Boston University

Date: Jan 15 2010
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
I am graduating from Boston University this spring with a biology degree. This school has been a horrendous disappointment. Some programs are good, in the smaller schools, but the College of Arts & Sciences is not just a joke, but also a bad one. No organization, the administration is outright evil. Very importantly, STUDENT HEALTH at BU is DANGEROUSLY INCOMPETENT, if you don't pay attention, they'll prescribe you something that makes you worse, or leak your confidential medical records (which are inaccurate since they can't even keep track of the services provided)they invade your privacy. The school uses its students as cash cows, very little academic fervor, it's just a way to get an extremely expensive piece of paper. The school does not stick to academic standards. About a third of the students are brilliant kids who were rejected from IV league schools for whatever reason, they are there to make BU look good. The bottom half of the school is composed of people who are dumb as rocks, but have lots of money. This brings down the student body, the inertia of the stupid people is impossible to overcome.

ALSO, BU practices grade deflation, so don't expect a good GPA, and the distribution requirements are a pain.