To walk Boston's famous Freedom Trail is to travel streets that once knew Sam Adams, Paul Revere, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and countless other great Americans. The Black Heritage Trail and a Walking Tour of Literary Boston are easy weekend walks. A visit to the Old State House, the Boston Tea Party Ship, the Old South Meeting House, Old Ironsides and the Constitution Museum, creates a sense of history that can never be acquired from books alone. As near as it is to the city, Boston College is just as close to the country. Nearby Concord offers Walden Pond, the site of Thoreau's solitary cabin and the battleground at Concord's Old North Bridge.
Public transportation provides access to ocean beaches.
A short car trip brings picturesque Cape Cod within reach. All this makes Boston College Summer an ideal place for a college experience. Advising The formal curriculum is complemented by activities designed to extend each student's experience. Academic advising by professors and counselors assists students in their summer study as well as in planning for future study. A counseling appointment may be arranged with Dova Romelus in McGuinn Hall, Room 100, by telephoning 552-3800.