<p>Hey guys, I just got into the BU honors program and I was wondering whether it or Wellesley would look better when I am trying to find jobs after college.</p>
<p>That is the silliest way to look at school. Where do you want to go? What do you want to study? You want co-ed or women only? I could list 20 things before hitting your question.</p>
<p>Yeah, and no one will know you were in the honors program unless you put it on your resume. You take 4 honors classes to graduate. It doesn’t show up on your diploma.</p>
<p>I am so sick of people telling me this thing about wanting to know how schools will be judged after I go to them. People have opinions, okay? That’s the way it is.</p>
<p>I already know the answers to my other questions; I just want this one answered.</p>
<p>Nice to know how great BU students are. I’m skipping out on this school.</p>
<p>im confused, what are you upset about? what was wrong with what lergnom and bailey said?</p>
<p>“That is the silliest way to look at school. Where do you want to go? What do you want to study? You want co-ed or women only? I could list 20 things before hitting your question.”</p>
<p>Essentially, if I wanted the answers to any of those questions, I would have asked those questions. I already know the answers (other than “Where do you want to go?”), so I asked a question that I do not know the answer to. Why is it necessary to put down other people’s questions?</p>
<p>But you’re asking us to give us your opinion! Our opinion is…more than likely someone who went to Wellesley isn’t going to be picked over someone who went to BU or vice versa just because. They’re going to be picked because they’re a good person, they’re right for the job etc etc. Our opinion is, as Drew Carey said, “the points don’t matter.”
Now, if you were picking between Harvard and BU, maybe. But even still, a WOW job interviewer from BU can still very well get that job over the aloof Harvard grad.</p>
<p>I’d just really urge you not to factor rankings and prestige into your decision, especially one like this. Wellesley and BU are so completely totally utterly different, as you know, and you’re really not going to want to be unhappy for 4 years because in the end a Wellesley and BU degree are the same thing.</p>
<p>Teliana, if you’re seriously going to “skip out on this school” because you did not hear what you wanted to hear from a few people on an online forum, then you’re seriously small minded and naive. Not to mention the fact that you can’t judge the BU community as a whole from of the basis of a few students.</p>
<p>If you really care about what job interviewers will think of you based on your degree from college, then let me tell you this. If I were a job interviewer, I’d want to take a look at the past and previous experiences of the applicant, and judge if those are applicable to the job position that is being offered. It’s what you do in college, and what you make of it that’s really important. BU is in the heart of Boston, and I don’t know about Wellesley, but BU has a lot of opportunities for students to pursue. This includes internships and jobs that might look better on a resume if that’s what you’re into.</p>
<p>Stop stressing. You said you’re sick of being told stuff. I suggest you step back, then think about it after a while.</p>
<p>I’ll just say it straight out…Wellesley College. It’s been referred to as the Harvard for women and I know many ppl. don’t like her but…Hilary Clinton went there. Just as a forewarning though, there may be a “snotty” attitude in the air since it is a college for the priviledged.</p>
<p>^I’m a Wellesley grad. All though many priviledged students attend there (and BU as well BTW), there is not a “snotty” attitude on campus. I am definitely not priviledged and never suffered there because of it. It’s a culture that appreciates and embraces the differences in people who strive for excellence.</p>
<p>To the OP: my choice would be (was) Wellesley 
It has excellent networking opportunities and a world class reputation. If you have the chance to attend, take it.</p>
<p>The questions I first listed are what she really needs to think about. Data says that a smart person does well, that it’s the person not the school that leads to success. Does she want to go to a women’s school? If so, she won’t find a better one. If not, then she shouldn’t go there.</p>
<p>I suspect the objection was to the tone of your post Lergnom (specifically, the word “silliest”), and not the questions themselves.</p>
<p>I apologize SueD. Once again, Wellesley. If grad school is in your future though you might want to weigh your options, but if you’re coming fresh from undergrad, definately Wellesley.</p>
<p>Ah, the tone of my post. Welcome to the world. Where silliest is likely the least offensive term you’ll hear.</p>
<p>No problem Franciscog. It’s a common belief about Wellesley. I didn’t know about the notion until after I graduated though, so I suppose that’s as good an argument as any that the culture isn’t that way.</p>