Boston College in Chestnut Hill

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. Remove review Charles D.Charles D. Los Angeles, CA49 friends 40 reviews 72 photosShare review Embed review Compliment Send message Follow Charles D.5.0 star rating 6/9/20161 check-inGreat 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.Was this review …?Report review

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.

Has a great Art Museum a very fun place for family above all a great place to get education

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.

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