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Boston Vicinity, MA: Why Go
Look back on days of frivolous collegiate fun around Baahston.
School days, school days... Is your house abuzz with SAT results and US News and World Report college rankings? Are you feeling nostalgic for the glory days? Take a swing through the corridor of top-notch institutes of higher education around Boston.
Revisit an alma mater in the Boston area, with culture pit-stops at stylish in-house institutions like Boston College's McMullen Museum. Admire the spectacular views of Lake Waban at leafy Wellesley College. Think revolutionary thoughts as you wander the Brandeis campus, where Yippie icon Abby Hoffman spent his formative years. Whet the collegiate appetite of your kids in Amherst/NoHo with a visit to Antonio's Pizza, some of the best 'za you'll find on the East Coast. No college tour would be complete without a stop at The Pub, which will remind you of the spot where you did most of your "studying" way back when.
Recommendations & Suggestions
Amherst College
Amherst, MA
Phone: 413.542.2328
Named the best liberal arts college in the nation by US News and World Report, Amherst is nestled in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley. The school was founded in 1821 and enrolls 1600 students. The 1000-acre campus is adjacent to downtown Amherst and is home to the Dickinson Homestead, where Emily Dickinson wrote the vast majority of her poems and letters and the Frost Library where many of her original manuscripts are kept. You'll also get a great view of the Holyoke Mountain range from the campus War Memorial.
90 minutes west of Boston on I-90 and I-91. Go to www.amherst.edu for directions.
Go to http://www.amherst.edu/~admissio/visit/index.html for tour information.
Antonio's Pizza
31 North Pleasant Street
Phone: 413.253.0808
Simply put, some of the best pizza you'll find on the East Coast can be found in this cozy Amherst joint. Consistently ranked by the local five colleges as the "the best pizza you will ever have," this classic college town eatery offers over 20 "crazy but delicious toppings" including pesto w cheese tortellini, spicy chicken with blue cheese, or potato with bacon and cheddar. While you can expect a crowd anytime past 9pm the excellent service promises a quick turnaround. Many local students freely state that Antonio's is the number one reason to attend college in the Pioneer Valley.
90 minutes west of Boston on I-90 and I-91. Go to www.amherst.edu for directions.
Boston College
Main Campus
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Phone: 617.552.8000
Founded in 1863, Boston College is one of the oldest Jesuit universities in the United States. Located just outside Boston proper, the school enrolls 8,900 undergraduate and 4,600 graduate students. The university's 116-acre main campus is six miles from downtown Boston, with direct access to the city via trolley. Gasson Hall, the University's signature building built in 1913 and named for the school president that moved the campus from Boston to Newton, is home to the McMullen Museum of Art. The campus features four examples of English Collegiate Gothic architecture Gasson Hall, St. Mary's Hall, Bapst Library, and Devlin Hall, as the original architects for the school envisioned an "Oxford in America."
For a tour, go to http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/visits/ and for directions, go to http://www.bc.edu/about/maps/.
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Phone: 781.736.2000
A top-notch research institution and liberal arts college, Brandeis is the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored college or university in the country. A student body of 3,000 undergraduates and 1,200 graduate students attend this school, ranked as "Best Value" by U.S. News & World Report. Brandeis is located nine miles west of Boston, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on 235 acres. School nickname? The Judges.
www.brandeis.edu for maps and tour information.
McMullen Museum of Art
Devlin Hall, Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Phone: 617.552.8100
Boston College's McMullen Museum is known primarily for its special exhibitions ranging from medieval religious objects to contemporary works by Irish women artists. The permanent collection permanent spans the history of art from Europe, Asia and the Americas, including Gothic and Baroque tapestries, 16th- and 17th-century Italian paintings, and American landscape paintings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum/collection.html for details.
Hours:Monday - Friday 11 am - 3 pm; Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
Admission is free.
The Pub
15 East Pleasant St
Phone: 413.549.1200
Amherst's favorite little bar, The Pub packs 'em in. Every walk of life can be found here -- from blue collar locals to preppy college kids. Family-run, modestly priced and efficient, The Pub is a casual place to feel out the local flavor of Amherst.
The Pub does not take reservations. All major credit cards are accepted. Smoking is not
allowed. Lunch is served daily from 11:30 am - 2:00 pm Dinner: 4:00 pm - 9:20 pm daily.
90 minutes west of Boston on I-90 and I-91. Go to www.amherst.edu for directions.
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Phone: 781.283.1000
The fourth best liberal arts college in the nation (according to US News and World Report) is an all-female institution, Wellesley College. Founded by Henry Fowle Durant, an impassioned believer in educational opportunity for women, Wellesley is also the most ethnically diverse campus on the East Coast. The campus of more than 500 acres of woodlands, hills, meadows, and arboretum and ponds borders Lake Waban in Wellesley, MA, near Boston, with architectural styles ranging from Gothic to contemporary. The focal point of the campus is Galen Stone Tower, which rises 182 feet
For tours and directions, go to http://www.wellesley.edu/Welcome/welcome.html.
