<p>Hey whats up? im gonna be a senior this year and i really like BU. the problem is ive heard a lot of bad things about grade deflation and i wanted to know if it really is that hard to do well. if i put a lot of work into something, i expect a deserving grade but will that not happen in BU? also another thing is that I’m really into improv and comedy and i wanted to know if BU and/or boston has any opportunities for that. thanks</p>
<p>In my experience, you will get the grade you deserve. Yeah, the curves might be a slight bit harsher than at some other schools, but it’s perfectly easy to do well if you apply yourself at all. </p>
<p>In no way at all should it really be a consideration when you decide whether to come here or not. While BU may have slightly lower grade averages, more often than not I think it’s a convienient scapegoat to claim grade-deflation when someone doesn’t do well - It doesn’t mean that they would have done well anywhere else. </p>
<p>As for as improv comedy goes, I know BU has at least one group, Liquid Fun, that was pretty good when I saw them. I’m sure there’s at least a few more similar groups as well, nevermind outside of BU in Boston.</p>
<p>Agree…dd works hard, and does well. She got better grades than high school last year, probably because the classes and school were terrific. in the one class where her effort dropped,her grade dropped a bit with it. Terrific school!</p>
<p>What other schools are you considering and maybe we can answer better. As for the question is BU worth it? From my perspective as a rising senior I’d say no. While the faculty is generally supportive of the students there is no way I have gotten $50K/year worth. BU tries to appeal to students at large by touting its location in the city of Boston, modern facilities (Fitrec, Stuvi, new student center), and large array of programs and majors available. Underneath it all its really a fair weather school that is incredibly cliquey and similarly doesn’t have a fluid alumni network in place. If I could do college over no way I would have gone to BU knowing what I know now.</p>
<p>I think Terrier02215 is in the minority based on numerous conversations on and off campus.</p>
<p>Like I said, I pretty much completely disagree with terrier02215.</p>
<p>I think BU, to some extent, attracts a certain number of cynical students, who either expected more of a traditional school and campus and were disappointed, or on the opposite end want nothing to do with the school except to go to class, and think anything else BU does is trite. </p>
<p>If you’re the first kind, yeah, I don’t really reccomend coming to BU if you’re gonna miss a green campus where the whole student body goes to cheer the football team on. But the hockey games are fun, and have a decent amount of student support if you’re willing to try it.</p>
<p>If you’re the second type, I can see how it’s annoying to see your tuition money used on a bunch of things you don’t care about, but I guess that’s life, and a lot of people do enjoy the stuff that BU has. </p>
<p>(Not saying that terrier02215 actually fits into this, just my thoughts about some of the people who say they’re dissatisfied by BU)</p>
<p>BU does have more than its share of cynical students. One reason might be that for some BU was their safety school. They are sort of mad at BU for not being Cornell, Johns Hopkins or Tufts etc. </p>
<p>Also, some students look at BU’s 45% acceptance rate and think that it is an easy school that they can breeze through. When their GPA fails to match their high expectations, they blame it on grade deflation. </p>
<p>BU is a great school, if you can afford it.</p>
<p>TomSr is right, I just want to add that while yeah, there are a bunch of cynics, they are definitely a minority - loud enough to be heard a lot, but in reality a large majority of people I’ve met love BU.</p>
<p>I personally think BU is worth it. I originally came to BU and left for other reasons. After transferring to a decent state school in NY, I really saw a difference in my education. The first chance I got, I made sure that I transferred back to BU. Here now again, I realized the school is a great investment as long as you KNOW HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. The one thing people don’t realize is nothing is ever handed to you easily.</p>
<p>After going to Stonybrook for a year, yeah it was cheaper but I feel like I was not getting the education I wanted and the resources they had to offer were subpar (sans doing research at prestigious institutions).</p>
<p>If you are willing to work and put in time, you will love your time at BU. And you can make many connections here while at BU (I mean like professional, and networking wise) it’s just up to you to seek them. Currently one of my prior professors here, does research work at MIT and is trying to get me into a group there. </p>
<p>And the grade deflation is BS. A lot of people come to this school as a safety and expect it to be a cakewalk, and when they end up not doing well they blame it on deflation. If you put in work you will get the grade you deserve. As well as the education you want to receive. Anyways i’ll end ranting.</p>
<p>Maybe because it’s summer (and you would think that grades would be even harder to get in the summer!), but I do not observe any grade deflation. In fact, I say I get the kind of grades I deserve, or even higher. I hear horror stories from people in big universities and their classes seem like jokes, but for what its worth BU is a serious school based on the two courses I’m taking right now and you should not expect straight As. In fact, I don’t care if you’re the valedictorian of your class, you shouldn’t be expecting easy As.</p>
<p>In my book, if you:</p>
<p>Put in little work, you should get a C or a D.
Put in average amount of work, a B or a C.
Put in a lot of work, an A or a B.</p>
<p>That’s how grading systems should work, in my opinion. I think high school grades are the inflated ones. In colleges with so-called “grade deflation”, their grades actually mean something, meaning only the best and the brightest can get superlative grades.</p>
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<p>This is so true. It’s a cliche, but it is really the student who should be seeking opportunities to take advantage of everything a school has to offer. If you want a lot out of a school and really apply yourself, you will get what you seek. Alas, most people don’t, and to them their academic experience might not mean much, but you have to put yourself into it.</p>
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<p>No education is worth 50k a year; the system is royally screwed. Let’s just get that out of the way. I still feel massively cheated going to Carleton despite my good experience there. I’d pay for a Mercedes the kind of price it commands, but I won’t buy a Mercedes for the price of a mansion, no matter how good the car is. Here we have a situation where the Mercedes is the only car on the market and for the sake of the argument let’s just say we absolutely need a car, and it’s the price of a mansion.</p>