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It's a big school.

Great Proffessors who KNOW what they are teaching!.

The school combines the best of the city of Boston with the best of a large university. The depth and breadth of course offerings is impressive from Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering to Advertising in the College of Communication to wine tasting in the School of Hospitality Administration, there is something for everyone. You can try one path and then switch as you figure out what you actually want to do with your life, all within one university.

A senior tells us about the positive and negative aspects of Boston University.

A senior tells us why living in Warren Towers was both his best and worst decision as a freshman.

Best and worst decisions of freshman year.

Female students at BU discuss their freshman year experiences.

Very diverse.

Very diverse . In the heart of the city so not the quietest campus. Green grass is rare on campus!

It's the perfect size. There are approximately 19,000 undergraduate students; however, it is not too big. I still run into people I know around campus all the time.

Very and urban thus encouraging the independent student

On a side note, I was at BU during the beginning of the war in Irag, and was impressed by the voices raised at BU. I participated in several walk outs and protests that were supported by faculty and administration alike. BU was really where I was able to find others with similar political leanings as my own, and it provided me with an open space to be able to explore that side of myself. While I am speaking from a bit of a liberal point of view, there was certainly space for conservative voices as well.

The dining hall muffins are fantastic.

The type of kids at a college is important to consider. Check out the percentage of kids from private high schools.

BU's blessing is its curse; the city of Boston. The city is wonderful, an extension of our campus. But Boston is also home to some of the most prestigious schools in the world, and BU is never able to fully shine in all its greatness when it's constantly in the shadow of these other schools. BU is constantly underrated, and a lot of people at BU are ungrateful and don't know how good they've got it here. I also hate those rankings that show BU so low compared to other Universities. This school is fucking hard! I've learned SO MUCH here -- about myself, about my major, about the business world, about LIFE! I feel well prepared as I'm about to graduate. I wish more people thought BU was as great of a school as I do.

BU is a balance. Its not a college town, there's no football team to root for and have everyone get behind, you have to way the pros and cons and determine what type of environment it is that you want out of college. BU is not for everyone, it's hard, you don't get cut much slack, and sometimes it just pisses you off. But to live in Boston and have the whole city around you is amazing. And while you may get frustrated, there are a lot of great people and organizations within the campus.

I think I included most everything in the questions. BU tries to rip you off at every turn. Don't let them.

BU does a good job of shrinking the school, but it really is up to the individual student to get involved. It's your own choice to be noticed or slip through the cracks. BU's study abroad is really good too- lots of choices. Also, the dinning hall is really not bad at all.

I really did like BU, now that I think about it. I just didn't like the idea of going to classes.

Something that I think is lacking in BU presently is a sense of activism or civic duty. We're living in such a contentious time and yet there is hardly any political presence on campus. I don't think I've seen more than a handful of protest-type events since I've been here, and issues of national or international importance are seldom discussed on a large forum. I understand that there are many things going on, but the Greenpeace petitioners freezing their asses off outside CAS shouldn't be the only people with a mission and a message out there. I think we need to take our power as students more seriously, whether it be to campaign for the next president or protest international violence or domestic torture or whatever the cause. We have a shitload of voices here, and I feel like all that's lacking is people and passion to rally those voices to do something good.

bu sucks. its too expensive for what it is. the academics are only mediocre, the advising is horrible. the school is more concerned with its reputation than with pushing its students toward academic success. many of the students seem like kids who are smart, but not smart enough to avoid spending a shitload of money on a mediocre school. the facilities are not nearly as good as they should be for the tuition students pay. the quality of professors is a crapshoot. dont go there unless you havea full tuition scholarship or have tons o money and can fit in with the rest of the rich, mediocre student body.