<p>Is it easy or hard to fall through the cracks at BU? Does the faculty and staff make sure you are reaching your potential? Or is it “self serve” like a big U?</p>
<p>Atmosphere: Not much to do, or a lot to do?</p>
<p>Sports-oriented, or not? Good intramural programs, or not?</p>
<p>How’s the workload, and expectations level?</p>
<p>Plus any other comments, of course.</p>
<p>I also would like to know what people think of his questions.</p>
<p>Also, how big is greek life at butler?</p>
<p>Bumping , as my daughter visited campus and is very interested, but can’t really find that much info on Butler. It’s not even in most college guides – which I really don’t understand!</p>
<p>Anyone out there who can comment on the social scene, the academic scene, etc…</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>yeah theres no much info out there and hardly talked about here on CC. I don’t get it. So yeah if someone could answer these questions it would be much help!</p>
<p>You can read a few reviews written by Butler students on ************** (dot) com. Again, not a lot of info, but it is one more place to look.</p>
<p>I’m bumping this in hopes that some Butler people come crawling out of the woodwork!!</p>
<p>OK, guess I’m not allowed to post that link — not sure why…</p>
<p>college pr0wler? cause thats where i found some yes. But yeah the butler people need to come to CC lol</p>
<p>there have been 100+ views since i last posted. not one person knows anything…?</p>
<p>I just went on a tour with my daughter last week. She’s been interested in Butler for some time now. The tour pretty much sold her on going there. I know several kids that went there, and they seemed to enjoy the school and had positive things to say after graduation.</p>
<p>I don’t think you will fall through the cracks, if you be sure to meet with your major advisor.</p>
<p>Things to do: Butler is located in Indianapolis, there are a ton of things to do! John Mellencamp is doing 2 concerts there soon - one in the theater, one in the field house. Blue Man Group is there next month as well. You have a couple of major venues a short drive away that have sports, shows, concerts, etc. Great restaurants close by, shopping, etc.</p>
<p>Basketball is the hot thing at Butler right now, given their appearance in the NCAA finals last year. They are D1 in most sports, 1AA in football. The sports complex looks pretty nice - they even have a lazy river and hot tub next to the pool.</p>
<p>Students seemed happy, not over worked. One of the things they emphasized was the accesibility of the faculty. They have 0 grad assistants - even labs are taught by the profs.</p>
<p>Just so you get an idea where my daughter is coming from as far a school selection, she is open to small to medium privates with good academic reputation close to a larger city. Schools we have visited are Drake, Grinnell, and Wash U. Other visits lined up are Coe, Beloit, Augustana, and possibly Creighton. St. Ambrose is on the list too, simply because she qualifies for an automatic full tuition award.</p>
<p>Take a visit to Butler if you can swing it, I think you’ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>thank u finally for a detailed reply. Im still concerned about the greek life because apparently it seems pretty big at 27%.</p>
<p>if i get accepted, im definitely visiting.</p>
<p>I am not a parent, but S has friends that attend. Greek life is big for the greeks, but it can be avoided. The Greeks run many of the parties, though. The Greek kids are campus leaders, so there presence is known. Apparently, it is not as intense as IU, but many people rush or at least attend the parties. </p>
<p>Intramurals are very popular, and there are lots of activities at the school. The school has an amazing performance schedule, including touring Broadway shows, lectures and music acts throughout the year.The school’s performing arts programs are also excellent.</p>
<p>We know several students who have attended Butler. Two are currently in the pharmacy program and are working hard. A 2010 business grad who had a couple great internships and is now employed had nothing but good things to say about Butler. The students who decided not to go greek have had no problems socially. Our high school usually has one or two graduates a year choose Butler. I only know of one who it didn’t work out for and that was an athlete who let the academics slip. 2 of my D’s visited Butler and really liked it. Visually appealing campus. D1 attended a scholarship weekend there and found the interaction with professors and students to be very genuine and helpful. Parents were invited to a portion of the weekend- a sample lecture on campus and a psychology department social at a professor’s house. By the end of the evening I was ready to go back to school and major in psychology!</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing! Very helpful to read all this! Duaghter just applied. Anyone know how hard it is to get merit scholarships? They don’t seem to offer large amounts, but wonder how competitive it is to get what they do offer.</p>
<p>Hi all! :)</p>
<p>I’m a Psychology major and a Communication Sciences and Disorders minor at BU, and totally forgot about this website! Haha. :)</p>
<p>As far as things to do, there is ALWAYS something going on around campus. Activities are always posted, and we get an email almost everyday with events and fundraisers telling us what’s going on for the week and weekend. If nothing going on really floats your boat, we’re only a 5 minute drive from Broad Ripple, that has tons of little shops and restaurants (and bars once you’re of age). Also, we’re only a 5 mile drive from downtown Indy, which has so much to do! Malls, museums, movies. You name it! Athletics are also a big deal on campus, especially Basketball.</p>
<p>For academics, all of my professors and advisors are extremely helpful. It’s true, there are to TA’s or grad assistants teaching your kid’s classes. Only professors, and almost all of mine have a Ph.D. or are working towards getting theirs. All of my professors know my name, and they all have an interest in how I develop as a student and a person. They are always willing to help. Even if their office hours don’t fit their schedule, professors will always work out something to make sure they can help you. You almost will always see a professor with a student either discussing or tutoring. Also! Butler provides free tutoring in each department! It’s great resource that every student should take advantage of. Your student’s advisor will actually be a professor from their major’s department (if double-majoring, your official advisor will be from your primary major, and you’ll get an “unofficial” advisor from your other major. Same goes with minoring.) I email my advisor frequently, and also they recommend before scheduling season comes along that you meet with them to help finalize what your schedule should look like. For Freshman Spring scheduling, it’s required to meet with them, but in the end the student is the one who actually logs on and schedules themselves.</p>
<p>Academic wise, it really does depend on the major, but really it’s all subjective to each student. I find Psychology not that difficult, while others in my psych classes have a hard time. The first semester may kick your kid’s butt, or they may find it easier than high school. You really never know. But as long as your kid does their work and goes to class and has a good relationship with his/her professor, he/she should be fine. :)</p>
<p>Okay, on to greek life. Greek life is a big part of Butler’s campus, no one can deny that, but it doesn’t take over campus. There are many events that are both greek and non greek. Sure, homecoming is basically taken over by the greeks (but what school isn’t?). And yes, frats do host many many parties, but that doesn’t mean that just because you aren’t greek that you can’t go to the parties. In fact, we greeks (Yes I am one, but you’ll see that I’m not biased here in a second 
) can’t wear letters to parties, so no one really ever knows if your greek or not unless they know you. When I first came to Butler, I never ever thought I would join a house, but I saw how much fun all of the greeks were having and thought it would be fun to join. I had plenty to do before being greek, but I’m the kind of person that can never be involved in enough things, and thought going greek would be perfect for me, and it was! I never felt pressured into going through recruitment, and I never felt pressured about pledging. Now, I’ve met SO many new people that I would have never met and made some of my best friends ever in just a matter of a few days. However, many of my friends did not go though recruitment (or simply dropped out and didn’t pledge), and we all still remain close. Just because I went greek and they didn’t doesn’t mean I lost contact with them. We still hang out all the time and are still just as close. Greek is definitely at Butler, but it’s not overbearing whatsoever.</p>
<p>Basically, this school is awesome. Haha. 
I love it here!</p>
<p>thank you leanamass for the info. Cant wait to visit there soon in order to help make a decision. however its hard with the limited amount of merit aid they gave me.</p>
<p>For the record, as a resident of Indianapolis (I don’t go to Butler, going to Purdue) Butler is huge for Commuter Students, so it is pretty much dead on weekends. They try to have events on weekends to get more people out, but it isn’t really working.</p>
<p>LOL at the name. Butler University.</p>