<p>I am planning on majoring in journalism and BU is one of my top schools. I am debating whether I should apply to cas and then later transfer to com, or directly apply to com.</p>
<p>I am pretty positive that I will get into either com or cas.
But I am applying for the trustee scholarship, and I don’t know if it will be easier for me to get into cas and get the trustee scholarship, or get into com with the ts. So I guess the bottom line is: which school would give me a better shot at the ts?</p>
<p>i don't know about the trustee scholarship, but if you're confident you'll get into either one, apply to COM. if u wind up not liking it, it's much easier transferring to CAS than it is to COM.</p>
<p>I would apply to CAS, and then transfer into COM, for two good reasons:
1. You don't have to take COM 101. If you transfer in from CAS, you will only have to take COM 201, which is a better class than the living hell that is COM 101.
2. You can kill off one more liberal arts distribution requirement in place of COM 101 while you are enrolled in CAS.</p>
<p>The only drawback that I can think of is that you might meet less COM kids. But if I had known better, I would have avoided COM 101.</p>
<p>I think it's silly to not apply directly to COM just to avoid COM101. Was COM101 one of the most boring classes I ever took? Yes. Some of the lectures were interesting, but you get a broad picture of the different departments at BU, and it may inspire you to take a class in a certain area of CAS or pursue a concentration or minor in something like international relations, economics, or psychology. I almost considered taking an intro to microeconomics course or international relations course because of the COM101 lectures (but later didn't because I decided to minor in psychology).</p>
<p>In the end, you are making it easier on yourself because you don't have to worry about whether or not you have a good enough GPA in order to transfer over to COM. Even though in the short term it sounds convincing since you'd be avoiding COM101 and killing off an extra liberal arts distribution requirement in CAS, you'll take more pressure off yourself in the long term because the transition from CAS to COM is a bit more difficult than transferring from COM to CAS. So suck it up and just deal with it.</p>
<p>It's hard to tell what COM101 will be like with a new Dean. The last one was on an ego trip and the Mickey Mouse rules about the class reflected that.</p>