@laurrodes @flute1298 so in conclusion AP credit has no value besides mentally preparing students for BU Gen Ed courses?
@justthankful no, AP credits will get you out of CGS courses or if they do not correspond with a CGS course will give you graduation credits so you have to take less classes towards your senior year
@larrudoes so is it possible to to complete CGS in 2-3 semesters ?
@justthankful not officially, CGS is 2 years long no matter what but if you do have specific credits it is possible to only be taking 1 CGS class for a semester and be taking 3 classes within your major
Ok sorry, I have been lurking my daughter is also admitted into the January London program. I couldnât disagree more with @flute1298, my daughter also has had a rigorous course load (7APâs) in all seriousness every kid admitted to this program has had quite academic high school career. The thought of my daughter studying about both WWâs in London (even though she got a 5 on AP Euro) is beyond cool and bone chilling at the same time. I donât think of it as a repeat of high school.I think of it as unique experience that might just change her for the common good. I get it is crazy $ but I think I will have more time with her! She will only be gone for 6 months verse 9 months and she still will get 32 credit hours that is a win win in my book.
@Moma_Kat Thank you for your insight. It is good to know that there are others in the same situation as my girls who have been accepted into this program with many AP classes. In years past, the students we knew who were admitted to the program did not. Iâve only known a few, but they were athletes who just didnât have the academics in HS for BU.
We will attend the open house and go from there, but for right now, I donât see us justifying this amount of money to retake courses they completed.
Good Luck to your daughter.
@flute1298 no problem! We only have known one person that did the London program from a neighboring school.We live in the midwest.She is a junior there now, in fact is in Copenhagen for spring term.While visiting BU, last year she was walking us to check out her dorm. One of her professorâs passed us and he stopped to talk to her and my daughter not just a hi,or a wave they all conversed for 10 minutes.
In all honestly, I get your concerns, BU didnât speak to me like it did my daughter, she wants urban and diversity.
I get the $ part, we have 4 kids, sheâs our oldest, her brother is a junior, yeah me get to this again next year ;(.
All I can say, listening to her talk about London, CGS, and Capstone sitting in Union Hall, had all of us very intrigued and slightly salivating! I am glad that you are going to check out the open house.
Good Luck on this crazy ride!
Hi, you are doing a truly great thing by helping other people with this, so thank you! Iâm a future Jan-London Program student and I have a few questions.
- How difficult/likely will it be to get into Questrom my junior year?
- What electives are open to us?
- Do you know of anyone in your group that participated in ROTC? I canât seem to find any information regarding this.
- How difficult was it to make friends with other people in the Jan-London program? Coming from a small rural school, and really having to fight to get accepted, and not coming from a very fortunate family, Iâm worried about fitting in. Did you attend the regular open-house, or did you attend the one in December?
- Obviously your experience was a positive one, but could you tell me a few things that you wish you wouldâve known before starting?
- Lastly, A lot of people have told me itâs hard to fit into BU, because some of the students have gained the reputation of stuck up or whatnot. Youâll find people like that anywhere you go, but is BU an exception? Whatâs your experience?
Thank you again!
- It won't be difficult as long as you keep above a 2.0 GPA (which reeeeaaallly is not hard at all)
- Any elective you would like! Typically your freshman year you will take a general questrom elective and then your sophomore year you will start getting into classes like accounting and finance
- I do not know anyone in the January London program who did ROTC but I do know someone in the September program who did it. That is something I would recommend talking to admissions about.
- If you get involved with the Facebook page and go to the summer orientation (with all of the regular students) you are sure to make some friends before you come onto campus. There are around 300 kids in our program who will be in all of our CGS classes that are in the same position and want to make friends too. You will find your group.
- One big regret I have is not joining a sorority my freshman year. A lot of my friends did and greek life is a great way to meet new people at BU especially when you are a january freshman.
- BU is an expensive school. There are a lot of really wealthy people who come here. Within the January london program, a lot of those people will hang out together in a group and you will know who they are. As for the rest of us, my friend group is half extremely wealthy people who's parents own multiple homes an half middle class people who are getting half their tuition paid by financial aid. There are a lot of wealthy students but the majority don't act like it. I don't think most BU students are stuck up.
What is the average class size for CGS courses, and how difficult is it to get help from professors?
@bosoxfanintheusa classes are around 20-30 kids and its extremely easy. the professors want to help. They all have office hours around 3 times a week that you can attend
@laurrodes Have you come across anyone whoâs done the January Boston-London and has pursued a pre-med route, and what was their experience like?
@bosoxfanintheusa yes i know multiple people actually! It is definitely do-able. I would recommend over the gap taking 2 classes instead of just 1. No one I know has been struggling too hard with it. It is very possible to do.
How do we go about signing up for classes in our gap semester and having them count for credit? What do you recommend taking?
@Abby12345 if you choose to enroll you will be assigned an academic advisor who will completely walk you through the whole process and tell you exactly what to take/where to take it