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A wonderful place! I am so proud to have had my daughter graduate from BC.

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Great Campus. The students here are very competitive and the location is great and close to the Greater Boston Area

Boston College is a fine example of our region's dedication to education and old architecture.

Unique architectural style and natural ecological charm

I graduated from BC in 2013. It is a magical place. It gave me an incredible opportunity to learn about myself and about the world. Also in an amazing location. There are so many colleges in Boston making the city a great place for a student to live. BC is in an incredible safe area and the campus is beautiful.... but really I mean beautiful. Also an easy half hour T ride into the heart of Boston. Go BC!!

Extremely traditional to the point where they don't use logic. Classes are fine but far from cutting edge.

Excellent university with great facilities and caring professors. I especially like the theology department.

Old school campus. Liked the atmosphere and old buildings. Not much to have fun around tho. Only few restaurants were there. Too bad for student there I guess.

Consistent color architecture, very unique and beautiful

I've been here when me and my family when we went to Boston I love to come here after I graduate high school

Very good and beautiful. I love the idea that they have more than 30 post grade education programs outside the US

Did a tour with my son, so I can only speak to that. The admissions personnel were a great help and the student guides were amazing! We chose a different school, but BC made the top three. Honestly, I liked their tour better than all but one other school. Again, amazing help from Admissions.

this colledge sounds AWE mazing id love to go there as one of my top 5. also JOOOHHHN CCNCMAA SUUCCKKSS IDOODOZOZOZZZ NNNNNNUTTTTS ........................................................................LSEAMORE....................................SEA.A.A.S......M..O..RRE..E.E. ........................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................GOTTEW u looked ( - . - )

Beautiful campus! At the end of the B line if coming in from Boston on public transportation. Enclosed campus that is best visited in the fall, spring, and summer time.

Amazing campus that will make you forget that you are so close to Boston.

Boston College has been a huge disappointment. Don't like the rankings fool you, this school is not worth your $70K a year. The only quality school with in Boston College is the business school, while the others lack any real merit. Being a student in both the school of arts & sciences, as well as the school of education, I have experience first hand how both of these schools lack proper faculty and class offerings. The advising system is horrible, I know too many people who have followed the advice of their advisors, who are meant to be trusted and be reliable sources of information, who have ended up in many class that do not count towards their major or graduation requirements. The class offerings are limited, even the elective offerings are great disappointments. I have many friends who are communications majors who's only elective offerings are courses related to gender. There are no offerings of classes that would be useful in the real world such as classes on public relations, advertising, event management, etc. In communication writing intensives students are to write a 25 page paper. In one class taught by Brett Ingram, he told the students he would only be reading the first 10 pages of their paper because he could not be bothered to read the entire thing. He should not be teaching a writing intensive if he can't be bothered to give his students the respect of reading the full paper. I wish I had positive things to say, but I hope future potential students read this and think twice before attending BC.

Am proud to be a Double-Eagle alumnus of Boston College, with a Bachelor's degree and an M.Ed. in educational administration. Not only did the University challenge me with a world-class education, it also provided me with my first professional opportunity. I held two administrative positions at BC, and they helped set me on the career path I would follow for a lifetime. BC gave me the foundation for a productive life, and I've always called it my "Home of the Heart!" A very special place, and one of the most beautiful university campuses anywhere! Always an Eagle!

Very nice architecture. I've only done a tour of this place so I can really speak for the academics but I can say it almost looks like Harry Potter. It's very breath taking. I know the cost of attendance is about 70k per year and they do offer presidential scholar ships. Most people live in dorms for their first second and fourth years people stay off campus their third year for some reason. The worst thing about this school is the millor dollar stair case. It's just a big stair case. That's it.

Perfect place for a holistic education based on values and principles. Well done to the Jesuits.

Only visited for a graduation, but the campus is beautiful. Seems like it would be a cool environment to spend a few years of your life.

Perhaps the most beautiful college campus in the US!

This college has great campus when I take the Green Line "B" Branch to Boston College. I made new friends when I was there, and also nice students just like Umass Lowell.

I got accepted to go to Boston College, but I did not go. I went to Tufts instead. However, I have worked at Boston College and taken some summer programs at Boston College. I have also seen football and basketball games at Boston College Honestly, I love this school and campus. It is so beautiful. I love the Gothic buildings. They have really great programs and great recruiters.

An elegant and a tranquil place that is good for visit in fall. many foliage and brick building that sometimes you think you're in to certain part of history, a little bit hill need to climb.

Top notch college with quality throughout. Beautiful constant maintained campus and historic buildings. Fulfilling the educational dreams of any who attend.

I am overwhelmed while entering campus.
Such a huge place the are is no less then big village.
Well manged infrastructure.
I was present there for graduation ceremony.
Everlasting Experience..........:)

Excellent physical infrastructure and green areas very well maintained.

Great school and famous, personal is amazing, my cousin stufy

I like BC it is the best school ever Let's go Eagles

Boston College is a great place for random people to wander in and bum around. There is free WiFi all across campus (and it's not restricted to just staff/students), and plenty of places to relax at.

A type of university that unfortunately in Italy is only a dream, starting with the park where all the buildings are immersed!

It is a prestigious school with wonderful, supportive professors and beautiful campus.

Amazing school!
Top notch education!!!

One of the top colleges all over the world. Very impressive premises.

Despite having met some extraordinary professors, B.C. gets only one star because of its incompetent and dishonest administration.

I wish Yelp would allow for only one star.

I was accepted into a doctoral program at B.C. and completed 45 postgraduate credits at great cost financially and personally...tolerating late afternoon traffic on route 128 deserves recognition in itself. My grades were all A or A- with a couple of B+ grades.

All was well....I was doing research for my dissertation and working full-time, when my parents were hit head-on by a trailer truck. The good news is that their horrible injuries healed and with time and physical therapy they resumed a normal life.

When I asked B.C.'s administration for a 1-year extension on my dissertation (at the time they allowed only 2 years), they refused. So I graduated with high honor with a C.A.E.S. (which requires only 30 credits, thus wasting 15 credits expensive in time, work, and money) and they named me to Phi Delta Kappa.

But no Ph.D.

It gets better.....

Two weeks before graduation, the dean's perfectly disgraceful secretary sent me a letter saying I could not graduate because I was never accepted!!

Fortunately, I had kept a copy of my acceptance letter and graduated.

When I wrote recently to inquire about an honorary doctorate for my lifetime career work I was ignored.

Just down the street there are better colleges and universities....B.U. and Northeastern are two much better choices....do not make the mistake I made in attending B.C.
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Great school that balances many different, competing needs. Straddles the border between Boston and Newton. Is the last stop on the BC T line so there's access to the city but also lots of green space. Top notch academics and athletics (well they try). Good scale and major resources but not so huge you get lost.

The addition of the former cardinal's residence and seminary across the street greatly enhances their space and presence in the city of Boston.

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Wonderful college. People might think it is not diverse at all and this used to be very true but with the number of enrolled international students over the past several years the atmosphere has changed for the better. This is a Jesuit college but has one of the the best Islamic studies, near and far Easter studies and particularly Persian studies programs in the country. And this has happened only over the past 6 years or so.
If you are serous about learning languages and cultures, I really suggest the wonderful programs at Boston College.
This is my interest and specialty. I am sure other majors have the same good stories about BC to share.

It is a fantastic university. I watched a Boston Eagles game and they won. We loved it, and spent an afternoon to remember. Highly recommended if you go in time that there are no basketball or hockey leagues for example.

beautiful campus. close to boston, good sporting venues for football and hockey

Easy, got parking pass, COVID test and saw boatload of friends.

Very very empty! Never have I ever seen B.C. look so abandoned! Sad actually!

This has been an incredible experience so far, as a third year student I couldn t be more happy with the focus it has on fostering character and professional development. I ve met amazing people along the way and couldn t be happier here!

Great place to attend College and Grad degrees. Although initially stressfully due to the extensive and comprehensive daily workload but in exchange you receive a top education where your learning analytics capabilities improve exponentially but you'll also manage to have great time and fun.

You will actually manage to be extremely efficient and focussed in ancillary tasks, actually re-inventing how to fit the equivalent 48h of activities in just a regular 24h day.

When you get the study rhythm, you shall actually find time to also have fun, meeting new people, doings sports, visiting friends, making new ones and doing many other things in its beautiful closed campus located in Newton.

Its privileged location just outside of Boston, an its nefarious traffic jams, but still only a few miles away from its most important land marks: 4-5 miles away from Newbury St., at 6 miles from Beacon Hill and Boston Common, 7 miles to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Mkt. and 8 miles to away from Boston's Common and Faneuil Hall and 9 miles from Rowes Wharf.

My son loves BC - superb education with Jesuit values

I visited this campus as part of an admitted students day event. The campus was absolutely beautiful! I never imagined the staff the students could be so helpful to answer all of my questions. And the alumni network truly is top-notch, with students placed in companies such as Google, AirBNB, and Facebook. The combination of hospitality, great connections, and convenient location near boston was that convinced me to accept my enrollment offer for fall '18.

Wonderful campus!!! It is really enormous and still accessible by car, or train very easily. At the entrance, there is a catholic church and beyond, a stadium is located. Each of the schools fosters values and quality research.

transportation department and bc police seems like in desire of money. Unreasonably high ticket and parking fees. Never be nice. Sucks.

Great educational institution with passionate students

Beautiful campus, positive energy from students, close to scenic Chestnut Hill reservoir for jogging and walking ,top notch academics, great experience