<p>Just curious, but one major thing that I have stressed about for BU is the dorm life. My questions to many current BUers are these simple questions:</p>
<li><p>How is the noise level - I have been told that the hardest thing to get used to was the noise level with all the subway noises and the Red Socks games… etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Is there really no AC? When I went there, I did not see any AC and most rooms had fans. It got a little humid, but it wasn’t bad (but that was in the spring). Now that summer is hitting - how is the temperatures? Is it uncomfortable? (speaking for Warren)</p></li>
<li><p>How are the libraries? I only got a chance to visit the main library and by the looks of it - it wasn’t bad, but I never checked out the engineering library. Is it usually crowded? </p></li>
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<p>Thank you in advance and ty for all the help so far…</p>
<p>You need a fan for a few weeks in fall … usually. StuVi has a/c so you can aim for that if you like cold air. Boston is a city and cities are fairly loud. You get used to the ambient noise in a few days - heck, at my school I lived on the main ambulance route to a major hospital, next to a bus stop and the only time I got mad was when a New Haven cop parked next to my window with his radio on full freaking volume at 3AM. (I yelled at him and he left.) The T is a rumbling kind of loud but it doesn’t run all night and there aren’t any curves at BU that make the awful high-pitched squealing noise of metal wheel on rail. Red Sox - note the spelling - games are down in Kenmore Sq and rarely go to midnight. Unless you live at Myles on in a few other dorms, you won’t notice. (And really, take up any offer to go to a game.)</p>
<p>BTW, if you want loud, when Springsteen played at Fenway they cranked it up toward end and I could hear it clearly at my house a mile away. The Stones were quieter. </p>
<p>BU dorms in general are fairly quiet because the school has rules. But it does vary by floor, by dorm, etc. </p>
<p>The libraries get crowded at normal crowding times before exams but I’ve never seen them overwhelmed.</p>
<p>Haha im sorry i pretty much dissed your baseball team (i am not really a baseball fan and if even im a Yankees fan)</p>
<p>Yea, ok that sounds reasonable, I will go and take a fan with me to my dorm (probably going to be in Warren). It is definitely going to be a challenge. I am used to quiet suburban life. I lived with my brother in Cambridge for a few weeks so I guess its doable, but difficult for the first day or two. I will probably get to my dorm as early as possible and see if I can acquaint myself…</p>
<p>Thank you again Lergnom - you have been my savior for so many times i don’t know how to repay you =)…</p>
<p>I also came from the burbs, but I was surprised how little I noticed the noise. Comm Ave is always bustling, but after the first few nights, you don’t really notice. I also lived close enough to hear Red Sox games, but only the cheers when we won the World Series. I think that was the only night the noise actually kept me up…but it was also really cool. The whole city was excited!</p>
<p>1019 and the Hojo also have AC, so you can think about those as dorm options too.</p>
<p>You’re lucky you get to use the Engineering library! It’s the only one that’s open 24 hours, and it’s SUPER nice. They don’t even let non-ENG students use it most of the time.</p>
<p>also if people on your floor are being noisy, usually they’re extremely receptive if u just ask them to close their doors or keep it down since youre trying to study/sleep. but if you’re anything like me, you’ll spend you’re freshman year socializing until 5 am and having 8 am class the next day and absolutely loving it.</p>