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Boston University

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityB+
Useful SchoolworkD- Excess CompetitionD
Academic SuccessF Creativity/ InnovationC
Individual ValueD- University Resource UseC
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyC- FriendlinessC
Campus MaintenanceD+ Social LifeF
Surrounding CityA Extra CurricularsB
Describes the student body as:
Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful, Arrogant

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She cares more about Social Life than the average student.
Date: Nov 02 2009
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
DO NOT TRANSFER INTO THIS SCHOOL. I attended a different university my freshman year, and coming to BU my sophomore year was the worst decision I ever made. The school puts all the transfers together, which is somewhat helpful, but it is nearly impossible to make friends with students that started BU their freshman year. This is because students tend to be snooty, cold, and rude about making new friends, and in general I have found the students at BU to be ridiculously socially awkward and boring personality wise. I am a very social and outgoing person, but after a year of putting in my best effort to make friends, I eventually became very discouraged and just gave up. I have a good small group of friends, but I really don't understand the attitude kids seem to have here about being above everyone else, maybe because they need to brag about their money or maybe they really just don't have any social skills? I find a lot of the kids here to be really immature too. It's kind of like talking to 9th graders sometimes. So weird

Anyway, BU is also terrible at helping you find a major, at least in CAS. I have been through like 4 majors just because the guidance counselors are virtually absent/don't have any advice, and therefore you end up wasting a lot of time and pouring more money into the money-minded business that is BU. I have found a lot of my teachers pretty uninspiring, and BU is obviously trying to pose as a better school than it actually is by giving a ridiculous amount of useless busy work that really only serves to overwhelm you. I feel like I have learned very little from my classes except how to rush through work so I can go to bed at a decent hour. Grade deflation is very obviously occurring as well. A's are very rare unless you literally devote every waking moment to your school work and write of being social all together. It's pretty disheartening and does not give confidence to students at all.

The social life is a bust too. BU has a ton of bizarre rules that end up treating students like babies that can't take care of themselves. They even tell you at orientation that if your friend passes out at a party and you call an ambulance, that you might get in trouble with BU for being at a party. What the hell, BU? Also, the parties here SUCK. Most are put on by frats and they pretty much get old after the first semester of being here. Smaller off campus parties are better, but honestly, its worth getting a really good fake and just asking 21+ kids which are the easier bars/clubs to get into. Boston is really tight on IDing though, so you will probably lose your first 2 or 3 IDs…which is quite an investment. Anyway, my experience here might just be terrible because I'm a transfer, but I had really high hopes for the school being a fun, interesting, open-minded, and diverse place, and it is really none of those things. It's really just expensive, arrogant, self- righteous, boring, and for some reason harbors a bunch of social weirdos. To each his own I guess, but if you want to have a fun time at college, and also feel like you are learning information that will stay with you, and that is meaningful, well, then I simply do not recommend BU.

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