College Snap Shots

In an effort to provide Burlington High School students and their families with relevant and up-to-date college information, the Guidance Staff will be visiting various colleges and universities and providing you with information. The colleges visited do not represent a preference on the part of the BHS Guidance Department towards any particular school.

In the college search process, many things are taken into consideration. Things that are considered, but not limited to are: campus size, location, number of students on campus, majors, tuition, distance from home, athletic programs, clubs and other activities. When considering a college, students must also make realistic decisions based on personal interest, grades, test scores, etc.

The department feels that the college visit is an integral part of the process, and we strongly encourage students to visit any and all schools that interest them, especially if these schools are fairly close by. The information we provide is only a small snapshot into each respective college. We hope to add information about other schools in the future, and as always we appreciate any feedback that you have that would help us provide our students and their families useful information in the sometimes overwhelming college search process.

Furthermore we ask that students also research colleges by using their Naviance accounts and scheduling meetings with their counselor on a consistent basis. Please feel free to contact your son or daughter's individual counselor if you have any further questions.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Bunker Hill Community College

12/9/1
Visited by:  Gloria Wojtaszek

Located in Charlestown, Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts and is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the state, also. 

Charlestown Campus
Campus Type: Bunker Hill Community College is a multi-campus urban institution. The Charlestown Campus is situated on 42 acres in the historic Charlestown section of Boston.  The College has a campus in Chelsea, in the historic Old Post Office Building in Bellingham Squarre. The college operates four satellite campuses in the Greater Boston area:  the Education and Training Institute of the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Malden HS, the Mystic Activity Center in Somerville and at Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion (IBA)/Villa Victoria in Boston's South End.



Population of School: 13,000 students on two campuses and at four satellite locations. The College also enrolls more than 734 international students who come from more than 95 countries and speak 75 different languages. Six in ten students are people of color and more than half of BHCC's students are women.


Profile of students: The average age of students is 27.  The majority work full or part time while attending college. Approximately 35% of BHCC's students reside in the city of Boston and 81 percent live within 10 miles of the college campuses.


BHCC incorporates multicultural and international perspectives in its courses, programs and institutional climate. With some 734 international students from more than 95 countries speaking 75 different languages, BHCC is one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan colleges in New England. The College has one of the state's largest course offerings in English as a Second Language. A representative list of the native languages spoken by students includes Russian, Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic and Italian.


The college offers associate degree programs as well as certificate programs in a wide variety of technical fields. These academic and technical programs respond to the workforce needs of the local and regional economy. BHCC's degree and certificate programs prepare students for job placement, career advancement and/or transfer to four-year colleges and universities.


BHS Application History
Class                      Applied         Admitted       Enrolled
2011                        2                     2                  1
2010                        3                     3                  1
2009                        2                     2                  1
2008                        1                     1                  0



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