Boston-area colleges for the B-student?

kayleealia · 11-11-2008, 12:54 PM

Hi,
I'm mobile right now, so bear with me here, haha.
I am a low B student with good SATs, tons of extracurriculars and community service. But, to be perfectly honest, I take very challanging courses and my grades suck. I don't even have a 3.0.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any GOOD, but not overly difficult schools in the Boston area. I have looked at Emmanuel (too small/religious) and Suffolk (widespread campus, little sense of school community).
To give an idea of what I'm looking for-

Acceptance rate low enough for a low B student
Preferably Div I or II sports
Not religious or politically overly conservative
A DECENT rep for academics (I'm not looking for Princeton here, but I'd like a med school to take me seriously)
More than 3k students, preferably
Within an hour of Boston
Bio, genetics, med bio, med psych major/pre-med advisory

Does such a mythical school exist? Is there any hope? Are there any schools even CLOSE to this?

Thanks a lot, haha.

ironmetal250 · 11-11-2008, 01:17 PM

Boston University, hurr durr

nooob · 11-11-2008, 01:18 PM

BU and northeastern.

huskem55 · 11-11-2008, 01:19 PM

Clark, in Worcester
If you are female, Simmons
Stonehill (religiously affiliated but I don't think its particularly religous)
UMass Boston (not sure about the campus though)
Assumption- catholic affiliated in Worcester, but I have no idea how religious it is
Endicott
Providence College- Providence is less than an hour away, and a cool city on its own.

kayleealia · 11-11-2008, 01:38 PM

I'm fairly certain BU is out of my range...less than 3.0, like I said >.<

& yay, thanks to those who have replied, ha

pierre0913 · 11-11-2008, 01:59 PM

Boston College and Babson are both ranked hither than BU for business

pierre0913 · 11-11-2008, 02:01 PM

Babson College, better than BU for business

nooob · 11-11-2008, 02:48 PM

lol kaylee don't be afraid to apply anyways. BU is still a great school smack in the middle of Boston. If you like it, shoot for it.

GreenDayFan · 11-11-2008, 05:40 PM

pierre0913, he's not applying for business lol.

pierre0913 · 11-11-2008, 05:41 PM

haha sorry i thought it said B-schools instead of B-student

pierre0913 · 11-11-2008, 05:42 PM

in that case, yes BU or Northeastern

BU is expensive but so is Northeastern but Northeastern has the cooperative education program which can help you pay off college costs with a real job and get you 2 years of job experience during college

ColdWind · 11-11-2008, 05:46 PM

Harvard's Extension School.

Also, although it satisfies few of your specifications, you might want to check out Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts (located between Boston & Providence).

ebeeeee · 11-11-2008, 07:50 PM

Both BU and Northeastern are reaches for you. Students at NEU sometimes do earn money by taking paying coops but it is a five year program. This year NEU has had a reduction in available coops. Don't forget that while you are on coop if you are living in the dorm you have those expenses too.
Wheaton is a good hour from Boston and a small LAC school. Norton is in the middle of nowhere.
Look at huskems list above for some decent alternatives.

LakeWashington · 11-11-2008, 09:06 PM

UMass Boston is completely a commuter campus and hard to get to by public transportation. It's also woefully underfunded.

Consider instead UMass Lowell and Worcester State College.

Phead128 · 11-11-2008, 10:23 PM

Harvard Extension school is for working professionals. I've taken a handful of classes there as a junior/senior...It is tough, lol. I wouldn't recommend Harvard Ext...

How about Wheellock, Northeastern, or Newbury?