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No on-campus housing at all. They don't even have enough for the
undergrads and force them to live off-campus at least one year. It is
Boston, so it is expensive. But BC is pretty good about listing off-
campus stuff, and there are tons of leasing agents around, most of whom
work with students, so are relatively reputable and reasonably priced.
The law school is on its own campus, with just it and a bunch of
freshman dorms, so that's kind of a weird dynamic. The business school
is on the main campus. Both have ample parking, provided you buy a
sticker (which is pretty reasonably priced, considering it's Boston).
The other option is public transportation, which is prevalent. BC main
campus is at the end of the B Green Line, and BC shuttles run from the
end of the B line to the law school campus (maybe 1-2 miles away), and
make a couple of other convenient stops too. The B line runs along Comm
Ave, which is mostly residential, and mostly students/young
professionals, so the vast majority of students have a very
straightforward commute. Both schools have VERY new (like <5 years old)
buildings which are GORGEOUS, laptop/Internet hook-ups at almost every
seat in every classroom, amazing libraries, etc. VERY VERY nice. The
campuses are pretty safe, very nicely maintained, and just pleasant to
be on. The neighborhood is a mix of student housing/dining/laundromat
kind of things, and VERY upscale homes, so there is some tension there,
but it's not the dangerous kind. It is maybe 30-45 min on the B line to
downtown Boston, but only about 15 by cab. Cleveland Circle, Brookline,
Newton Center, these are all student neighborhoods where you can get to
either campus in 15 min by public transportation and all are full of
nice but affordable housing, Starbucks, Thai restaurants, Irish bars,
upscale microbreweries ... pretty much anything you can want! Being a
grad student, the undergrads can get a little wearing, but it still is
nice to be able to go to BC football games, which are very Ra Ra, and
have that campus life but be near enough a city that you can have a real
internship or go clubbing when the mood strikes. One thing that is not
cool on campus is that the undergrad dining facilities are pretty bad
(gloopy pizza, dreary tables, 18-year-olds screaming and throwing food
at each other), and getting off campus to a restaurant and back between
classes is pretty tight. Most grads bring food in during the day.
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