Princeton Review Once Again Proves They Have No Credibility: Name BC the Ninth Best School Where Students Pack Stadiums
MSNBC – Students praise the strong academics, the competitive athletic teams, the lively social scene and the premium location that all combine to create a remarkable all-around college experience at Boston College. One undergrad sums it up like this: “BC’s strength is a mix of everything. It may not be an Ivy League school in academics or win national championships everywhere in NCAA athletics, but it is a ‘jack of all trades’ when it comes to academics, athletics, art and social activity.” On campus, BC has “great sports. The ice hockey team is consistently ranked high nationally,” and students turn out to support their Eagles in both men’s and women’s athletics. But undergrads also love to explore Boston, a city with “tons of great museums, historical sights, restaurants and a lot of great concerts,” that also happens to be “such a big college town. It’s easy to meet kids that go to BU, Harvard, Emerson, Northeastern or any of the other universities in the area.” BC students tend to be extremely ambitious; they are “those super-involved people in high school who were three-season team captains, class presidents and straight-A students. [They] have carried over that focus and determination into college.”
Listen I can live with the Princeton Review saying BC has better fans than the Ohio States, LSU’s, Georgia’s, Kentucky’s of the world, but better than Wabash College? That’s where I draw the line. Seriously this is one of those surveys that is almost so dumb that I’m doing myself a disservice by even acknowledging it.
Honestly how is the Princeton Review still in business? Because apparently you don’t need a brain, you don’t need to do any research, and you can just say whatever the fuck you want and people believe it. It’s like working for the fucking Stool. I mean even the biggest Superfan in the world probably choked when they saw this list. BC doesn’t belong in the top 300 never mind top 10. Unless of course only showing up in hoops when they play Duke or North Carolina and only showing up to Nationally Televised football games counts as being a good fans? And just before people say I’m just jealous keep in mind Michigan is #3 on this list which is also a joke.
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Ninth Best School Where Students Pack Fudge
CKB is on fire today
I want to stuff Elisabetta Gregoraci
FRIARTOWN#1
Inventory a little to high on the Superfraud t-shirts?
Go Friars
Wow,
Gayest article ever. ZERO credibility and for sure BC is ranked,
Ninth Best School Where Most Douche Bags Fill Stadiums.
Terrible article. Some one at BC for sure blew someone in the princeton review.
openbar- was thinking the same thing as i couldnt help my wandering eyes from straying to the right side of the screen
But they were dead on when they named BU the No. 1 School Where Students Make Love Then Cry.
SuperFans or SuperFags. See how 1 letter off can make such a difference.
wait, this isnt an article from the Onion?
Penn State #1 on the list….makes me so proud I could cry.
When did people decide that BC was a good school? When I was in HS (graduated in 2000) BC was everyone’s safety school, and we pitied the kids who got stuck going there, and they were embarrassed not to have gotten in anywhere better.
from the article:
“Students who considered Boston College also looked at Cornell University, Georgetown University, Harvard College, New York University, Tufts University, University of Notre Dame and University of Pennsylvania.”
yes, they certainly looked at those schools, but then remembered they could only get into BC.
Regarding BC, The Princeton Review also says, “The entire campus looks like a J. Crew catalog with a slight hangover.”
You gotta admit BC does have great art.
Also, all of the superfraud season ticket holders actually sell their tix to the real big games. Saw a Carolina hoops game there 2 years ago and the place was swimming in fans in carolina blue.
EP had a great article on BC which was on the old site……if you can find it that explains EVERYTHING you need to know about BC.
I went to U. of Georgia, and I’ve been to football games at TONS of schools. Schools like Miami, Tennessee, VATech, NC State, S. Carolina, Florida, hell, even East Carolina. Going to a game a BC was a joke compared to these other schools. The writers obviously don’t actually go to any of the games.
Gordon, completly agree
come down south if you all every want watch a real college football game in a real college environment
That is the gayest photo I’ve ever seen in my life. That is all that needs to be said about the fans at BC.
the worlds largest outdoor cocktail party…..enough said. BC wishes they could hold a party like that.
They proved that long ago to me when somehow BU has a ridiculously high Admissions Selectivity Rating when they accept 55% of applicants.
As real as Barney Frank’s masculinity. Bravo!
Hahah…BC definatly is not number 9. But I think its great how much people that couldn’t get in to BC seem to hate the fact that they all work for BC alumn. Maybe not top 10 in fans, but definatly top 10 in alumni wealth.
What the fuck is Wabash college?
let’s go friars
I go to school in Big Ten country and BC is a fucking joke compared to all of those schools. The same goes for the SEC, the rest of the ACC, the Big 12, Pac 10, BigEast, Big Sky, Sunbelt, WAC, Bay State Conference, Dual County League, GBL, any little league/tee ball league…BC sucks. Go choke some more.
This ranking is complete bullshit. As a BC alum, I know that when we consider ourselves better than EVERYBODY else, we mean EVERYBODY. We’re not just better than everybody else except for 8 other schools. Everybody means everybody.
So to the current BC crop, let’s work on that a bit. You know you’re better, so make sure the rest of the country knows it too.
While most of the rankings are a complete joke, I agree, I have one problem with the objection you have to Michigan being number 3. The poll was judging where students pack the stadiums. Listen, I went to Michigan and I know that most of our fan base is a bunch of pussies with 4.0 gpa’s and no balls, but that doesn’t mean we don’t pack the stadium. The rankings said nothing about being loud, or wild, or the most drunk, just simply packing the stadium and having fan support, which Michigan does. If you have been to the big house you will realize you have to stand sideways for 75% of the game because of how packed the stadium gets.
But overall, yea, these rankings suck.
Are you shitting me? Has any member of the Princeton Review gone to a BC football game ATHOME game against oh say Clemson and seen over 5,000 orange-clad fans who made the trek from South Carolina?
Why do you think BC gets the Chick Fil A Bowl while ACC teams they finish higher than get the Gator Bowl…the bowl hosts want numbers.