Students from Boston University are very professional and confident and know how to perform themselves on occasions such as networking events or information sessions. Boston University has lots of Company Connections which provides good internship and full time opportunities for almost all of its students.

Students from Boston University do not care academia performance enough and too large percentage of Chinese students inside the university.

Think thoroughly about the potential industries you want to get into, see if schools have any programs, connections or large alumni bases inside it, and choose the school that works best for your career path.

Yes

Team oriented classes that are incredibly applicable to the real world

Awful career services. Advisors have zero knowledge of careers in fields that most top tier college students exit into (consulting, investment banking etc.)

Average GPA for undergrads is a 3.0, compared to most schools where it is a 3.4 or 3.5. This "grade deflation" will hurt you in recruiting, especially at top tier employers that do not directly recruit on campus.

Yes

Faculty is fantastic! Campus is unbeatable and in a great location!

Like most large universities, there is a ton of hierarchy.

Great business program. It was recently revamped and it fantastic, especially CORE.

Yes

BU has a great balance of rigorous academics and pulsating social life

-Large variety of classes

-Ability to mix contrasting studies as your Major and Minor because you can take classes from any school

Can drown in a school so big

Hard to find one group of friends to stick to

Hard grading system (not easy to score above average)

Least competitive in the Boston area

Boston is a metropolitan with a modern and healthy living lifestyle

D1 school so large athletic and fitness influence

Parties vary from chess teams, to frats, to fancy clubs

Yes

The services offered to students are more like amenities. There are hosts of tutoring programs, advising programs, supplementary classes and seminars. You really can learn anything you want. In the business school, students get access to Bloomberg Terminals, lounge areas, faculty with extensive industry experience, and career couseling/job search assistance.

It's incredibly expensive. BU should start trying to get the alumni network to be stronger.

awesome city location. Right on the outskirts of Back Bay Boston-- one of the nicest areas in the city.

Yes

Amazing professors, but choose them wisely. Getting stuck with a bad professor will hurt your grades.

No matter how hard you try, it all depends on how the professor grades.

Medicine, social sciences, and political science are the best at this school. I recommend for anyone going for these.

Yes

Gen ed and intro courses were quite large (200+ students). Most professors were accessible. The one thing that I think was really a shock was the curve - I was not used the concept that a grade could be curved downward. My first semester was a shock when I earned As and Bs and ended up with Bs and Cs.

Housing is expensive relative to what you get out of it. I actually had full coverage of my costs at school with the exception of room and board, and by the end of my four years at BU I came out owing more than 60 thousand dollars. If you are a student coming from a "poor" economic background it is VERY hard to adjust to the culture at BU. There are many students at these schools that throw around the fact that they are quite privileged. A good majority of the people go here as sort of "high school" continued and are more interested in advancing socially, than academically. Overall, if I could go back to deciding my undergraduate school, I would not have chosen the same university.

Standard, straightforward. Not many scholarships, but plenty of need-based grants.

2007