Hometown: Perth, Australia

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Economics

Favorite Place on Campus: St. Joseph's Chapel

Favorite Meal on Campus: BC Burger

Favorite Class/Professor: First Year Writing Seminar with Prof. Cronis

Favorite Club Involvement: Sons of Saint Patrick

Favorite BC Tradition: Red Bandana Football Game

Favorite BC Memory: My first tailgate and football game at BC

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: I really like how faith-centered BC is and how central the Jesuit Catholic values are embued into everything such as the Core Curriculum.

Hometown: Boston, MA

Academic Division: Connell School of Nursing

Major: Global Public Health

Minor: Management and Leadership

Favorite Place on Campus: 245 Beacon St

Favorite Meal on Campus: Thai Lettuce Wraps

Favorite Class/Professor: Managing Diversity w/ Angela Clark

Favorite Club Involvement: BSF, BMP

Favorite BC Tradition: Family Weekend

Favorite BC Memory: Family tailgates with my friends and family on family weekends

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: My friends, club involvements, and community make BC feel like home. I am surrounded by people I consider family, who make both learning and life easier

Hometown: Wilmette, Illinois

Academic Division: Connell School of Nursing

Major: Nursing

Favorite Place on Campus: Gasson Basement (center for student wellness)

Favorite Meal on Campus: Mac Salad Bar!

Favorite Class/Professor: Geographies of Imperialism with Professor Shlala and Professor Delong-Bas

Favorite Club Involvement: Center for Student Wellness

Favorite BC Tradition: Red Bandana Game

Favorite BC Memory: Sitting outside on the quad during nice days and getting to say hi to everyone on campus

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: The people! You will never find a group of more supporting faculty, staff, and other students that genuinely care about your wellbeing. BC is dedicated to helping others and you can see it through the classes we take, the clubs we are involved in, and the traditions that we participate in.

Hometown: Panama City, Panama

Academic Division: Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Major: Applied Psychology and Human Development/Communication

Minor: General Business

Favorite Place on Campus: 5th Floor 245 Beacon St

Favorite Meal on Campus: Eagles Bowls

Favorite Class/Professor: Engaging Catholicism w/ Prof. Liam Bergin

Favorite Club Involvement: SAP

Favorite BC Tradition: Red Bandana Game

Favorite BC Memory: Doing the Red Bandana Run with all my friends in freshman year and celebrating afterwards!

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: It's a university filled with people who are there for one another. Wether that be helping out on a class assignment or showing up for a club's dance performance, community here is built and found in every corner

Hometown: Springfield, MA

Academic Division: Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Major: Elementary Education and Applied Psychology and Human Development

Favorite Place on Campus: The Rat (Lyons Hall)

Favorite Meal on Campus: Quesadilla and Plantain

Favorite Class/Professor: Interpersonal Relations, Oh Myo Kim

Favorite Club Involvement: FISTS (Females Incorporating Sisterhood Through Step)

Favorite BC Tradition: ALC Showdown

Favorite BC Memory: Winning ALC Showdown 2024 and having Marathon Monday right after!

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: Interconnected community, having peers who will advocate for you, and a dedication of service to others

Hometown: Rialto, CA

Academic Division: Carroll School of Management

Major: Information Systems and Entrepreneurship

Minor: Managing for Social Impact

Favorite Place on Campus: 245 Beacon

Favorite Meal on Campus: Korean salmon bowls

Favorite Class/Professor: Literature, Testimony, and Justice with Lori Harrison-Kahan

Favorite Club Involvement: BC BEATS

Favorite BC Tradition: ALC Showdown

Favorite BC Memory: Playing in the snow on Lower campus earlier this year! Watching all of the upperclassmen bring out their laundry baskets and trays to sled and make snowmen was simply magical.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: Definitely the people! While BC has distinctive communities and pockets of people, there's a larger, uniting sense of pride and identity that's completely unique to our campus. Eagles support each other whether they're a staff member, faculty, undergrad or grad student, and everyone feels this responsibility to positively impact the world. That sense of civic duty and religion is what makes BC feel like a safe place to explore your talents and find like-minded people.

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Communication

Minor: Marketing & Managing for Social Impact

Favorite Place on Campus: Gasson Quad in the spring

Favorite Meal on Campus: Mac and Cheese bowl with popcorn chicken

Favorite Class/Professor: Sports, Media & Culture with Mike Serazio

Favorite Club Involvement: CAB

Favorite BC Tradition: Mud/Modstock

Favorite BC Memory: Spending 8 hours staffing Mudstock with all my friends & getting to play

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: The people truly make the place! The community I have found at BC has been so special and you can really tell everyone here loves to be here. I love the volunteer aspect of BC as well and the fact the student body wants to get involved with the greater Boston area

Hometown: Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Neuroscience

Minor: Medical Humanities

Favorite Place on Campus: Stokes 2nd Floor "Bridge"

Favorite Meal on Campus: Philly cheese steak

Favorite Class/Professor: Organic Chemistry

Favorite Club Involvement: PRSA

Favorite BC Tradition: Marathon Monday

Favorite BC Memory: My best BC memory is standing shoulder to shoulder with friends and strangers alike on Marathon Monday, all of us cheering our lungs out with unmatched BC spirit as runners powered up Heartbreak Hill.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: Boston College feels like home because of the students (driven, compassionate, and grounded in Jesuit values) who create a community where people not only strive for excellence but also genuinely care for one another.

Hometown: Andover, Massachusetts

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Environmental Studies

Minor: English

Favorite Place on Campus: The Radio Station

Favorite Meal on Campus: Eagle's Nest Presser

Favorite Class/Professor: Environmental Sociology // Prof. Jennifer Burns

Favorite Club Involvement: Camp Kesem, WZBC

Favorite BC Tradition: Marathon Monday

Favorite BC Memory: Meeting my friends on the quad between classes on sunny days towards the end of the year.

Hometown: Millis, Massachusetts

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Economics

Minor: Hispanic Studies

Favorite Place on Campus: The Market @ Lower

Favorite Meal on Campus: Dumpling Bowl

Favorite Class/Professor: Reimagining School and Society w/ Samantha Deane

Favorite Club Involvement: Synergy

Favorite BC Tradition: Marathon Monday

Favorite BC Memory: BC vs. BU Hockey Game

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: BC students are unlike others in the sense that they genuinely appreciate diverse interests and personalities. You can always find a place where you feel welcomed and appreciated!

Hometown: Apex, NC

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Linguistics

Minor: German

Favorite Place on Campus: Stokes Bridge

Favorite Meal on Campus: Eagles Bowl

Favorite Class/Professor: Linguistic Structure of Japanese with Prof. Thomas

Favorite Club Involvement: SAP, Linguistics Club

Favorite BC Tradition: Beanpot

Favorite BC Memory: Winning Hockey East Finals 2024

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: The community and the people - BC's commitment to fostering a community and the student body's appreciation for the tradition and values that make BC unique

Hometown: Brooklyn, New York

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Political Science

Minor: Journalism

Favorite Place on Campus: Stokes Arch

Favorite Meal on Campus: Stunini

Favorite Class/Professor: Metropolitan America / Prof. Glass

Favorite Club Involvement: The Heights

Favorite BC Tradition: ALC Showdown

Favorite BC Memory: During the first major snowfall of the year, using cardboards as makeshift sleds to slide down the Keyes Hill.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: The sense of family and community I've found at BC, along with the campus-wide events that have fostered those connections.

Hometown: Canton, Massachusetts

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Political Science

Minor: Marketing & Theater

Favorite Place on Campus: St. Ignatius Church

Favorite Meal on Campus: BC Burger

Favorite Class/Professor: God, Self, and Society with Father Mendoza and Father Danny Gustufson

Favorite Club Involvement: The Heightsmen a cappella group

Favorite BC Tradition: Red Bandana Football Game

Favorite BC Memory: Performing in my first Heightsmen Café

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: Beyond receiving a prestigious education from the most intellectual and passionate group of faculty you could ask for, the Jesuit values of empathy, compassion, and a care for the whole person that BC promotes inside and out of the classroom will serve me for my entire life, and have truly shaped me into the person I am today

Hometown: Bethesda, MD

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Biology

Minor: Global Public Health and the Common Good

Favorite Place on Campus: Stokes Amphitheater

Favorite Meal on Campus: Mac salads

Favorite Class/Professor: Intro to Epi with Ashley Longacre

Favorite Club Involvement: SAP

Favorite BC Tradition: Christmas tree lighting

Favorite BC Memory: Watching the marathon runners for the first time freshman year marathon Monday.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: The community! Everyone here is so welcoming, has a ton of pride in the school, and wants each other to succeed.

Hometown: Media, Pennsylvania

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Majors: Computer Science, Mathematics

Favorite Place on Campus: Gasson Quad (when the weather is nice) and Stokes

Favorite Meal on Campus: Chicken dumplings w/ spring rolls

Favorite Class/Professor: Perspectives w/ Fr. Shea

Favorite Club Involvement: SAP, RHA

Favorite BC Tradition: Beanpot

Favorite BC Memory: Going to the hockey games with my friends

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: I found the community to be special both through alumni (family and strangers) and talking to people on campus during Admitted Eagle Day and knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. Since getting here, I have met so many amazing people and become a part of the community that drew me to the school more than anything else.

Hometown: Denver, CO

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Political Science

Minor: History

Favorite Place on Campus: The Reservoir (does that count?)

Favorite Meal on Campus: Veggie sandwich at Cafe 129

Favorite Class/Professor: Islam/Christianity in Dialogue w/ Prof. Delong-Bas

Favorite Club Involvement: The CommonTones of Boston College

Favorite BC Tradition: Marmon/Arts Fest

Favorite BC Memory: My favorite memory at BC is definently the first white-out hockey game I went to in my junior year. My friends and I were super pumped to be sitting near the front and got pictures with Baldwin.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: BC has been a place to make space, to build a home and be myself. BC is home because my dreams feel possible.

Hometown: Wilbraham, MA

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Economics

Minor: International Studies & General Business

Favorite Place on Campus: The Theology Library

Favorite Meal on Campus: Mac Salad Bar

Favorite Class/Professor: Microeconomics w/ Prof. Rutledge

Favorite Club Involvement: SAP

Favorite BC Tradition: Marathon Monday

Favorite BC Memory: Making it to the semifinals in intramural volleyball

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: I chose BC for its strong sense of community and that community continues to make BC feel like home

Hometown: Alamo, Texas

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Political Science

Minor: Applied Psychology

Favorite Place on Campus: Stokes South Piano Room

Favorite Meal on Campus: Steak and Cheese from Lower; Acai bowl from Eagles

Favorite Class/Professor: Latin American Politics/ Fernando Bizzarro

Favorite Club Involvement: FYE OL

Favorite BC Tradition: Christmas tree lighting

Favorite BC Memory: First snow freshman year, walking to Gasson with friends and playing in the snow.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: What makes BC feel like home is the people. I believe home is where your heart is, and your heart is where the people you love and care about are. I have met some of my best friends here at BC, and I will forever be grateful for that. I have also been blessed with opportunity after opportunity here at this school. BC has given me so much that I would not have been able to experience had I stayed back home.

Hometown: East Lyme, Connecticut

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Environmental Studies

Minor: Leadership in Higher Education and Community Settings

Favorite Place on Campus: Looking out over the million dollar stairs, or looking up from them!

Favorite Meal on Campus: Haley Jane's chicken sandwiches at Hillside Cafe

Favorite Class/Professor: Planet in Peril with Prof. Schor and Prof. Parthasarathi

Favorite Club Involvement: CLC and Campus Ministry

Favorite BC Tradition: Campus-wide Advent Mass and Mass of the Holy Spirit

Favorite BC Memory: It's simple, but taking advantage of beautiful days on campus sitting with friends are memories at BC that stick out to me the most. Sitting on the quad outside of Gasson Hall or watching a sunset while eating dinner outside of our lower dining hall with people I love make me so grateful to be at Boston College.

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: BC feels like home to me because everyone here does truly care about you and want you to thrive, not only as a student, but as a person. I never feel nervous or intimidated talking to a professor, advisor, or upperclassmen on campus because everyone is so welcoming and wants you to feel loved/supported!

Hometown: Big Island, Hawaii

Academic Division: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Major: Environmental Studies; Concentration in Environmental Justice and Policy

Minor: Managing of Social Impact

Favorite Place on Campus: The Quad next to Saint Mary's. Very underrated.

Favorite Meal on Campus: Eagles Nest Bowl or sometimes the Salmon from Lower

Favorite Class/Professor: Geographies of Nature and Environment with Professor Getzoff

Favorite Club Involvement: Japan Club of Boston College

Favorite BC Tradition: Marathon Monday and Football tailgates

Favorite BC Memory: Going on the weekend retreat with JCBC to Camp Burgess and having a snowball fight, making smores, and new friends!

Why BC? What makes BC feel like home?: There is a school for everyone, and BC feels like home because it is the perfect school for me. I feel supported by my professors and department faculty that hope to see students succeed and grow. I love the people that I've met here who I know will be lifelong friends. The students here are driven and high achievers, but know how to play hard too and make the most during their time in college.