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| Quite Bright | Try to be open minded when meeting new people. Doing so will help you better understand people's backgrounds and consequently, you won't make presumptions regarding their behavior. | Perceived Campus Safety: A+, Friendliness: B | | | |
| | Jun 10 2008 | 2nd Year Male --
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As I'm graduating, I think it would be helpful to provide a more comprehensive view of Boston College rather than some of the more myopic perspectives that have been posted here; especially concerning the social aspect of the student body at Boston College. An observation that has become increasingly obvious to me upon looking back at the social life in BC is the drastic change that people undergo while becoming adults at BC.
The first two years here are hell. Dominated by the same egocentric social jockeying and conformist attitude that pervades high school, the younger students at BC aren't exactly the most admirable or interesting group of people. BC doesn't do much to change that, providing an incredibly insulated environment that allows the students to extend their immaturity to create almost a "Lord of the Flies" type of society. At some point around junior year, however, when everyone goes abroad and begins to learn that a world beyond campus does exist, people really do begin to grow up. Students begin to finally respect and admire individuality. Of course there are those who never grow out of college, but there are certainly plenty who manage to make the leap. The cliques remain right until the end, but can you really blame them? They've spent years with the same people and shared the same experiences. I do have to add one caveat to this assessment. As the admission standards have increased, I've met more and more younger students who have really surprised me with their level of maturity and social deftness. Maybe BC really is becoming the school that it has a reputation of being.
Don't believe the hype about the city of Boston either. It takes a half hour or more to get anywhere by T, and the city itself doesn't provide anything much in the way of good social life. Everyone goes to the same two or three clubs, or gets drunk at the same bars with the same people. It gets boring in about a week.
In regard to the faculty, the Carroll School of Management is excellent. The best decision I ever made was getting out of A&S. In nearly every class I've had in Carroll the professor has brought an enthusiastic, unique and interesting perspective and teaching style to the subject matter. This experience has certainly been a far cry from the bored and often uninterested professors I've dealt with in A&S. We've been ranked 14th in the country for the past two years, and it really shows. I managed to make it in while the transfer was a bit more trivial and it certainly shows in my class ranking. My GPA has stayed the same while my rank has dropped by 50 or so each year. If you can get in, do it.
BC, the school doesn't necessarily the deserve the reputation that its gained as providing the idealistic college life, however it does certainly provide one with an interesting experience. When considering where you want to go to college, don't worry about how pretty the campus is, or nice the buildings look. Ignore the idealistic ramblings of your campus tour guide; its all BS to make your parents feel better about paying 50K a year. Consider the future benefits in life that will be afforded to you by the reputation you've gained by going here. Talk to students that actually go here. Get a feel for whether you really belong in such an insular society, or whether you'd rather be in a more diverse and open environment. That, I think, will make the biggest difference in whether you enjoy your time at BC. | Education Quality: A+, Social Life: C | | | |
| | May 13 2008 | 4th Year Male --
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The objections raised here are indeed valid.
I love BC. I love everything it stands for in its charter, history, origins and Jesuit Philosophy.
There are many things I don't love about BC such as the aforementioned "homogenous" Student Body.
If you seriously weigh and evaluate this objection with the criticisms levied against other elite institutions you would arrive at the common agreement that all schools have their share of problems.
For example...
If you are a Christian Student at Harvard, you would likely feel uncomfortable with the brazen and zealous Atheistic Faculty and Student Body.
If you are a Football enthusiast, you are probably wondering why such an elite school such as the University of Chicago a non-factor in the Big 10.
If you are a Conservative-minded Republican, you are likely perplexed at the number of intolerant "Liberals" at Brown who champion "democracy" and "free thought" yet denounce views that oppose theirs.
The diversity of Student Programs are there if you challenge yourself to find them out. If you're into Music, BC has a broad range of choral and a capella groups including a full orchestra. If you're into Politics, there are large organizations to suit your political persuassion. If you're into Debate, check you the St. Ignatius Society. If you're into Art, BC just hosted a massive 1 week Art Festival on Campus. If you're into Culture, nearly every ethnic group is represented in to form of a cultural organization...on an on it goes...
As far as BC being "Euro-centric", check out the programs in Black Studies, Asian studies, Slavic Languages, Islamic History and Theology, renown program in Judaism, etc.
The College experience is what you make of it.
The reality is the Negative Reviews are sourced from a very, very small minority (using this term statistically) against an overwhelmingly large base of loyal supporters who love BC. Investigate this claim for yourself. | Education Quality: A+, | | | |
| | May 05 2008 | 4th Year Male --
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| Quite Bright | its interesting how people chose to defend BC by saying that those who do not like the school are introverts or simply didn't try hard enough. i believe that everyone has a right to like or dislike a place based on their own experiences. with that said, i am an involved student, and tried very hard throughout the year to make BC my home, but there are still many undesirable aspects of BC that cannot be ignored or pushed aside. the homogeneous population, the lack of appreciation by the total student body for the concerns of students that do not fit the homogeneous profile, the lack of interesting, diverse courses (for such a large school, why is the education incredibly euro-centric?). yes BC has great things about it - sports and school pride, academics, social and cultural organizations, rank among other private universities etc. But when you defend BC, acknowledge the fact that this place isn't perfect, and don't dismiss the negative comments that go against what you believe by saying they're by students from other schools. BC isn't for everyone and is certainly not perfect. Believing that makes one closed-minded. | Education Quality: A, Social Life: D | | | |
| | May 03 2008 | 1st Year Female --
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