As the 2nd annual college tour came to an end last night when the bus of 40 juniors pulled back to 144 Grand Street, students were able to carry with them a great amount of knowledge and an overall fantastic experience from the five colleges and universities they visited in the Boston area. Please take a minute to look over a few of the pieces of information we gained from inside each of the schools we visited, as you may discover some things that will intrigue you!
· Marketing is very big, with about 25% of students majoring in this. Many more minor in marketing.
· Biggest concentrations are communications, journalism, visual and performing arts, and English.
· State-of-the-art TV and production equipment available to students as early as freshmen year.
· Graduates have great success rates in sports and entertainment fields such as ESPN, NFL, and the NHL.
· City campus
· D3 sports
· Nutritionist included with tuition
· 70:30 girls to guys ratio
· 2 years guaranteed housing
· 3,500 undergraduate students
· 48% of applicants accepted
· 9,000 undergraduates
· 60% of students major in Arts & Sciences fields
· No Engineering school
· Core curriculum of 15 courses in liberal arts as requirement
· Can use AP scores (4 or 5) to place out of some courses
· No Greek life
· 50% students are guaranteed housing for 4 years and 50% are guaranteed housing for 3 years
· Study Abroad very big at BC
· Most seniors live on campus
· No early decision available
· Restrictive Early Action option (cannot apply ED anywhere else, but decision is not binding at BC)
· Four schools at BC: Arts & Sciences, Management, Education, and Nursing
· 80-90% of students on pre-med track are accepted into medical school each year
· 28% acceptance rate
· Co-op education very big here
· In the city, but a traditional campus feel and atmosphere
· 50% of co-op students are offered jobs from one of the places they worked while at NU
· Very strong engineering program
· Apartment style living on campus starting sophomore year
· 16,000 undergraduates/13,000 graduate students
· Ranked 2nd among U.S. universities in career services
· 92% of NU graduates either employed or in graduate school nine months after graduation
· Guaranteed housing for 4 years
· Greek life active
· Varsity crew
· Ranked top-10 Bio-engineering program
· Very big in community service (90,000 hours of community service completed in 2010-2011
· Gigantic applicant pool (43,000 students applied last year)
· Demonstrated interested big influence!
· ROTC available in three divisions
· Campus is only 1-2 blocks deep, but 1 ¾ miles long
· 18,500 undergraduates
· 45% acceptance rate
· 3,000 undergraduates
· No graduate programs
· Full-year Study Abroad opportunities are very popular
· Test-optional school
· Demonstrated interest very big and interviews are available
· 10:1 student faculty ratio
· 33% acceptance rate
· Jesuit ideals alive and well at HC
Joseph Korfmacher, MA
