<p>i am having a very hard time deciding which of the two schools to go to. If anyone has anything to say that might help me with my decision please let me know.</p>
<p>my friend had to make the same decision last year. she almost picked UT because all her friends were going there but at the last minute she picked BU becuase she thought it would be a better fit for her. I talked to her the other day and she says she wouldn't change a thing. I guess visit both (if you haven't already) and go from there!</p>
<p>So much of your decision depends on your intended major, financial situation, etc. Are you in-state for Texas? If you are, can you deal with cold weather?</p>
<p>I think academically they're not so different that you couldn't do well at either of them. (But I don't know specifics. I assume if you wanted them, you would have posted more information about yourself academically, anyway.)</p>
<p>It comes down to:
Boston or Austin? Which campus do you like better?
Close to home or further away (assuming you don't live in the middle somewhere)?
Which can you afford? Are you willing to go into debt for the more expensive one?
And other personal decisions.</p>
<p>I made a list to compare the colleges I'm deciding between, and it actually helped more than I thought it would.</p>
<p>Do you mind cold? Do you mind heat? I've been in Austin when it's been 107 and, believe me, that it's a dry heat doesn't make it feel cooler. I've been in Boston when it's sleeting - like last week. </p>
<p>Do you mind people saying "bidness"? Do you absolutely love Tex-Mex, BBQ and the blues - because those are Austin's stock in trade. </p>
<p>Do you have a thing against Northeasterners? </p>
<p>Do you prefer the fall or the spring? Austin is best in the spring while the northeast is glorious in the long falls. (The biggest tourist time in Vermont is leaf peeping season.)</p>
<p>While Austin is a big city now, it's really spread out and the center of town, other than the bar area, is nothing special. Boston is totally different. </p>
<p>Do you like bats? (You can see lots of bats under the Congress Ave bridge in Austin.)</p>
<p>I was debating about exactly the same thing last year between BU, UT Austin, Rice U, and RPI. I was accepted to BME program in both BU and UT Austin so in the end i had a really hard time deciding between these two. Overall (i'm only commenting on the BME program in both colleges), UT has actually lower admission rate and higher standarized test scores (1420 SAT avg. and avg. high school rank 1.8). But I chose BU because the city Boston is closer to my home in VT and there are many oppotunities in Boston.</p>
<p>Austin is more of a industrialized city as Boston is more of a college city (if you know what i mean). In general, Boston is a safer place to live than Austin even though there are "not-so-good" areas in both cities. </p>
<p>The winter in Boston can be pretty cold and the winter in Austin is gorgeous, but the downside about Austin is that it gets to about 110 F/40 C in April and May sometimes. This is also why I didn't choose to go to UT or Rice. </p>
<p>There are many large hospitals and corporations in Boston so if you are a pre-med or you'd like to seeks a large network, I personally believe Boston is the better place.</p>
<p>Also, in Boston people are more on the liberal side as people in UT are sometimes quite conservative.</p>
<p>But, by no means am I trying to undermind UT as a university. I believe that there is a greater sense of "pride" within the student body in UT comparing to BU. And UT has many great programs (engineering, business, physics, english) as opposed to BU which only has a limited number of programs that truly stand out in the nation.</p>
<p>im leaning more towards ut austin mainly because im from texas. The weather is also a factor because it really affects the way i feel, but im pretty good at adapting. But i was talkin to my sister and she says that the weather should be really important, because she goes to school in philly and its freezing there right now and no one wants to go out or do anything so people are basically indoors depressed and missing home. But i really like the way that boston is a college town so i can meet a lot of different people.</p>
<p>I really hope that i will be able to visit both campuses but im not sure if that will be possible. i heard that the bu campus is very spread out but im not sure if this is true</p>
<p>BU is definitely a spread out campus. It's not a consolidated, fenced in campus with hedges and ivy. You wouldn't want to walk from one end of the campus to the other... at least I wouldn't.</p>
<p>Just stick with your gut choice. No one will be able to convince you unless you've decided to be convinced by anyone. But the weather in Boston isn't really that bad. One thing you also gotta consider is the traveling time/expense. BU closes its dorms during long breaks so you'll need to look into that. </p>
<p>Other than that, I think the campus issue isnt as big of a deal as what most people would say. Once you've become a part of a college, the campus really doesn't matter very much.</p>
<p>I've visited UT austin before and its a beautiful place. But I didn't like the fact that it's built like a small student village with 50k kids living in it. In BU you don't get the sense of the "closeness" because it's partially blended into the city.</p>