<p>Your own beliefs are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. What you believe to be true is the greatest power you have. What you believe, and the words you choose when speaking to yourself, establish the life you experience.</p>
<p>Be happy and energized by the opportunities you’ve been given, or depressed and forlorn over the limitations imposed on you. The circumstances are the same, you must merely decide.</p>
<p>I have but one reply: Out-of-state summer internships.</p>
<p>I actually totally get where you are coming from - my D had her heart set on Rice (from the Houston area) but was very worried about attending local college - she applied ED and didn’t get in! That turned out to be such a blessing b/c by the time she ended up choosing a school - in the Boston area - she was SOOOOOOOO glad she hadn’t locked into the hometown school. Yes, she would have lived on campus, but it isn’t the same thing as getting away, IMO.</p>
<p>If you don’t love it by year’s end, transfer!!!</p>
<p>If BU is top 30, what about the 30 other schools you could have applied to that were great business schools? What prevented you from applying to those schools in the first place? Being low income would have been a huge advantage at most schools, other than California schools because California is broke. You probably could have gotten a free ride or close to a free ride most places, especially if you have high stats-GPA/SAT/ACT. So, now you are going to BU, make the most of it, study abroad, go home with friends from college over Thanksgiving break, etc. Do summer study abroads, etc. There are lots of scholarships out there for study abroad programs.</p>
<p>I went to school 20 minutes from home and I really don’t think it made that big of a difference. I went to a big school and never once ran into anyone from high school unless it was on purpose, and I hardly ever saw my parents. I got to keep all my old doctors and things like that and was able to go home inexpensively for breaks if I wanted to, so staying close did mean more convenience. But at the same time, I made all new friends from all around the world-- my best friends were from south korea and singapore-- and I learned SO MUCH about other parts of the world and other cultures, and I didn’t even have the opportunity to travel for study abroad or internships. It was only 20 minutes away but it might as well have been a world away for how different it was because of all the students there from around the country and around the world. You will be fine.</p>
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Your experience will be shaped by your attitude. You are imposing an unreasonable burden on BC; if you go in with a positive attitude, I don’t think you’ll regret your decision.</p>
<p>I really understand how your feel. You are disappointed. You wanted something else that didn’t happen. Telling you what you should of or could have done differently doesn’t help so I would not pay any attention to those who think you should have applied to other choices etc.</p>
<p>The fact is that even though you are in your own backyard you are on your own. Your parents will not be there when you come home from class or tell you when to go to bed. You are now an independent person living in a city that you happen to know real well.</p>
<p>You will also not be surrounded by kids all from your town. You can live a little vicariously through the other students who have come from afar and maybe go home with them on a school break and see what life is like there. </p>
<p>And you know, sometimes the grass isn’t alway greener. We just think that it will be.</p>
<p>You will have other opportunities to go afar either through study abroad or internships so your life isn’t over yet. </p>
<p>And making a decision based on money was the first adult decision you just stepped up to. Congrats on making the right one. Save your money for grad school or a new life somewhere else after college.</p>
<p>I just looked up the stats and BU is 80% out of state students. You will get the benefit of being close to home (less $$$ to get home) yet feel like you are out of state because hardly anyone you will be going to school with is from your state.</p>
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<p>This is true for me too. My dad works at the university I’m going to, so I get health insurance from the university, and the university’s hospital is literally on my doorstep.</p>
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<p>It’s BC, not BU.</p>
<p>There will be so many changes in your life from high school to career - you don’t need to make the majority of them right after high school. Enjoy your exceptional financial aid package, it is a gift. I completely understand how your perspective has been skewed by the more privileged kids you went to high school with - volunteer at some really needy schools to get a different view of the world if you need to.</p>
<p>In your situation planning to transfer makes no sense, you won’t get the same financial support as a transfer student. Apply for internships far away from home and visit your out of state (country) friends at their homes when you can.</p>