Boston College - Does it matter if you're Catholic?

swimchris
Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:00:56 +0000

@privatebanker Your argument is based on some selectively chosen statistics.
1). According to data provided by Georgetown and Boston College, Georgetown’s international undergraduate program is 13% of the student body and Boston College’s is 7%. That is almost double. Source: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/most-international

1. The information you provided with AHANA are about (domestic, international students tend to be taken out of demographic numbers) that applied. That number can look very different for students who are actually choosing to enroll at BC. BC's most recent factbook has this at 32%. Source: https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/publications/factbook/pdf/at_a_glance/18-19_at_a_glance.pdf

2. It is worth noting that BC has had some issues around race issues over the last decade that have been described in other threads. There have been multiple instances of racist epithets written by fellow students and forums with administrators after that did not go positively. Source: You can simply google this or use BC Height's archives. Here is one letter from the editor: http://bcheights.com/2019/06/05/opinions-goldman-words-arent-enough-bc/ Also found this link after the fact, more recent stuff at end: http://bcheights.com/magazine/index.php/2019/my-presence-here-does-not-mean-anything/

3. Boston College is a great school. It offers so much in the way of a beautiful campus, but just like every school it also has issues it is working through. 10 years ago they were routinely ranked by Princeton Review as having serious Race/Class Divides. I havent seen them on that list in a while. Similar for not being supportive of LGBT students. They seem to have changed significantly in this regard (with the rest of the country).

4. When a poster generously shares something about themselves like they are worried about X because they identify as Y, there are more welcoming ways to embrace and support them than stating "you are being too sensitive" or "if things are gonna get better than you need to be more accommodating". Arguing about why it is even worth asking the question reduces them as a person and continues the reputation that BC might not be the most accepting to non-Catholic whites. Their concerns are valid. There is a way to respect that first and then respond. @collegemom9 @homerdog