<p>hi, im applying to BU for Reg Decision, i think i have a pretty good shot at getting in <em>not sounding pretentious</em> but my sat score (1450/2130) is pretty good and my ecs (captainship/foundership/vice presdientship etc) are pertty solid. average gpa from my school that gets into BU is a 3.7 and avg SAT is a 1930 or so, so im fine in terms of both. </p>
<p>but, the questions that i have are…</p>
<li><p>if im undecided on a major and dont really know where im going to go, which of the schools do i apply to? CGS?</p></li>
<li><p>i saw on the common app supplement that the essays are only asked to be written by people trying to get into a certain college… but im not trying to get into en of those colleges… so do i only answer th eshort answer question?</p></li>
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<p>Apply to CAS, which is arts and sciences. CGS is, if you look at the other threads, a 2 year program for kids whose scores / grades don't quite get them in. There's also a recent thread about inter-college transfers. Some are easy and some are hard; ENG and SMG, for example, start their curriculum first term.</p>
<p>I recommend CGS if you don't know what you want - we say it's for people who did pretty well in high school, but never truly buckled down. I have plenty of friends who applied directly to CGS because they have no idea what they want to do with themselves. My roommate applied to CAS and got referred to CGS. She is so much happier here. CAS is like a huge high school and you are just a number, not a person. CGS gives the student more personal attention, and we have no teaching assistants. I am obviously a fan of CGS (I'm in the program) and it's kind of insulting for people to think that I "didn't quite get in." Sir, or ma'am, there were 31,000 applicants to Boston University last year, and 4,200 accepted. There would be a lot more spots open in CGS if they put everyone in there who "didn't quite get in". I'm sorry if I took your response the wrong way, but I was accepted to the school just like everyone else, and I am going to graduate with a degree, just as everyone else. College of General Studies allows you two years to think about what you want to be without figuring out later that you don't want to be in CAS, maybe you want to be in SAR. And for clarification - CGS is core curric without fighting for spots, as students do in CAS. Whichever program suits you, apply to it. Don't apply to CAS because you think CGS is for stupid kids, because it's not.</p>
<p>Actually, about 14000 were accepted. That's just how many people matriculated. I recommend CAS if you are unsure, but CGS isn't a bad idea either.</p>