<p>BU’s campus is an entire street, commonwealth ave i believe?</p>
<p>how are the dorms for freshman? cleaning service? </p>
<p>does it have any bit of a campus feel? </p>
<p>it cant be as bad as NYU, which lacks a campus overall?</p>
<p>any comments?</p>
<p>Cleaning service? LOL. No campus feel whatsoever. Dorms are fine.</p>
<p>yea cleaning service</p>
<p>my friend attends babson, and every 10 days or so someone comes to clean the bathrooms, i thought it was a nice feature...</p>
<p>just asking</p>
<p>In the freshman dorms, people are constantly coming up and cleaning the bathrooms. I lived in Warren and the cleaning service people kept the bathroom relatively clean. I really like the dorms here. Each one is has its own appeal. Warren huge with about 1800 kids. It has everything you could possibly want inside and is almost like a mini city. Other places have bathrooms in the rooms and are much more quiet and alot less social such as Myles. West is very similar to Warren with the community atmosphere. </p>
<p>There isn't a campus-feel in the sense that I assume you are asking. Nothing fences BU off from the city and there is very little grass. It really is a long campus stretched out along Comm. Ave. However, the entire street is BU for pretty much a mile. All the kids you see walking are all BU students and you know when you are on campus and when you aren't anymore. It has its area in the city.</p>
<p>The shops, restaurants, music venues, and street scenes that rub up against the campus are all part of an urban campus feel. There is not much green space but there are many pockets of green here and there so BU has a lot more than some city schools like NYU. The river park, Esplanade, runs along campus and the river (runners, skaters, sail boats). There are a few spots other than the BU beach (large grassy area behing main buildings,overlooking the river) such as that Zen sculpture area behind Commonwealth. WEST Campus has more of a campus feel overlooking the fields and a courtyard atmosphere outside of the 3 buildings with a terrific dining hall with great views. The new FITREC center is set up to take advantage of the views. Around the Student Village there are cobblestone areas with outdoor cafe seating and you are defintely "tucked in there" off the main Ave.</p>
<p>You need to get off of Comonwealth Ave. and meander behind the buildings and along the river and Student Village and you'll see it has a lot more greenery and campus feel than NYU. (although NYU has its charm) Its not for everybody but it is more exciting than a bucolic rural or suburban oasis. There is also BU's pretty Boat House on the river right across the pedestrian bridge and there are a lot of secluded grassy pockets around that area. You can park yourself under a tree behind many of the major buildings or in between but you won't have acres of rolling grass. Bay State Rd feels like a little European village with its stone townhouse dorms, huge tree canopy, and small road. South campus is similar with brownstones and trees. Go straight down Comm Ave. through nice upscale neighborhoods, a few T stops, and you'll run smack into BOSTON COMMON which is a stunning park with swan ponds and more when you need a nature "fix". BU also has a cabin type retreat in NH. </p>
<p>Compared to urban colleges I think BU compares favorably as far as having a genuine campus. Although it is connected to the outskirts of Boston its not smack in the middle and the surrounding neighborhoods continue to be full of BU people so unlike NYU you are not sharing the space with everyone else in the neighborhood. S' West Campus dorm Freshman yr. had huge windows with a great view of the playing field and the river and city lights. Originally I would have preferred he was squirreled away at Tufts or similar campus but then realized that if I was 19-20 yrs old I would love the opportunity to live in a real yet safe and managable sized city full of life. During our first parent weekend he took us to an Indian restaurant that he was introduced to by some international class mates. This type of experience is unique to urban colleges and in our evolving global environment I think such experiences may be more useful than my youngest will find at his current first choicen-UVM.</p>
<p>I love walking down Bay State Road. It is so quiet and subdued compared to busy and loud Comm Ave. It really provides a great contrast and shows the diversity of the campus itself. Bay State, for those who don't know, is lined with 100 year old brownstones that almost all serve at student dormitories. The street is lined with trees and leads up the BU beach, behind Marsh Chapel. The beach is our quad-type area which serves as a gathering point on nice weather and the perfect place to play some snow football when it is cold. Lots of people who just walk past BU on Comm Ave don't know that such nice and quiet places exist on our campus. As another post mentioned, the West Campus area has a great community feel as well. All three buildings overlook the outdoor sports complex, Nickerson Field. There is lots of grass and benches and it is really nicely built. If you really want to get a feel for the campus, come up and take a tour!</p>
<p>A lot of people say BU doesn't really have a campus, but I disagree. I visited there last week and I can honestly say that although the campus was pretty large, it still had the campus feel. You know who's a student and who isn't, and it's obvious what is part of the school and what isn't.</p>
<p>In regards to dorms, I toured a few buildings and stayed in Warren Towers. They're relatively nice for being older buildings, and the bathrooms aren't that terrible. The places on State Bay are really pretty and they're currently building a new "Student Village" for upperclassmen that's supposed to be really nice.</p>
<p>I go here--it doesnt have a campus feel at all...</p>
<p>Yeah. And I go here too. I agree that BU does have a campus-y type feel. Every undergrad college (with the exception of Engineering) is on Commonwealth Ave. When you walk down the street you find BU students faculty and staff. Try walking down that stretch of Comm Ave in the summer and it's dead. During the school year there's tons of people around. There is definitely an ON and OFF campus feeling.</p>