Boston University Top Questions

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It's a large campus with a lot of people. The financial aid is really high when they want you to attend the school, but it gets consistently lower as the years go on. There is grade deflation so that you will have to take classes over again over the summer.

The worst thing about my school is that there are many students smoking outside the dorms. As a non-smoker, I can't stand the smell of secondhand smoke. It is very annoying and bad for the health.

Some of the classes are very large and it can seem daunting to get to know your professor, especially if you are not exceedingly outgoing. But all hte professors do have office hours, you just have to go to them.

the business school feels it is better than everyone and frowns apon transfer students from other schools with in BU and also wants all college kids to look smart everyday for class with no track pants ect... hard for student athletes (like my self) who come straight from practise and i dont want to be biking all over campus in nice pants and tops ect.

The worst thing about BU is that it is extrememly expensive, $50,000/year. On top of that we don't even have a Medical Amnesty/Good Samaritan policy to protect students who have a medical emergency involving drugs and alcohol. Many students get hurt or die because they are too afraid of losing their housing/scholarship, etc. to call for help for themselves or a friend. The administration only pretends to listen to students concerns. They are run more like a business than a school.

The school is so large that it becomes difficult to feel comfortable and at home.

The worst thing about BU is the cost to go here.

size, its hard to know most of the people at school

The worst thing about BU is the difficulty of making friends after the first semester or two. Once you get past that, people tend to pick up a new friend or two per semester, but the social groups are pretty much set. However, everyone is really friendly in that first window, and you could always join a new club if you really needed friends.

Honestly, the worst part about Boston University is the amount of extra curricular activities available to students. It is not a bad thing to have these activities available; however, they all appear interesting and fun, that one might try to take on too many activities at once. Add that to the amount of course work a student has and he or she might become very overwhelmed. Therefore, students should exercise a bit of caution when join extra curricular activities.

I don't like the campus. There's not much grass, mostly just a few blocks lined with buildings on both sides.

The size.

The deflation of grades at this school is horrible. The way professors deflate grades and consider the average based on the entire class is a very bad policy and hurts many regarding their GPA's

The lack of spirit or community is the one thing lacking from Boston University. There is no definitve campus, just a busy city street. The lack of spirit for school sports is disappointing. The athletes do very well, but games are not well attended. Although there is much support for the hockey team, the sport only rallies a small portion of the population. Basketball and football are two sports a wide variety of people can enjoy. The lack of a football team/ the quality of the basketball program bring down school spirit.

All of the frats and sororities. It makes it difficult to find parties outside of that realm, but they are all very friendly so it really doesn't matter all that much.

The lack of financial aid is the worst thing about BU. Everything else is great, the facilities, the professors, the extra curriculars, etc. But for the amount BU charges per year, they should really offer more to their students who need help.

the grade deflation and the stress levels

I find it hard to keep a balance between school work and social life, or even having a social life at all. It feels like my life is consumed with homework and on-campus activities that I barely have time to go off-campus or anything and I don't understand how people have time to do this and how they can have fun during the school year because I certainly can't.

The worst thing about BU is the tuition cost, but the amount of financial aid given makes the school affordable for most students.