<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I applied to BU’s College of Arts and Sciences and their College of General Studies. Could someone please explain to me what exactly CGS is and how it is different from the other colleges? Thank you!</p>
<p>CGS is basically a school designed to prepare students that may not be performing at their highest potential as underclassmen at BU. CGS works to prepare students for two years in a very close knit, personal environment that will help students develop their learning style to better prepare them for Junior entry into their major’s college (SMG, CAS, ENG, etc). It’s like BU’s “pre-college college.” </p>
<p>DD was admitted to CGS and can not say enough positive things about it. There have been many threads on this topic in this forum - if you click on my icon you can read a selection of them. I would not call it a pre-college college - more like a small liberal arts college within a research university. One BU policy that is terrific is that they don’t charge extra for an extra class if you have a good GPA. In CGS, you take one class each semester in your major - our DD actually took two classes in her major/minor each semester after the first semester using this overloading policy. It wasn’t easy some semesters, but she became an excellent time manager who will be graduating early with a major in Communications/Advertising and two concentrations in French and Sociology. CGS took her writing skills from excellent to superior. Her CAS friends had bigger classes, and tests were primarily multiple choice. Personally, I was extremely impressed with what I saw, and it was in no way “junior college.” Some people say you get teased - DD never experienced it, and wouldn’t have cared. </p>