Hi, I’m parent. My son just accepted by BU Rise Practicum. Just wonder if it worth it? Anyone have any suggestion or experience? Thanks a lot!
@Sunnyliu2019 - I think short answer maybe ‘it depends’ - just thought of adding our experience. FWIW, son got accepted to the program last year and we decided not to go with it. Our reasons are: its way too expensive for the return. We knew the costs before applying but applied anyway with internship as 1st choice and practicum as 2nd choice. Fee was same for both. In internship, students get an opportunity to work with a mentor (mostly one-to-one or at most couple students to a mentor) - we thought that was worth the fee. In practicum, the program maybe still good but they don’t get the one-to-one association with mentors - we were looking for that close association (with the thinking that just summer research may not yield much unless further collaboration is done - this may only possible in internship). we thought the fee is too high to just get the regular advanced class type experience - so didn’t go.
Thanks a lot!
1 Like