At an elite university such as Boston College, students expect the most bang for their buck, and they’re not afraid to remind you of that fact. Here is a comprehensive list of 65 things that should be better financed by the astronomical price of an education at this school.
I don’t pay $65,000…
- for the Plex.
- to wait in line for 30 minutes for a Tuscan Chicken and not even get Maria.
- to get rejected from service clubs.
- to get rejected from mod parties.
- to get rejected from Kairos.
- for Carney.
- for Newton.
- for CoRo.
- for Greycliff.
- to have Transloc awaiting a prediction…
- for Turkey and Swiss on Multigrain.
- to get stuck in a Walsh elevator.
- to get the cold shoulder from Dolores in the Rat.
- for single ply toilet paper.
- to be single.
- to have Kerry Cronin remind me of how single I am.
- to be the ugly friend.
- to not be able to speak the same language as my calc TA.
- for HerCampus.
- for Eduroam.
- for cold mozz sticks.
- for grounds in my shitty fair trade coffee.
- to listen to Mike @ Mac’s music playlist during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- for no central air.
- to fail gen chem.
- to drop premed because I failed gen chem.
- for 3 years of housing.
- to not make the campus story.
- for Rubinoff.
- to take Alcohol Edu.
- to not have a Shea wristband.
- to not have a foam mattress pad.
- to not have a Keurig.
- to get a shitty class pick time.
- to not get tickets to the Notre Dame game.
- to get harassed by Arrupe for meal plan money.
- to run out of meal plan money because I donated to Arrupe.
- to stand outside of my dorm in my towel while the RA confiscates my alcohol.
- to not receive free condoms/ birth control.
- to leave my bookbag outside of On the Fly/Bookstore.
- to not be strong enough to open the back door of the Rat.
- to get transported to St. E’s.
- to pregame in a double on upper.
- to be ranked #30 by USNWR.
- to listen to my CSOM friends talk about their #4 Bloomberg ranking.
- to get DJ Earworm for Modstock.
- to get a grad student as an econ professor.
- to use BC UIS.
- to need 2 forms of ID to get into Green Briar.
- for BC not to divest in fossil fuels.
- for Hillside not to be on the meal plan.
- for weekly ResLife emails.
- for Canvas notifications.
- to pay an additional $20 when I lose my ID.
- to pay an additional $30 for printing.
- to pay an additional $200 for a Gold Pass.
- to never make it past half time at a football game.
- to have the froyo machine broken 90% of the time.
- to never win an intramural mug.
- to have a language requirement.
- for these
The One Hundred Dollar Stairs located between McGuinn and Fulton - to get glared at in Bapst when I sneeze.
- to get glared at when I wear sweatpants to class.
- to have to put my bagel in the toaster 6 times.
- to get the BC lookaway.
You spelled Arrupe wrong.
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Thanks, John! I’ll make the edit.
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i love this camryn well done 👏🏻👍🏻
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transfer maybe?
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Sam, this article satirizes the entitilement of some Boston College students. I am very grateful for everything that Boston College affords me- everything on this list included.
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