UNC vs Boston College

<p>Hi everyone, I'm a student from Honduras looking for the best education in business. I'm interested in Management, Finance, or Marketing. What college (UNC or BC) do you think will provide me with hands on education? Regarding college life, which one would you choose? In college, I am looking forward to grow as a person, meet lots of people, and make contacts for the future. Thank you very much in advance!</p>

<p>i’d say unc for sure with kenan business</p>

<p>I’d say BC, since like a quarter of their undergrads are business/marketing majors…</p>

<p>JG: how does that make sense? If that is true it only means that their BBA is not competitive at all and you would be competing with 1/4 of your class for the same jobs.</p>

<p>Kenan-Flagler is by all means better than Carroll. I don’t think it’s actually even a choice, except BC has an advantage location-wise, but Kenan-Flagler is well reputed enough to draw many recruiters to Chapel Hill.</p>

<p>Also, if you go to BC, you will never get to see your basketball team to play for the National Championship.</p>

<p>bill simmons said that one of his friends “owes him for life” because he convinced him to go to carolina over bc. </p>

<p>if you have a choice, which you do, there is no reason not to go to school where there are good sports, good girls, and good weather</p>

<p>@jwlstn, BC and UNC’s business programs are ranked about the same overall for the U.S. (i think UNC is like #12 and BC is 14th) but I just figured BC would be better since you have more people around you that are doing the same major, and your right there next to the big city of Boston…which i consider an advantage</p>

<p>i mean, i doubt an international student is going to be living in the city that he goes to undergrad school for the rest of his life, so he wouldn’t really be competing with them for jobs…</p>

<p>UNC. You can’t beat the atmosphere down here, and the business school is top-notch as well.</p>

<p>UNC. Better academics, better business school, better reputation overall, less expensive even for out of state, better weather, better basketball</p>

<p>Thanks everyone! What about UNC’s campus? I’m planning to visit in the next few weeks.</p>

<p>i got into both and i’d pick unc. ive been to the bc campus and it was… eh. but my brother goes there and he LOVES it. if you like the whole jesuit thing then BC might be better for you. both schools have great school spirit, but the unc business program might be a teeny weeny bit better.</p>

<p>oh and although i havent visited yet, i heard the unc campus was beautiful.</p>

<p>good luck with your decision!</p>

<p>The campus is absolutely beautiful, I honestly prefer it to Duke which everyone seems to drool over, the neo-gothic architecture in Durham doesn’t really do it for me.</p>

<p>Hey, tough choices here!</p>

<p>I got into BC and UNC too. I ended up chosing UNC (obviously). Coming from the Boston area and living at UNC now what I can do is give you some perspective on the areas and maybe a little bit on the people.</p>

<p>Boston is THE college city. Now granted, BC isn’t IN the city (It’s not Northeastern or BU), you can still catch the T (Boston speak for subway) and go in whenever you want. I believe me, there is a ton to do there! </p>

<p>Chapel Hill is often considered on of the best college towns around. Franklin St has a lot to offer and its all within walking distance. But let’s be real here, it’s not Boston. Still, there’s always something going on around campus.</p>

<p>The people: People at UNC are really cool. Overall they seem prety down to earth, friendly and fun (Not all, of course, but the general feel). Now I know not everyone at BC is from MA or even New England, but BC has a reputation at least in my town to be more of a preppy place with some snob factor (UNCs considered preppy too, I guess, but I think southern preppy is different that NE preppy, haha). BC kids like to have fun though. Good football, decent basketball (UNC’s the opposite: AMAZING basketball and fooball on the rise).</p>

<p>Uh… BC will give you really good connections in the Boston Area. My cousin graduated from BC and was making almost six figures the year after he graduated. I doubt he’s average exactly, but he is a big fan of the BC network. I can’t speak for the UNC network since I’m new here, but there are a lot more UNC students looking for those employment nods than BC students because there are more of us, obviously. On the other hand, if you’re planning to settle in the NC area, you’ll have a ton of connections because the alumni pop is huge.</p>

<p>I think that’s all I got for you. Good luck on your decision!</p>