<p>Business. SMG appealed to me- team based work, CORE curriculum. I liked how BU was part of the city- I felt like regardless of anything I always am a hop a skip and a jump from Fenway Park, Copley Square and Downtown.</p>
<p>BU had a diverse student body. You can feel it walking on campus. BC felt like everyone was the same. They are far away from the city and live in that isolated area. </p>
<p>Div I sports was a factor, and almost the reason I would go to BC. I realized how stupid it would be to choose a school that doesn’t (in my eyes) compare academics-wise based on sports. Even though BU has 0 football and terrible basketball, I definitely found a niche by doing Sports Broadcasting on campus.</p>
<p>Try and visit both schools, see how you feel when you walk around on campus and in their student centers/</p>
<p>The last week of July, 2007 my wife, daughter and I travelled up and down the Northeast looking at 8-9 colleges my daughter wanted to look at before her senior year. Boston College was on her list and, while we were there, we thought we would look at Boston U. as well (but we really went up there to see BC.)</p>
<p>Anyway, my daughter came away from the morning tour of BC quite unimpressed. Among other things, we got the impression the college as a whole was kind of “stuck on themselves.”</p>
<p>In contrast, the afternoon tour of Boston University was fun and exciting. Yes, of course, we ran there into some people who may have been “stuck on themselves” as well, but BU seemed to be less pretentious, had more to offer most students and, to top it off, it was right in the heart of the city. My daughter came away from BU thinking she had really made a serendipitous discovery. </p>
<p>BU is easier to get into than BC, but I definitely don’t think BC is a better university. My daughter finally decided to go with another college than BU, but it “came down to the wire.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure I’d agree with the comments about “stuck on themselves”; I know a lot of BC kids and grads. But BU is definitely in the heart of Boston while BC is on the fringe, still connected by the T but at the end of line. BC is significantly smaller than BU and that plus the variety of BU colleges explains the admissions differences. I hope your kid is happy wherever she goes.</p>
<p>The only similarity I could really imagine is that BU and BC is their namesake (even though BC isn’t really in Boston). I could not imagine how someone could be torn between the two. It would be like someone being stuck between NYU and Fordham…</p>
<p>well, they both have something very different to offer, and unfortunately i don’t get your comparison.</p>
<p>Honestly I probably wouldn’t be as torn if I knew the two schools better, but I picked the two schools out when I was lookin for colleges I wanted to apply to in Boston, and those to stuck out for different reasons.</p>
<p>I see BC having a strong community, very nice campus, alumni network, BU having more diversity. I would agree that they are most likely two completely different experiences, I’m just not sure which one I should want more right now.. if that makes any sense. I’ve visited Boston about 4 times, but I have not had a chance to personally visit the schools yet.</p>
<p>And therein lies your dilemma. The two schools are so different I’ll be surprised if your visiting them both doesn’t quickly clarify things for you.</p>
<p>BU and BC are very, very different. I went to grad school at BU but used the BC library at times and had friends in both places. Plus I grew up in the area. Someone mentioned BC being stuck on themselves and I have found that to be true. You also have to buy into the Jesuit thing…required coursework and the RC influence on campus. BU, however, doesn’t have a pretty campus if that is important to you. Its a city campus with some very nice campus-like areas but its not the school with the traditional quad and buildings clustered together. Well, they are clustered, just all along Comm Ave. Both give an excellent education. BC has more of a rep as a party place IMHO. Personally I can’t see someone liking both. Liking Bc/Holy Cross/Georgetown…thats more like it. BC also has more of a liberal arts philosophy and BU does more professional career preparation. So, different approach in educational philosophy. Think about what you want to study.</p>
<p>the difficulty there is i do find a lot of value in the liberal arts classes. balance is key in my long term career goals. But i want as much momentum going before I have to step into the med school world.</p>
<p>and.. i do find both very attractive in their own respect
I guess I’ll have to see which ones i get into..+ financial aid</p>