15% Increase in Freshman Applications

TomSrOfBoston
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:33:54 +0000

Re: Northeastern/Northwestern confusion, I am reminded that twenty years ago, when Boston College began its rise to national prominence, there was confusion as to its identity in other regions of the country. Some thought that Boston College was the undergraduate division of Boston University in the same was that Harvard College is the undergraduate division of Harvard University. Both being on Commonwealth Avenue and sharing the same branch of the Green Line added to the confusion. BC’s Jesuit identity and football team helped to differentiate BC from BU very quickly. Few would confuse the two schools today.