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Doortofreeside t1_j9oe1pw wrote

Reply to comment by SpindriftRascal in Suffolk or Umass Boston? by [deleted]

>SU is a good private college,

Is it? Not to be rude (and im the first to diss my own school), but I thought of it as a below average private school especially for the Boston area. But with typical private school prices it's basically the archetype of a school I'd avoid (pricey and mediocre)

Not to say it's not better than UMass Boston, but for the money I'd much rather go to UMB

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_j9oh9cg wrote

I would not say it is bad, but that with Harvard, Mit, Boston University , and Northeastern in town we are spoiled for excellent colleges.

But I agree for 43,000 it does not have a lot of reputational clout.

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SpindriftRascal t1_j9pr3mz wrote

Yes, I think it is. I mean, it’s not BU or NEU, and obviously it’s not Harvard or MIT, but it’s perfectly good and benefits from being in a city with such an educated population. I didn’t say excellent; I said good. I stand by that.

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Doortofreeside t1_j9pszj1 wrote

Fwiw Suffolk and umass boston are tied at 234 in the US news and world report rankings for national universities. Obviously those rankings are to be taken with a large grain of salt, but still if it were me or my kid I'd need the expensive private school to be way better than the state school to justify that cost

Personally I already think BU and NEU, at full price, are terrible values relative to their public school peers

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SpindriftRascal t1_j9q4edh wrote

Those rankings are silly.

I understand your point about cost. For some people, that’s a big factor; for others, it’s not relevant.

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