<p>In order for my application to be complete for Boston University I will have to apply to their College of General Studies instead since I do not have any SAT’s 2, and which for CGS it’s not required. If I was accepted into Boston, and decided to attend… how would CGS affect my studies in my intended areas: econ and poli sci, or econ and international relations. Also how would it affect me for graduate school, such as one of interest: law, since I would have little knowledge in those areas due to not being able to directly major and getting the pre-requirements out the way.</p>
<p>Can anyone give a general discription of CGS, thanks.</p>
<p>CGS is not something I would try and apply to over some of the other schools/possibilites. Of course, you can always try and transfer to another school when accepted. I am unsure as to why you do not have any SAT II’s as it was required, and your GC should have hammered the idea to take them. CGS offers very little financial aid as is, and the curriculum is very limited the first two years as to what you can take. I am not too sure of the pre-law program here, but the graduate law school is very good here.</p>
<p>There are 5000 threads about CGS and they have a very large website so look around. CGS is 2 years and then you move into a regular BU college. NYU has the same program.</p>
<p>Well CGS financial aid is the same as the rest of the universties, at least this is what their website stated. I have done research into CGS as it seems it is my only possibility with Boston University since I do not have SAT II at all. I always had the thought of getting my required courses out the way from the start but was never completely sure. If I was accepted into BU CGS and decided to attend I guess I wouldn’t have much of a choice. </p>
<p>I do remember NYU having similar program, but thats only if you were admitted and placed within the school.</p>
<p>Interested in more replies, I will look into the other threads as well.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, I’m not a fan of CGS but for majoring in poli sci, econ or IR, you might try giving it a shot if you really really want to go to BU.</p>
<p>Well not to sound like an elitist, but CGS is dragging the whole university down in rankings. Since CGS student get very little financial aid in general, it’s not really worth the 50k.
Again, you would be transferring to CAS after the 2 years, and from what I understand that is not that big of a leap since CGS classes satisfy most of CAS’s requirements and they aren’t very ‘specialized’ (as opposed to i.e. the School of Management or Engineering whose curriculum is different). But still you will have to overload with extra classes or pay extra for summer semesters if you want to double major. My friend in CGS is planning to double in poli sci and philosophy and she will be overloading basically every semester.</p>
<p>As a CGS student, you wouldn’t be taken very seriously by the rest of the student body. Yes, people do snicker at CGS and say that it stands for ‘Crayons, Glue and Scissors’ because compared to other schools, the workload is lighter.</p>
<p>If BU is your dream school than I guess it is worth it if you don’t have a shot at any better schools. If you, however, do get accepted to a better program elsewhere, I’d rather go for that.</p>
<p>Well it would be nieve to exclude the college because of other students opinion of it dragging the university… I mean, who would care that much rather one is in CGS, CLAS, etc… all are BU students.
I thought CGS was basically to get all the requirement courses out of the way.
Well I don’t have a top choice school, but I do like BU a lot, the university, location, etc…
Financial Aid, really? Wow, I read on their website that same aid is given. This is important for me since I have a efc 0.
Well jeez… I don’t know what to do.</p>
<p>I came to BU even though I got into CGS because BU was about the only school I wanted to go to. I’m in the middle of my sophomore year and I’ve been disappointed in the school academically and socially. I like being in Boston more than I like BU. I think that’s the way it is for a lot of BU students.</p>
<p>BUtoUM why are you so bored at Boston University? What are you looking for social life that BU lacks etc…? This will be helpful as you know since I also have interest in the same college your attending.</p>
<p>I’m bored at BU because I don’t have to try very hard to do well in CGS. It’s good and bad. I like getting good grades but honestly, I’d rather be challenged by school – especially for $50k a year.</p>
<p>Socially, since BU has no real campus it’s hard to find good parties I think. Most freshmen go to frat parties which are pretty lame (packed, can’t move, hot, etc.) and the apartment parties are all over the places since a lot of people live off campus and not in one specific area.</p>
<p>BUtoUM, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a bad experience at BU. My D is a sophomore there and absolutely loves it. She is not in a sorority. She lives in a dorm this year, but has friends all over that she’s made through classes, living in the dorm last year, working in the admissions office, etc…in other words, she’s made things happen for herself. Yes, its an unusual campus, but she manages to find lots to do. She also has friends at Harvard and Northeastern.</p>
<p>CoolBreeze, don’t let the negative chatter about CGS scare you away. My D is not in CGS, but has lots of friends who are, and even they laugh at the crayons, glue and scissors thing. Maybe its not the ideal way to go to BU, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem for the people my D knows. Some of them find the classes quite challenging, by the way! I think at BU a lot depends on how much YOU go out and make things happen - and if you like the idea of living in the best college town in the country!</p>