<p>Dr Pohl - get a ceramic coffee mug! Putting hot coffee in a resused plastic pepsie bottle, admittedly the same one from the previous week, is not healthy! Use a BU logo mug! I cringed when I read that and would be embarrassed to admit that was my way of going green.</p>
<p>I completely agree about the coffee in the pepsi bottle. What? Not only does it leech out the bad stuff from the plastic, but isn’t it hard to get INTO the pepsi bottle and doesn’t it burn your mouth?</p>
<p>Recently my company hired two new graduates. One from BU and one from community college. Guess which one hit the ground running? The cc graduate. Needless, to say management was disappointed because they expected so much more. This year they are going to hire another cc student. After getting to know this BU person, I learned they did ok in school but her parents were able to pay full tuition. I got the impression that BU prefers to lure in full paying students over high stats ones who cannot afford the tuition. A 2350 student can definitely do better elsewhere.</p>
<p>Essentially Boston University does have a lot of average or below average students within the college of general studies who can afford to pay full tuition. Those students are usually relegated to the college of general studies because they have lower grades in the applicant pool. But i must say Boston University isn’t just solely relegated to rich higher-income students. It is not impossible for lower income students and i was able to receive financial package that was able to cover all my need. It is true that a 2350 student could possibly do better at another school but their decision to go there isn’t solely based on the prestige of the school. My sister’s friend was accepted to an ivy league school but chose to go to BU since they gave her full tuition. In addition Boston University wont really hinder a hard working, smart student because there are people who go to very prestigious school. But in the end it could be a hit or miss from hiring from this school because some of the rich kids basically have a high enough GPA just to get by.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t want to express an opinion for the student that was accepted to an Ivy league but chose BU because of full tuition, it must be several years ago, otherwise I will agree with several of the members here about the mediocre (average) level of the students in GS at BU.</p>
<p>It is one of Silber’s “endowments” to BU.
I agree with making<em>a</em>point.
It’s academically dishonest for BU to play the “bait and switch” game on the prospective very qualified middle class students.
For the low income students as we said earlier anyone that could find and read their FA matrix wouldn’t want to waste limited resources to pay for an application to BU.</p>
<p>I know some fine BU graduates. I’m sure there are plenty of them as there are also some BU grads that are not well educated. </p>
<p>For some families, not having to pay out over $200K for college can buy an awful lot of educational opportunities and experiences. A full ride at BU and BC is certainly a consideration over paying that amount for any college. Both kids I know went on to prof school and are earning top of the line salaries, far more than most of their peers who went to ivy league schools. </p>
<p>Of course BU offered that kind of package to the student because s/he was a good bet to be that successful regardless of where s/he went to college. The familiy is about a quarter million dollars richer for that decision, which is not chump change.</p>