<p>I’ll be visiting BU at the end of September and I was wondering: What do you actually learn at the info session/is it worth doing? Is it a group thing or individual? Is the campus tour a group tour? What even happens on a tour? Any other tips about visiting would be welcome, too.</p>
<p>Also, what are some fun/interesting things to do and see while I’m in Boston?</p>
<p>All the schools I visited this summer I had already researched so the information session was a bit redundant BUT your parents (unless they hang over your shoulder all day) will find it useful to learn about your prospective new home next year! So yes, it’s useful to attend them. As for the tour, unless you know the campus back and front, you should take it! </p>
<p>And idk about anything fun to do in boston haha.</p>
<p>The information session is a bit boring if you’ve heard the same spiel from a dozen different colleges before. There are a few key things to stay awake for though, and as the previous poster said I’m sure your parents will find it helpful.</p>
<p>The tour is indeed a group tour. There was ~12 people on my tour, and we just toured most of the campus closer to Kenmore Square (we didn’t venture to West Campus).</p>
<p>While you’re in Boston, there’s million things to do if you know how to get around using the T. There are a few different museums, and the popular Boston Science Museum is relatively close. You could check out the restaurants and stuff in the North End neighborhood which is mostly Italian, or you could just hang out in Kenmore Square (right next to the BU “campus”), walk around Fenway Park, check out the rest of the BU campus that you probably won’t see on the tour, such as FitRec, the West Campus dorms, Agganis Arena, etc. </p>
<p>Have fun.</p>
<p>the info session at BU sounds like a rehearsed script between an admissions officer and like 2 students. they don’t really leave much time for kids to ask questions, and it just seemed like they were trying way to hard to sell the school. </p>
<p>the tour group i went with had about 15 kids, but there were about 5 different groups. I thought the tour was good, but you don’t have a chance to see any of the academic buildings. they show you a dorm, the student center, bu beach, and then you walk around the streets a lot.</p>
<p>in boston you should defintely check out Boston common and Newbury street, which is right near the BU campus. theres a lot of cool shops and restaurants on newbury street and its just really fun to walk around. The common is wicked nice when its sunny out and its fun to sit in the park.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend any hotels?</p>
<p>We’re booked at the Best Western Terrace Inn. When are you going up for a visit?</p>
<p>interludes - thanks. I’ll check it out. We hope to visit next Thursday.</p>
<p>the info tour takes place in a huge lecture hall. theres A LOT of people. and then the entire lecture hall is split up into small groups. like ten people per group and maybe ten groups? go to both!</p>
<p>If you are interested in a particular school, SMG, COM, ENG etc, go to that school’s site and sign up for a tour of just that school. They are usually done in small groups and are very informative.</p>
<p>We stay at the Best Western Terrace Inn every time we go to Boston. It is reasonably priced, clean, has free parking and breakfast and very close to the T (only a few stops to BU).</p>
<p>I went today to an info session and campus tour. We first waited in the admissions building, walked do the management building, and were spoken to there in a lecture hall. Groups were then split up. My tour guide, Rob, was great… very funny. A lot of the kids didn’t get some of his jokes at first, hah. But yeah, I LOVED the school and will definitely be applying now.</p>
<p>if you go in september you’re likely to have less people on your tour because it isn’t really peak admission tour season</p>