<p>I love how people assume that one school is just not as good as another universities without offering one iota of evidence because it’s “Plain and simple?” Really?. I don’t recall common sense ever offers quantitative data or qualifications to judge the education quality of of one institution over another. But instead of using street logic to debate, let’s look at some hard numbers that prospective students care about to see in what way are these schools so “great.”</p>
<p>Please, can anyone objectively tell me where does BC fall short except for the SAT numbers (a poor indicator of students’ future success according to 90% of the experts out there)? It offers comparable financial aids, it attracts comparable students, and its students win MORE prestigious fellowships in recent memory than the other “great” schools. Would someone who is terribly informed please tell me?</p>
<p><em>C/0 2011 data. Some 2012 data are available at some schools and not other so parallel comparisons are not possible. It should be noted some schools experience an increase in terms of SAT and top 10th percentile in their 2012 class.
*</em>C/O 2011. No 2012 available.</p>
<p>I don’t think those BC SAT numbers are right. According to BC’s website Math/Reading scores are 1230-1400. Somehow I doubt that 25% got a 800 on the writing section considering the average is 684.</p>
<p>When I thought about applying to BC, the 25th percentile was already 1260 (out of 1600). And that was six years ago. I should know, it was my goal to get at least that much.</p>
<p>BC is good, but also the student body that goes there isnt really the friendliest, id pick JHU, CMU, CU any day. if ur not were top line designers the kids tend to look at you funny.</p>
<p>^^That is a false generalization. I’ve never seen anyone ridiculed for the clothes they wear, especially considering many of the students don’t mind going to class in sweats and/or pajamas. Do you even attend BC?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins is less than half the size of Boston College. Carnegie is also somewhat, though not that much, smaller; Tufts as well. At any rate, the prestige award according to the numbers you report once the size of the student body is brought into consideration would fall firmly on the shoulders of Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>how important are the us news report rankings anyways? it would probably be more beneficial to compare acceptance rates into graduate schools and statistics on job placements/average salaries of graduates. anyone have comparing stats on those?</p>
<p>“the prestige award according to the numbers you report once the size of the student body is brought into consideration would fall firmly on the shoulders of Johns Hopkins.”</p>
<p>Then define the balanced formula to factor into student body, I am all ears. The quality of incoming student and academic standards determine how many students get fellowships, not school size. The fact that Tufts has produced a Rhodes Scholar in a decade doesn’t say bode well for them regardless of the number of student it has.</p>
<p>Fair enough Reddune. Let me ask you this, do you expect RD applicants to go up this year thereby raising that SAT even more or do you expect RD applicants to do down this year lowering the SAT? Just from reading articles on this website, I have heard that RD applications are slightly down this year.</p>
<p>^^Would you mind copy and paste the info. I don’t seem able to find it. Thanks.</p>
<p>“do you expect RD applicants to go up this year thereby raising that SAT even more or do you expect RD applicants to do down this year lowering the SAT?”</p>
<p>I expect the number of app to go down. Students are flocking to state schools because they think they will be saving money. In reality, many private schools are actually spending more money (BC is planning $14-18 mil) on financial aids, but I doubt BC wants huge numbers of applications right now. I can’t predict the SAT.</p>