Boston College Top Questions

The professors are closed minded and the grading is sketchy.

financial aid. Just dont give enough money to students because of high demand. Also, sports can overtake academics a bit too much sometimes.

Course registration and the housing lottery are the most frusturating. Friendships are often broken over housing when people get kicked out of an 8 man room when they don't get it in the lottery and have to go for a 6 man. Course registration is difficult because with out a good time, a lot of good elective and some majot courses are full (mostly in Arts and Sciences)

The most frustrating things about BC is getting enough financial aid every year, the administration changing the policies every year.

It's a great place to be a student but it's wicked expensive--both tuition and living expenses. People don't understand what it means to HAVE to get a job b/c you can't afford things, or you have to pay back money when you graduate. Every year I've been here I've gotten less financial aid, and now I'm a senior and I'm frustrated at the limited income I will make and the HUGE debt that I have. If I could do it again...I hope I would, but I'm not certain.

In some cases, it is too conservative--due to its founding on Catholic values, it does not accept people for themselves always (specifically regarding friends of different sexual orientations). Overall it was liberal for a Catholic environment due to the student body, but some of the older alumni who supported the school hold strong to traditional Catholic values.

The students do not utilize the city as much as they should, and without frat-life the full-fledged party scene can sometimes be lacking.

The fact that some students have to live off-compus during junior year.

Boston College is a Jesuit institution and thus we had to go along with the Jesuit society and thus things could be fairly conservative and antiquated. Especially when it came to LGBTQ issues and sometimes racial issues as well.

It is very competitive and there are many applicants for every position.