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Hi, I was wondering what the difference was in each, and how they compare against each other. Also, cost/admission/financial aid package/campus/atmostphere, etc.

Here's my stats: (Which would I get into? Neither/one/or both?)

SATI: 1080, 1210
SATII: Math 620, Writing 550, World History 530 (I know, I'll raise them lol)
GPA: 3.6 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
AP: 3 World History

Classes- (by the time apply- taken all but one AP/Honors class offered)
Senior-
AP Govt
AP Econ
AP English
AP Calculus
Academic Decathalon
Physics (cant stand science APs!)

Junior-
AP/Honors Chem
AP US History
AP Spanish
Trig H
English 3 H
Academic Decathalon

Extra Cirricular:
FBLA (Reporter), JSA (Founder, President), Conflict Resolution (Treasurer), Amnesty International, Torrance Youth Council, Youth and Govt, CSF, Key Club, work

Awards/Honors:
1st Place Reflections Literature (School, District), 3rd in So Cal area, School Achvievement Award (History), National Honor Roll (I heard this was a scam..?), nominated for NYLC, Presidential Classroom, Student of the Month

Please advise whether or not I should bother applying to both, I'm having trouble deciding! Thanks a lot!

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Monday, June 02, 2003 - 06:08 pm: Edit

BU is huge, with about 30k students. The campus is spread all over Boston. It is less competitive than BC, and is great with merit-based aid. BC is about 20 min away from Boston, with a nice, New England college type campus. It is a Jesuit school, while BU is secular. I believe that BC is more into sports and athletics.
About application: they are so very different that it is hard to say, but Boston is an awesome place to go to school; apply to both unless it is too expensive or inconvenient. Good luck!

By Gianscolere (Gianscolere) on Monday, June 02, 2003 - 07:49 pm: Edit

I was on the BC website some weeks ago, and I believe 20,000 apply for 2,500 openings annually. BC is also ranked higher than BU, according to US News and World Reports. BC's exact ranking is 40. Visit http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc/tier1/t1natudoc_brief.php for complete details.

BC is also religiously affiliated with Catholicism.

By Greenmoo04 (Greenmoo04) on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 12:16 am: Edit

How about School of Management? Which ranks higher?

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 11:07 am: Edit

BC is more liberal arts oriented but their business management program is very comprehensive and has an excellent reputation.

BU is more focused on "career prep" majors but not academically as good at BC. I've heard it can be difficult to get into courses there.

BC will give you more of a typical college experience; BU is a spread out urban campus.

BU might have a slight edge on internship opportunities as it is right in the center of Boston.

By Mattymatt (Mattymatt) on Tuesday, June 03, 2003 - 02:08 pm: Edit

you pretty much have no shot at BC unless you raise your standarized testing scores. BC requires an sat (avg 1250-1390) and 3 satII's. Your sat II scores will compeletly take you out of the running. However if you were to raise your sat maybe 100 points and retake all 3 satII's then your chances improve.

BU doens't require sat II's (Ithink?) but you are still oging to want to bumb your sat score up to around a 1300.. much better chance at BU as you stand right now however

By Joeseppi5 (Joeseppi5) on Monday, April 05, 2004 - 07:11 pm: Edit

what about bc vs bu for english major. bu has 2 nobel prize winners in literature and an ex poet laureate (saul bellow, derek walcott, and robert pinsky) i dont know how bc compares with that, and i know that big names are not everything.