<p>I’m thinking of applying at BU and am a gay student…I was wondering what the scope of the gay population is like…I read through the other posts and my question is like…what is the gay population like there? Are there less flamboyant gay students that go there as well? I mean, I personally don’t have any of the stereotypical qualities that one thinks of as the stereotype and am wondering if there are other gay guys who are not so stereotypical at BU?</p>
<p>i'd guess that anywhere between 15-20% of the guys here are gay. some are flamboyant and some are not. sometimes i was surprised to find out someone was gay until i stumbled upon their facebook profile and saw their sexual preference.</p>
<p>Boston in general has a diverse gay (& lesbian) scene and that is generally reflected at BU and at some of the other schools here. I think nathan's estimate is quite high.</p>
<p>awesome! thanks for your responses...i do live in massachusetts (around 30 mins away from boston) so I def see the gay population in the city and was just wondering about the school itself</p>
<p>Ok, im a straight guy, also considering going to bu. Some have told me that bu has a high percentage of gay guys as aposed to other schools in the area. I was wondering if anyone could comment on this. I'm not sure what to think of it. On one hand i guess it helps with the ladies. On the other hand, not to sound predjudiced, i can't see myself hanging out with all gay guys.</p>
<p>Remember BU has about 16,000 undergrads. Even if 5% of the guys are gay, that's a good number. I think you're find a larger gay community in COM than in the management school, for example.</p>
<p>I tought about this thread overnight and it bothered me. First, Boston is not San Francisco except in the sense that gays and lesbians fit into the communities generally and no one really cares much about that. The scene is nothing like SF's; it's far quieter and not nearly as racy. </p>
<p>Second, I think that Boston - and BU and some of the other schools - have largely grown past the "tolerance" stage, meaning that gays and lesbians are no longer "tolerated" in the sense that they're an aberration which can be put up with, but they are now taken for granted. And thus, the real point is that no one cares about your sexual orientation.</p>