Our daughter specifically asked to visit MIT during our trip to Boston, and it ended up being one…read moreof the highlights of her visit. As a parent, there's something special about watching your child stand in front of a place they've only heard about and start imagining what their future could look like. We spent time walking around campus, taking photos, and soaking in the atmosphere. What stood out most was how much the campus felt like a place where people are actively building and creating things. There was an energy to it that was hard to describe but easy to feel. We also had a memorable moment when a professor kindly let us inside one of the buildings. It wasn't something we expected, but it gave us a glimpse into the community and generosity that can make a place feel welcoming rather than intimidating. Even if you're not a prospective student, MIT is worth visiting for the architecture, history, and sense of innovation that seems to be woven into the campus. For our daughter, it was inspiring. For us, it was fun to see her dream a little bigger.

It was fun to visit MIT before I headed off to my Master's at Brown University in Rhode Island…read more There are some architectural gems (one reminded me of the Dancing House in Prague), and walk around the campus. Cool school to visit and walk around!

Studying at FMC was a truly rewarding experience. The administration, staff and faculty worked in…read moretandem to create an environment where students were both challenged academically and supported for success professionally. The curriculum was intensive, comprehensive, and focused on preparing students for the National and State Board Exams as well as life beyond the classroom in the industry. COVID-19 disrupted our classroom learning and FMC made the transition to virtual learning as seamless and easy for the students as possible so we could continue our learning uninterrupted. I loved my time at FMC, and I look forward to staying involved with the school as well as the extensive and talented Alumni association through all of the networking opportunities FMC provides!

This school always changes their rules when they see fit. The president of the school does not…read moreuphold the integrity of this school, in fact he will yell and be extremely disrespectful. The program director is no better and good luck trying to get ahold of anyone if it doesn't benefit them. They will fail you for a class, even if you are one point away from passing just to get more money or not let you take classes if they feel you're not ready for that class. You can't use financial aid if you're only taking 1 class each term. Now they are making it to where you have to attend an in class 1 week, 40 hrs at your own expense in order to pass restorative art. They do not care if you have a job, you have to go by their schedule and they make it known and will say "I think you need to prioritize you life because your in school and school should be number one right now"! You don't get to see your exams to see what you got wrong so you can study more on where you need to. Don't use your school email for anything but school because the president has access to all emails and will read everything. Also, your school email is deactivated immediately once you complete the course. If I could tell anyone anything about this school...... don't attend!!! Find somewhere else!!!!

My daughter attended this school for about a year in 2025- not a safe school. Bullying is reported…read morebut not addressed, verbal aggression is allowed, staff are not good at de-escalation or using evidenced based approach to teach skills to youth with ASD. I spoke to many other parents who had bad experiences. Does not collaborate well with outside providers. Caused major regression in behavior and no access to vocational opportunities. Poorly run from the top down. New leadership needed. Your kid would be better off at home than here!

Amazing campus, although it would be better if they had a flagpole out front of the school and…read moreflags in each classroom and a flag in the gym to make it feel more like a school and comfortable

I've been a graduate student here for the past two years and I can honestly say I've never attended…read morea school where I've felt such care and concern from the faculty. The master's in mental health program was emotionally intense and this prepared me for work in the field. The course material is usually well chosen and full of new and interesting information. I don't think there is another program out there that does as thorough of a job preparing you to practice in mental health.

An emphasis on academic and process teaching sets the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis…read moreapart in preparing students to practice with enhanced clinical rigor. This leads to improved client outcomes and clinician confidence. Engaged faculty, small group classes and excellent supervision support professional and personal growth. As a graduate of the clinical doctoral program I continue to deepen my therapeutic skills in working with a wide variety of client populations while also experiencing enriching collegial relationships.

This is the second executive level course I have been privileged to take at the Kennedy School of…read moreGovernment (KSG). The first was two years ago, the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, and this last one as the Senior Executive Fellows Program, this last one a grueling and intensive month-long experience. Both courses are outstanding. The modified Socratic method of learning as well as the case study methodology of the school, lends to an optimum learning environment by the attendees. The faculty staff and guest lecturers were not only authorities in their particular fields, but in many cases, internationally recognized actors in the world stage. In both courses, the student body was mixed and carefully chosen to ensure the best experience for all. From foreign ministers and foreign government agency heads to high-ranking US government, non-profit organizations and captains of industry, the conversation and networking among attendees is undoubtedly the feather in the cap of a course of this nature. As in all busy institutions, the support staff bent over backwards to be of assistance even when it was obvious they were overwhelmed. And as in all cases, a bit of civility and a smile worked wonderfully with them.

Great facility! This was my first trip to Harvard and it met my every expectation. The…read morefacilitators were fantastic as were the professors. Loved breakfast each morning in the atrium. Close to nearby restaurants, bookstores and coffee shops. The Charles was a block away.

This is the Faculty Group Practice w/in the Harvard School of Dental Medicine…read more It's very difficult to book an appointment here. They never answer their phones! Plus, they're usually booked up months in advance. If you do finally get an appointment you will get great service. Kind of expensive though. $95 for a 5 minute visit where I asked 1 question about a sensitive tooth.

I have been a victim of malpractice and negligence, and have suffered from severe pain for more…read morethan a year due to faulty practice at Harvard Dental Center FACULTY practice. After discussing with many people I noticed that Harvard Dental Center has had the reputation of having high rates of malpractice. Read some more patient reviews of Harvard Dental Center at reviews for harvard school of dental medicine and harvard dental center brookline. Please read a lot of reviews before choosing a dental center and a dentist to make sure you receive the care that you deserve. Take your oral health seriously and don't take risk. Go elsewhere, somewhere that you find good reputation, skill, and professional care. A big name (Harvard) does not bring any value here. It is the reputation and professionalism that matters.

GISB is not only our three kids' school, but it is also our family's cultural home. All our…read morechildren started in GISB preschool, and by now, our oldest daughter is studying neuroscience at Boston University, our son is writing his "Abitur" right now and will decide if he wants to study in the US or in Europe, and our 8th grader can't stop talking about how excited she is to go for a school exchange with Oslo next school year. Over the 16 years at GISB, our kids have always been taken care of, both emotionally and academically. The teachers are young and committed, the principal is competent and visionary, the parent community is strong and supportive. The German International School Boston has that name for a reason. The curriculum is German based but also covers the American highschool curriculum, and our families are international. Last year we had 39 different nationalities at our school. The annual turnover is hard, many families come for a predefined amount of time to Boston and then leave (some also stay!). But that also means that you have friends all over the world since GISB by now has a worldwide network of families who help each other. Our graduates finish school with the International Abitur and the Massachusetts High School diploma, opening doors all over the US and Europe. If you want your child grow up in a warm, nurturing setting where he/she will be raised with excellent academics and a strong focus on character-building, then you should consider this truly wonderful school!

My children attended GISB for four years. Below is an honest review of our experience. I wish I…read morehad an honest review of the school before we had decided to enroll there. Hopefully this will help parents who are considering GISB make an informed decision. Location: The traffic in Allston is bad now and will only get worse as Harvard opens its new Engineering Campus in 2020. Facilities: Upper campus is an old Catholic school that is quite shabby in areas. There is no air conditioning in the summer. The heat fails in the winter. The paint is worn out in the stairwells. The parking lot has rusty twisted broken fences. Some specific spaces such as the library have been renovated recently and are OK. Lower Campus, where the pre-K and K grades are located, is a recently converted office building. The lower campus space turns out to be quite cramped when it is full of students. If you have a young active child that needs to move and get their wiggles out over the course of the day this will be a challenging environment for them. Tuition: The German International School of Boston (GISB) demands all the tuition upfront for the school year and there are no refunds for any reason. Buyers beware of any service that demands all the money up front and puts "no refunds for any reason" in the fine print. There are also a lot of various extra fees for the after school classes, ski week, vacation week camp, etc. School Calendar: The GISB academic calendar follows the German academic calendar rather than the American academic calendar. This means that there are two week breaks in February and April where parents must scramble for childcare. Teacher turn over: In the four years that my kids attended GISB they lost teachers every year (sometimes even mid-year) for a variety of reasons (disputes over pay with the administration, visa issues, pregnancy, health problems, etc.). There is no substitute teacher pool to draw on so when a teacher is sick it is a mad scramble to cover the classroom. Even when there is plenty of advance warning of a teacher's departure. (This teacher is pregnant. She will be going out on maternity leave in 4 months.) There was no planning on the part of the administration on how to cover the class room and it was an ad hoc assortment of people covering the class which was very detrimental to the students. Teacher's Credentials: Being a private school the teachers are not subject to the same credentialing criteria as public-school teachers. When I asked the administration if I could see the credentials of my kid's teachers, I was told no. What are they hiding? Why won't they share their teaching staff's credentials? Teaching style: Modern pedagogy acknowledges that students have a variety of learning styles and that teachers need to craft their lesson plans to cover different types of learners. GISB seems firmly stuck in the 19th century with one method of teaching and if your kid doesn't get it too bad. It obviously must be the kid's fault. My older child entered public school a full year behind in reading skills than his peers after we left GISB. Thankfully he was immediately identified as someone who needed some extra help with learning to read and after just one semester in public-school, he was up to grade level. Clearly there was no learning disability on my child's part. My child just hadn't been taught to read. I have talked to other parents who have left GISB for public-school and they have related similar experiences. If a school can't do something as basic as effectively teach kids to read... Social Environment: The small classes mean that the social environment is somewhat stifling. If you kid doesn't make a friend in the handful of other kids in their class, it will be a long lonely year. If your kid becomes the target of a bully, there is no avoiding the bully. The bully is right there all the time. The teachers seem at a complete loss of what to do when bullying is brought to their attention. The teachers and school administration at GISB clearly view the student's behavioral, emotional, and social development as not their responsibility. My experience so far in the public-school system is the complete opposite. The public-school system views its mandate as helping children grow as a whole person and this includes the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral development. Addressing of Concerns and Grievances: The GISB administration, parent council, and GISB board have no interest is addressing issues that are brought to their attention. There is a constant shirking of responsibility. The standard excuse they all give is "But you have to understand GISB is a young school." GISB has been around for 18 years and there are plenty of resources available on how to effectively run a school. The public-school principal of my children's current school has a clear "The buck stops here." attitude which is so refreshing after GISB.

Disclosure: I know Tim T. personally and attended BU CFA concurrently but was in the Masters of…read moreMusic Education program. Everything Tim mentions about the facilities is completely true. There was a renovation of the practice facilities in the basement but I was not attending when this was completed and open to the student body so in my experience some things were worse in my experience than they are now. I cannot say in my time there that I've been subjected to a large amount of sub par teaching. That has happened though with an adjunct professor or two but not within the faculty that I had as advisors and not at all with my primary instructional faculty. So, it boils down neatly to costs and this is a really big deal. I was lucky to attend BU as an independent adult learner with cash available to pay for my degree. A doctoral candidate isn't in a position like mine (2-3 years tops to completion) so they really have you by the hair when you sign on for such a thing in the monetary department. My recommendation? If you're determined to have a terminal degree in music education, have researched and met the faculty that you're going to be working with at BU to that end and have the funds - go for it. If not? Consider a moderately priced EdD degree from any of our fine state universities in Massachusetts.

Maybe I am bias since I am an alum of this college, but I love it here. I spent 4 years of my life…read moresculpting, printing, drawing and painting. Although an older building (at the time I attended BU), this was the appropriate environment for the introverted, starving artist . Painted sinks in the bathrooms, cold and drafty, the smell of oil paint and paint thinner, older floor tiles, dark corners, etc. It was also a great venue for artist exhibits and concerts. Since graduation, I have also attended free drawing classes for alum, great way to relax and feel challenged. Thank you SFA (was School for the Arts when I attended) for 4 great years and the friends I made!