Students Speak Out On Overall Experience

“Overall, I'm glad I'm where I'm at. I have amazing friends, and the education is the best for my major (International Relations). There are some days when everyone says they'd like to transfer because it gets to be too much or because it gets really cold. You doubt yourself a lot your freshman year no matter where you go. BU has some administration issues, but overall, it's livable. They're there to keep me safe, and nothing bad has ever happened to me on campus, so they're doing their job. I feel safe walking back to my dorm alone at midnight from the library. It's what you make of it; it really is. At the end of the day, it can be a hard place to meet people and make friends, but once you get a core group, you're golden. I wouldn't pass up this freshman year for anything, and I'm going back, so that should tell you something.”

“Overall, I have really enjoyed BU so far. Some people form a negative opinion of it based on the administrative policies like the guest policy, but there are ways around it, and hopefully it will be changed soon (there have been lots of protests about it). I have made a ton of good friends at BU, and I have gotten involved in a lot of activities such as writing a column for the student newspaper The Daily Free Press and writing for BUTV shows. Boston is great, and my boring town of Bloomfield, CT seems 10 times more boring after living in Boston. There is a lot to do, and it is an exciting place to be. I don't know what you want to major in, but the communications program at BU was one of the main reasons I went there. It is known as a really good program, and so far, I have been happy with it.”