we knew to go with a better choice. I got the feeling that for many students, it was the safety school just to get to live in Boston.</p>
<p>I beg to differ. Emmanuel exceeded our $18000 EFC with grant aid.</p>
<p>Emmanuel College is part of a 7 college consortium called Colleges of the Fenway: </p>
<p>[Colleges</a> of the Fenway](<a href=“http://www.colleges-fenway.org/]Colleges”>http://www.colleges-fenway.org/)</p>
<p>This group of small colleges allows cross registration and sharing of some other resources, and are all in the same general neighborhood. Many students live in the area both on and off campus. Also, Northeastern University is nearby. Suffolk is in the downtown Boston area near the State House, which is much more of a business/government area than a residential area. I am not sure how many students live in Suffolk on-campus housing (I’m guessing not many) but it seems like there probably isn’t the same sense of community as in the Fenway area, where Emmanuel is located. </p>
<p>I don’t know much about Suffolk’s academics, but I have known a few students who have attended Emmanuel and really liked it there.</p>
<p>bbyago, smaller privates always engage in “preferential packaging”, if the applicant is very desirable, then their need will probably be met with a very attractive package. Perhaps the applicant plays a sport or certain musical instrument etc. Or maybe their stats will help boster the average SATs/ACT of the incoming freshmen class profile. </p>
<p>Many applicants do not have that “something” that will result in a super financial aid package, so they opt for another school. Preferential packaging is just part of the game.</p>