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Boston College - Surrounding City Ratings
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Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at BC By Gender  | | Male | A | | Female | A- |
| By Major | | Accounting | A | | Anthropology | C- | | Art & Design Department | B- | | Biology | A | | Business - Management and Administration | A- | | Chemistry | A | | Communications | A | | Computer Science | B | | Criminal | B | | Economics | A+ | | Education | A- | | Electrical Engineering | B+ | | English | A- | | Finance | A | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | A+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A | | Linguistics | A | | Math | A- | | Nursing | A | | Other | B+ | | Philosophy | A | | Political Science | A | | PreLaw and Legal | A+ | | PreMed and Medical | A+ | | Psychology | A | | Sociology | A- | | Undecided | A- |
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Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... No one even ventures into Boston which is an awesome city ...” |
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“... Supposedly "Catholic" professors,
and the elite and publicity-hungry egomaniacs on the
BC Board of Directors, are a disgrace to their Roman
Ca...” |
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I picked this school because it had so many different things (or so I thought): sports, girls, party school, academics, reputation, big city,...” |
| “... Ironic since most students spend their time drinking at campus parties and benefit little from the city ...” |
| “... Students do not take advantage of the wonderful city of Boston - having fun for them is sitting in a cramped dorm room getting drunk to the point...” |
| “... The campus is gorgeous and there is no better place to be a college student than in the city of Boston ...” |
| “... Great academics, big-time sports, medium size, gothic architecture, nice neighborhood, great city, great bars, great parties, traditions, hottie...” |
| “... BC is as good as any school, especially if you like a suburban environment with access to a great city and a Jesuit-based philosophy towards edu...” |
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Boston College is definitely a more beautiful campus than Georgetown and the city of Boston blows away Washington on the things to do list .....” |
| “... I have met so many great people, so there is no excuse for someone coming to this city, to not take advantage of all it has to offer ...” |
| “... There is easy access to the city (there is a T-stop pretty much on Campus that will take you anywhere in Boston)and there is also always somethi...” |
| “... I can't imagine not going to school near a city ...” |
| “... The school has just about everything a student could ask for--a gorgeous, well-maintained campus, the best college city in America a short train ...” |
| “... Boston is a nice city, so try Boston University ...” |
| “... I was initially very surprised how isolated this campus feels considering it is so close to the city ...” |
| “... If you want more diversity, keep in mind that the city of Boston is at your doorstep ...” |
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Firstly, to answer some of the criticisms of the previous posters- yes, the university is not in Boston city limits ...” |
| “... In short, the academics are great, the city of Boston is great, but if you're from a working class family like I am and you went to a standard p...” |
| “... re right at the foot of a wonderful city ...” |
| “... It is a wonderful community in an amazing city ...” |
| “... Now that I'm in grad school, I only wish I had enjoyed and appreciated the tremendous physical surroundings of Boston College and taken greater a...” |
| “... The campus is beautiful and Boston is a great city ...” |
| “... most students don't go off campus to party and comm ave is not considered off campus lol i mean they don't go into the city or to other schools t...” |
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Don't believe the hype about the city of Boston either ...” |
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