<p>Boston College and Boston University...</p>
<p>could anyone lay out the major differences? i don't want to apply to both... :)</p>
<p>BC is Jesuit-affiliated and accepts about 26% of its applicants. It's a lot smaller than BU, but still good-sized, with about 9,000 undergrads. </p>
<p>BU has about 18,500 undergrads, and is also private but not religiously affiliated. It has a 54% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>PS they're both good schools, but it depends what size you're looking for and what you want to study.</p>
<p>BC has better reputation and a lot of people say BU isn't worth the money. Also, as said before, BC is harder to get into and it's a Jesuit school. And about the Jesuit thing, most people say that you can hardly tell that Jesuit schools have religious affiliations (which is true), but I think I remember reading an article that BC put up crucifixes in all of the class rooms.</p>
<p>thanks for the input
so what majors are each of these schools better known for?</p>
<p>BC definitely has a religious vibe. It's not in-your-face and you won't be ostracized for not being Catholic, but you can definitely sense the religious background. Also, the two schools are very different in the way they are set up. BC has a very defined campus in a suburb very close to Boston. BU, on the other hand, is more like NYU in that it is very integrated into the city of Boston. Buildings are scattered across the city and the nightlife is more clubs/bars/apartments than dorm parties.</p>
<p>The difference is that BC's hockey team sucks.</p>
<p>^ True statement.</p>
<p>so pretty much...</p>
<p>BC = kinda religious (con) but good reputation (pro) 9,000 student (pro) school with a suburban campus (con) and a crappy hockey team (dont care)</p>
<p>BU = mediocre (con) city-integrated (pro) 18,000 student school (don't care)</p>
<p>haha i have no idea how to decide!!</p>
<p>If you are a guy you should go to BU.</p>
<p>vitare i'm a guy but why do you say that</p>
<p>guy:girl ratio I'm guessing. If you're wondering, US News and World Report says it's 36:53 (don't asked what happened to the other 11% lol). BC's is almost 1:1</p>
<p>If hockey is not something you remotely care about, you're looking at the two wrong schools...</p>
<p>should i just cross off these two considering i don't care about hockey? i mean, it can't be THAT important over there, right? it still has great...academics. right?</p>
<p>BC is the better undergrad college.
BU does have some programs that BC does not have simply because BU offers a lot more on the graduate level (like 7-year med program)</p>
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should i just cross off these two considering i don't care about hockey? i mean, it can't be THAT important over there, right? it still has great...academics. right?
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<p>Hockey is very important at both schools, moreso at BU, because there's nothing else. If sports are not important to you period, then BC is a pretty bad choice.</p>
<p>so should i forget about BU and BC? i really don't care about hockey hah...
i just thought boston sounded fun, and the schools seem to have alright reputations</p>
<p>I'd personally go with BC, BU sounds a little impersonal, but some people may like that.</p>
<p>No, no don't need to care about hockey to love either school. I know plenty who attend and don't give a rats ass about hockey. BUT the games are fun. I don't like hockey that much but the games are fun as hell to go to.</p>
<p>If you're only really interested in Boston, then BU is the way to go (but there are TONS of other schools in boston). BC is actually located in Chestnut hill (Border between Newton and Brookline), which is more suburban than urban.</p>