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Boston College Visit Report by required_details

Visit to Boston College in September 2009 by required_details
(Student, HS Class of 2010)
(Member since September 09 2009 with 505 posts)
 
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Visit Activities:


Information Session: Yes - Quite busy. They frankly seemed overwhelmed. A lof of interest in this school.

Campus Tour: Yes - Very large tour group. Did not see any dorms. did not see Newton campus. It was a very quick surface overview of the campus. Very pictureque and nice neighborhood.

Campus:


Friendliness/Courtesy of Students:
3 - Good
3 - Good
Very preppy and very white.


Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Friendly as you can get in Boston .


Appearance of Campus:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
Well kept


Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
All in decent shape.


Dormitories:
2 - Fair
2 - Fair
Big issue for me is having to live at the Newton campus freshman year and bussing to the main campus. Also being forced off campus as a Junior seems really bad.


Overall Campus Impression:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
quite nice, one of the best I've seen.

Off-Campus:


Area Immediately Around Campus:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
million dollar homes


City/Town/Community:
4 - Very Good
4 - Very Good
city/suburban but upscale

Campus Visit Notes for Boston College


Visit Description:

I'm interested in premed and am trying to decide between BC and Holy Cross. One big negative to Boston College is the housing, being forced to live on a separate campus as a freshman and taking the bus for several miles to main campus really sucks and not being able to live on campus junior year is horrific. Holy Cross guarantees housing for all 4 years and has only one small integrated campus. I prefer the Boston area to being in Worcester which is an industrial city past its prime. Then again HC is a much more intimate community with just 3000 students versus 9000 at BC where I might get lost in the shuffle. No easy answer

Hotel/Lodging Recommendations or Comments:

I live in the Boston 'burbs. Close enough I could even be a commuter student but really want to live on campus when I go to college which is why the housing at BC is such a negative for me.