http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html Life at BU - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html Can someone please tell me how the transferring process is to Boston University? I am interested i pursuing a career in Broadcast Journalism/ therefore going into COM. How was finding housing do they ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:17:13 GMT StudentsReview 566-92998 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 566-92998 566 0 Unknown Male Undergraduate Alumnus Class 2000 Advice Can someone please tell me how the transferring process is to Boston University? I am interested i pursuing a career in Broadcast Journalism/ therefore going into COM. How was finding housing do they guarantee housing for transfers, or like Emerson College they place you in a lottery. Any other tips will be appreciated. Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:17:13 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html i hate bu, they have fucked me time and time again. where is 50 thousand + dollars of tuition we each pay going? im a senior in a shitty dorm that was supposedly renovated, and yet i have so little ho... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:44:32 GMT StudentsReview 566-91576 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 566-91576 566 42 Anthropology Female Undergraduate Class 2013 3rd Year Negative i hate bu, they have fucked me time and time again. where is 50 thousand + dollars of tuition we each pay going? im a senior in a shitty dorm that was supposedly renovated, and yet i have so little hot water i cannot wash my hair let alone SHAVE MY LEGS. seriously fuck bu, they dont give a shit about their students, its all a front what is actually a money grubbing capitalist bullshit empire of evil. i feel tricked and not at all well taken care of here. Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:44:32 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html I do not understand why I picked BU. I thought it would be better since it's in a city and I received a scholarship, but I am so disappointed. I should have gone to a state school. The weather is a... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:01:45 GMT StudentsReview 566-91547 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 566-91547 566 6 Biology Female Undergraduate Class 2016 1st Year Negative I do not understand why I picked BU. I thought it would be better since it's in a city and I received a scholarship, but I am so disappointed. I should have gone to a state school. The weather is awful, the people are pretentious ivy-league rejects, and the grade deflation is not worth it. My chemistry class had an average of 49 on the first exam. The professor was happy that by last exam it had increased to a 61. This is not learning or teaching. A social life is hard to get especially as a freshman and the clubs seem to never be as "active" as they claim to be. I would transfer but the school screwed me over with the grade deflation. Hopefully, my GPA will raise so I may have a fighting chance. I would never recommend coming here if you want to have fun, make friends, and enjoy college which is supposed to be the best four years of your life not depressing and torturous. Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:01:45 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html Faculty is unhelpful. The main problem is this.... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:38:32 GMT StudentsReview 566-91147 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 566-91147 566 6 Biology Male Undergraduate Class 2014 3rd Year Negative Faculty is unhelpful. The main problem is this. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:38:32 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html I grew up a Boston local, and always figured on attending school here in Massachusetts. BU seemed a good fit for me, as I was persuing a degree in education, but felt that a private university could o... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:42:23 GMT StudentsReview 566-90183 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 566-90183 566 15 Education Male Undergraduate Class 2013 3rd Year Negative I grew up a Boston local, and always figured on attending school here in Massachusetts. BU seemed a good fit for me, as I was persuing a degree in education, but felt that a private university could offer challanges and opportunities a state school could not. After four years here, I can honestly say I would not recommend Boston University to my friends. My issues lie in how students are treated. At every opportunity, it seems the university has exhibited its interest only in one thing: money. I understand tuition costs are rising universally, but while financial aid is only given to a minority of students, new (and completely pointless) facilities are springing up around campus. Schools within the university (at least the schools without healthy donations by alumni) are underfunded and understaffed. Advisors are typically useless, as there is more red tape in the university than could be found in all of capitol hill. Class sizes are large, which is only excusable thanks to the masses of grad-student TA's that prove very useful.

There are nice aspects about BU. It has an excellent location (as long as the Sox aren't playing) and the degree you walk away with will be worth quite a bit. Being a hockey fan, the BU Mens (and womens) hockey teams are excellent sources of entertainment and school pride. However, these positive aspects are overshadowed by the glaring gaps in student support. Student Health Services (SHS) at BU is a joke. I contracted Swine Flu my freshman year, and having chronic lung issues put me at high risk. SHS told me I should stay in my room, with my roommate, and they would see my sometime in the next week. Whenever a student shows signs of severe depression, they suffer the risk of being forcefully removed from the university as they are seen as a liability.

I know it may be a bit naive of me to assume that a university ought to take care of its students, and I am sure BU is not the worst university at this task. However, for paying a small fortune, I would say you are not getting your money's worth.

Go to Northeastern. It's cheaper, they actually help you gain work experience, and there you're a little more than the $60,000 you pay each year. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:42:23 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MA/BOU_comments.html