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Basically, you're right.
BC and BU have some sports stature but there is a gigantic cluster of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; 154,000 students at the last count that I saw. There are ongoing municipal studies and programs because, although there is a very large student population from outside the area, the metro is only retaining about 50% of it's graduate population. It's a small brain drain. While sports has its tradition in the metro area, there is a much higher emphasis on education. During my four years in high school, we were Class B state champions twice in baseball, once in hockey and contended in football and golf. Basket ball was a non-starter. But, we had no locker room, no gymnasium, no stadium, no practice field and no ice rink. Sports were totally extra-curricular except for a stipend given to the sports program for coaching and some equipment. If you were an athlete, you or your parents paid for most of your equipment. But, we had new classrooms and state of the art laboratories. 95% of each graduating class went on to college.
I have two cousins who grew up in New Mexico and both were sports scholarship football and track stars. They went to UNM. Both are minimally functional in math and English. But UNM has a great sports program.
BC and BU have some sports stature but there is a gigantic cluster of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; 154,000 students at the last count that I saw. There are ongoing municipal studies and programs because, although there is a very large student population from outside the area, the metro is only retaining about 50% of it's graduate population. It's a small brain drain. While sports has its tradition in the metro area, there is a much higher emphasis on education. During my four years in high school, we were Class B state champions twice in baseball, once in hockey and contended in football and golf. Basket ball was a non-starter. But, we had no locker room, no gymnasium, no stadium, no practice field and no ice rink. Sports were totally extra-curricular except for a stipend given to the sports program for coaching and some equipment. If you were an athlete, you or your parents paid for most of your equipment. But, we had new classrooms and state of the art laboratories. 95% of each graduating class went on to college.
I have two cousins who grew up in New Mexico and both were sports scholarship football and track stars. They went to UNM. Both are minimally functional in math and English. But UNM has a great sports program.
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Basically, you're right.
BC and BU have some sports stature but there is a gigantic cluster of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; 154,000 students at the last count that I saw. There are ongoing municipal studies and programs because, although there is a very large student population from outside the area, the metro is only retaining about 50% of it's graduate population. It's a small brain drain. While sports has its tradition in the metro area, there is a much higher emphasis on education. During my four years in high school, we were Class B state champions twice in baseball, once in hockey and contended in football and golf. Basket ball was a non-starter. But, we had no locker room, no gymnasium, no stadium, no practice field and no ice rink. Sports were totally extra-curricular except for a stipend given to the sports program for coaching and some equipment. If you were an athlete, you or your parents paid for most of your equipment. But, we had new classrooms and state of the art laboratories. 95% of each graduating class went on to college.
I have two cousins who grew up in New Mexico and both were sports scholarship football and track stars. They went to UNM. Both are minimally functional in math and English. But UNM has a great sports program.
BC and BU have some sports stature but there is a gigantic cluster of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; 154,000 students at the last count that I saw. There are ongoing municipal studies and programs because, although there is a very large student population from outside the area, the metro is only retaining about 50% of it's graduate population. It's a small brain drain. While sports has its tradition in the metro area, there is a much higher emphasis on education. During my four years in high school, we were Class B state champions twice in baseball, once in hockey and contended in football and golf. Basket ball was a non-starter. But, we had no locker room, no gymnasium, no stadium, no practice field and no ice rink. Sports were totally extra-curricular except for a stipend given to the sports program for coaching and some equipment. If you were an athlete, you or your parents paid for most of your equipment. But, we had new classrooms and state of the art laboratories. 95% of each graduating class went on to college.
I have two cousins who grew up in New Mexico and both were sports scholarship football and track stars. They went to UNM. Both are minimally functional in math and English. But UNM has a great sports program.
I was just pulling Bill's chain.