You can’t “double major” across colleges. You can try and see if they’ll let you do a dual degree, but this is a bit harder as you are literally doing course work for two degrees, and the credit requirements for graduation is higher as well. You also need to be approved for this program, and I have only ever heard of people doing shall degrees when one degree is from CAS, so I would contact someone to see if this is even possible. Of it is, you will also have to contend with likely schedule conflicts between schools, which may make it hard to impossible to graduate in four years. I would choose which one you are most passionate about and apply to that school, questrom might be SLIGHTLY more competitive. But definitely contact someone about the dual degree between COM and QUE because like I said, I’ve only heard of it when it involved CAS. @jjohnross
Thanks for your generous offer! I actually had a question about CGS and EDII. If I apply EDII to say CAS and check that I want to be considered for CGS and I get rejected from CAS and accepted into CGS, am i still required to go to CGS?
Yes, I BELIEVE if you plan on going to BU you will have to go to CGS because that is the college program you were admitted to (as in, if admitted to CGS you can’t go to CAS because you weren’t actually admitted to CAS). But its possible since that wasn’t the original plan and it’s Ed, they may let you out of your contract? Honestly I feel like thats unlikely, and is definitely a question a quick phone call to admissions can solve.
I don’t think CGS is so bad though. I didn’t personally do the program, but it actually sounds kind of interesting, so I feel it’s really not a bad backup. Plus if you plan on going to CAS after, your gen Ed’s can be finished, and most people take the first two-ish years in CAS to finish those anyway. @karthicks07
@grafsmgms Hi! Just to add my opinion to the answer you already got, I think checking off the CGS box makes you seem more committed to the university for sure. I would highly recommend checking it if you are really interested in BU but not sure on if you will get accepted or not
Grade deflation: This is a question I am always asked. I cannot speak for other departments, but as for CGS and COM (i have taken com 101) I do not think there is grade deflation. Is it difficult to get good grades? Absolutely. But it is definitely possible. I do not feel that I have ever gotten a grade that I don’t deserve. If you work hard and go to your professors office hours, it will pay off.
Supplement: I totally agree with the other poster about not making the supplement about Boston. Be sure to focus it on BU. Look up the list of student activity clubs and see what they offer that you could be interested in. Mention those in your supplement. Show that you actually put effort into researching the school and that you could definitely see yourself there.
@SandDad I am a current sophomore in CGS and was in the January London program so I will try to answer your questions as well!
- CAS core is pretty similar to CGS in my opinion. They both focus on a liberal arts curriculum but I believe that in CGS they give you more personal attention with smaller class sizes and splitting up the students into certain teams. Also the CGS program has a lot of the same classes twice where as CAS is more of a mix.
- Basically there are two different programs you can get admitted into for CGS. One is the September program. In this program you get accepted into BU for the fall semester and you attend BU in boston just like a normal student for both semesters except youre in CGS instead of the major you applied into. The other option is the January London program. In this program you are admitted as a spring acceptance, so you will have a gap semester. You spend the spring semester of your freshman year in Boston at BU's campus and then spend your second semester (a summer semester) abroad in London for 6 weeks. You do not have a choice as to which program you get admitted to and the London semester for the London program is not optional.
- If you achieve a 2.0 in CGS after your sophomore year you are guaranteed admission into any of the other colleges at BU and any major of your choice.
Hope this helped!
@sms122397 Thats a good question! Basically I am going to be a sophomore and already have a public relations internship lined up for my first semester this year through BU if that helps. I think that there are so many internship opportunities in COM because of BU’s location. If you look on the new handshake app there are so many opportunities for COM students and even if you want to have a meeting with your academic advisor they can definitely point you in the direction of a bunch of internships. A ton of my friends in COM have gotten great internships too! If your friend has anymore questions about COM feel free to ask!
@jjohnross Hi! I think that questrom is harder to get into but it totally depends on what you are trying to major in. I don’t know if a double major is possible. What in Questrom are you interested in and what in COM are you interested in?
@karthicks07 what @sms122397 said is correct! But I agree that CGS isn’t a bad way to go to BU. I wasn’t sure how I felt about it at first but ended up loving it and would definitely do it al over again if i had to.
@laurrodes im interesting in Management and Public Relations. BU has been my dream school for so long and I just want to pick the best option that would allow me to have a better chance of getting in and maybe getting some money . I have a 30C ACT (28M, 34E, 30R. 28S) have taken mostly honors and AP’s, weighted gpa of a 4.6 and a ton of extracurriculars and volunteering, plus a part time job.
I am open to just going into CGS because ultimately I am still undecided. Will I be able to pick whatever major I want after 2 years? Do CGS students still get scholarships and merit money?
Did you ever feel out of the loop or secluded in CGS?
@jjohnross Management and Public Relations are actually very different, I would suggest majoring in PR and minoring in business management (which can be totally possible in CGS or not). I think you have a good chance of getting accepted regularly and not in CGS but if you do get put into CGS you will be able to pick whatever major you want after your sophomore year as long as you maintain a 2.0 GPA in CGS. Along with the typical CGS curriculum you also get to take electives that count towards your major and can help you decide if management or PR is better for you. I don’t know if CGS students still get merit money but I don’t feel like most of the students in CGS would qualify for it because BU has pretty high qualifications for scholarships. I have never felt secluded in CGS, if anything it gave me an opportunity to meet more people because of the smaller class sizes and teams. CGS is actually like one big family and everyone is very close. It gives you the small school feel while still attending a big school which I love.
@laurrodes thank you! very helpful 
This might be hard for you to answer since BU is the only college you’ve attended and you can’t compare it to others but my main qualm about BU has been what seems to be a lack of unity or cohesion among the students. That is, there’s no real campus (not counting that really small grass quad) and seems to be no main meeting area. How would you rank BU in terms of students bonding with others? And with the school.
@SouthernHope I actually have a younger brother who is applying to schools this year so I have been on a lot of college tours with him so between both of us I have gotten the opportunity to see tons of different campuses and BU is still my favorite. I believe that a unique quality that BU has for an urban campus is the fact that the campus runs along one street instead of covering many different blocks (examples of urban schools that cover a bunch of different blocks are GWU, Temple, NYU, etc.). In my opinion, this gives BU a “real campus vibe”. everything you see on that section of commonwealth ave is BU territory and all of the people walking around the area are typically affiliated with BU somehow. Although it may seem like the school is really spread out, there are actually very defined campus lines. It is hard to explain to someone who doesn’t attend BU how prevalent the feeling of unity among students there really is. I usually just try to explain to people that although it may not look like a traditional college campus at first glance, when you’re walking down com ave to class on a monday morning, everyone around you is a student and on their way to class as well, its impossible not to get that college feel.
@SouthernHope just to further clarify my point, look at these two campus maps. http://people.bu.edu/sage/images/campus_map.png , http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/media/users/dtv206/nyu-downloadable-campus-map.jpg , at BU everything is together making it feel just like a campus
Thank you @laurrodes very helpful! And I will say that BU campus is one million times better than NYU or GW…which truly merge into the city around them.
@SouthernHope i agree! I feel a much bigger sense of unity at BU, if you have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask!
@SouthernHope there are a ton of micro-communities at BU and places that people gather and bond–no central quad, but urban equivalents. The GSU (George Sherman Union) is a major one–it’s where the food court is and everyone studies/meets up, etc. (and it’s next to the library). We also congregate/meet friends at dining halls, at the BU Beach (which is a grassy area between the GSU/Law building and CAS/behind Marsh chapel); there’s a new center for student services that apparently has an amazing dining hall that I wish had been there when I was! You also have areas of/opportunities for bonding at the various housing options–hanging out by the field/at the dining hall at West Campus, the top floor of Stu-V, etc… or even just bonding with much smaller groups. The entire German House was really close and we hung out in people’s rooms/in our common space/had parties. (also I think I may be dining hall oriented ha)
I personally felt a lot of community there… it’s just found via engaging with the elements there. If you’re a PA (peer advisor), you bond with those people. If you’re an RA, Student Life is your world. Join the FREEP staff and you’ll hang out at the newspaper offices all the time. Etc… I’ve not attended a cute campus type college before, but isn’t this how it is at most schools? You get involved, you find community? And generally, re: campus… BU has one. It’s not like NYU where the “city is your campus.” BU owns most of the buildings/real estate along the 2 mile stretch of Comm Ave; when you’re on that stretch, it’s basically ALL BU–it feels like a campus given at any time everyone surrounding you has a 99% chance of belonging to the BU community. Yes, Boston is just a few train stops away, but most of the time you don’t leave campus because there’s no need to–everything you need is available on campus.
It’s not for everyone given it’s more urban than many schools, but it definitely has community and culture!
@laurrodes Hi! I really want either Questrom for marketing or COM for PR (I want to eventually do a masters in advertising) My test scores arent great ACT: 27 (I’m retaking in October) and my SAT score for the old version is 1770 but on the new scale its a 1330 which is about a 1970 when its re-scaled to the 2400 scale. I’m also going to be retaking I’m in the top 7 % of my class although my weighted gpa is a 4.04 
HOWEVER over the summer, I went to Girls State, UTD marketing program and had a paid internship at an ad agency through the Dallas Mayors Interns Fellowship Program where I was an account planning intern. IM also vice president of student council, class representative for senior council, president of College Ambassadors for the Community (which I started), in FBLA and Stock market club. I’ve taken quite a few AP and dual credit classes but got 2s on the AP tests I took last year (AP Lang and APUSH) , a 3 on APHUG and a % on my AP Psych test. What are my chances of getting into either?
agh I meant to write 5 not %
@viasaliha Hi! Sorry for the late response, classes have started here at BU and it has been a little hectic! I think that with your stats you have a better chance of getting in through COM than Questrom. Also, if you show a lot of interest in the school and prove that you really want to be there, if your stats aren’t up to par with the COM stats you could be put into CGS (the College of General Studies) which is another great way of getting into the school! So make sure you’re emailing your admissions reps and making yourself known, it will only help you later on.