Hello! This is my first time using this webpage. I was wondering if someone could give me some feedback on my why Boston essay. I would really appreciate it.
The prompt is “What about being a student at Boston University most excites you?”
Thank you!!!
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I can’t answer that. I have no interest in attending BU. Neither do any of my kids.
So my answer is “Nothing.”
It’s obviously not YOUR answer if you’re planning to apply there. You need to answer it honestly.
Write about Boston University, not Boston.
Did you visit? Was it an official, logged visit? Write about what you saw and liked and how those will help you achieve your goals. If your visit was unofficial, make sure to mention the date(s) and territory you covered.
My impression is that BU admissions likes to be in charge of logging those campus visits. Info sessions out of town are/were available, and they log those too. Hopefully you registered.
If not, study the website and course catalog more closely than you have. Pull out all the details of how and why you see yourself there.
TomSrOfBoston is right, although I don’t think it will hurt you to add a few reasons you’d enjoy Boston while you’re there.
And do some research- specific classes, professors, etc.
Thank you everybody!!
@hope469 - Several University Admissions counselors have said that that’s the worst possible thing you can do, unless you spent a summer immersion program under a professor at said university. Anything that looks like something you’d read online, appears lazy.
(1) Write a couple of sentences about your aspirational major there.
(2) If you’ve talked to someone who’s there, in that program, talk about it.
(3) If someone who you truly admire went there, mention that as a reason.
Good Luck!
@Essel or said professor is doing distinctive research/work in an area of interest to you. While I haven’t applied yet, that approach worked for friends who successfully applied last year.
@IvyGrad09 but since it has a 250 word limit there isn’t really the space to talk about Boston itself 
i got in ED! if you would like pm me and I can give you feedback/edits on your essay
Congratulations @lacollege! Enjoy Boston next year!
Thank you!! @hope469
I was accepted ED and the key is to talk about BU, not Boston. You can mention that it’s a “vibrant and cultural town” but if they read your essay and it could be an answer for all the other schools in Boston, that’s a turn off. Talk about classes that excite you, clubs you may join and how you would love to go to the hockey games. How do you personally fit into the fabric of the school.
@Swimming123 is it alright if I saw a sample of your essay as a guide
@Swimming123 or if its okay I can show you mine and you can comment on ways to improve it 
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