Misc. Questions

Colleges and Universities A-Z Bentley University
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<p>Ok so I was just accepted to Bentley and I have a few questions…</p>

<p>What’s the social scene like? Is it very cliquish? Is there lots to do on campus or is all the fun in Boston?</p>

<p>How are the dorms for freshmen? I went to visit but didn’t take a guided tour so I didn’t see any dorm rooms…I really like the campus though. And also…how’s the food? And the gym/athletic facilities?</p>

<p>Also…I know it’s obviously a business-oriented school, but when I visited they said a lot of courses are now geared towards the liberal arts. Is this true? Are these courses challenging? I want to do int. studies with econ but I also really want to take some good english lit and philosophy courses etc.</p>

<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks</p>

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<p>anyone.....</p>

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<p>My son is a sophmore at Bentley.</p>

<p>Social scene seems fine. He is always busy with stuff on and off campus. He and his friends go to Boston regularly...mainly to have dinner and maybe go to a game. They love going to the North end.</p>

<p>The freshman dorms are fine. They are typical dorm rooms built in the 1950s or so and updated since then. They are the bottom of the choices on campus. Only freshman live in dorms...everyone else lives on suites or apartments that are very very nice.</p>

<p>He does not complain about the food.</p>

<p>The new library and gym and the food court at the gym are very popular and very nice.</p>

<p>He is taking the liberal studies double major with his Accounting and Corporate Finance major. He likes it. My D is a business major at Tulane. I have to say that the english, etc courses are better at Tulane...but Bentley is still good. The business courses are better at Bentley.</p>

<p>The focus on business throughout all the departments is great. Internship support is fantastic.</p>

<p>Strengths: Business focus, technology, good upper class dorms, near Boston, great career center, library and gym very new.</p>

<p>Weakness: Hilly, can be cold in the winter. Business is the number one.</p>

<p>Hope that helps. If you have more questions, send them along. If you want to speak to him directly...PM me and I will put you in contact.</p>

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<p>thanks so much, that helped a lot</p>

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<p>I'm currently a freshman but I'm transferring next year.</p>

<p>The social scene is very cliquish. People are friendly during first week but once that is over, not so much. The partying here is at the broad end of mediocre, some high schools party better. If you're a freshman guy, don't expect much the first semester. It does get better second semester if you go out and meet upperclassmen and more people. There's activities thrown by the school oncampus but it's usually Friday or Saturdays so not many people go. Boston is a decent town to go to but then again there's not very much to do there.</p>

<p>The freshman dorms are a two-sided story. There's the Trees, where most of the freshman live. It is antiquated with snake-like hallways but the rooms are decent-sized for freshmen, I'm not over there much because I live in Slade. Slade and Miller and the newer freshmen dorms. Slade is right across from the Trees and Miller is in the boonies. Both have surprisingly large rooms and are pretty straightforward. Oh and remember the stairs that lead to class? You'll be enjoying those all year round unless you live in Miller.</p>

<p>The food is... well you'll know its flavors once you've had it for a month. Most people here hate it, but when kids from other colleges visit and have it they say it isn't bad at all. You do have other choices, like Harry's, Einstein's Bagel,s or LaCava, which helps offset Season's bad food, but they use up discretionary and not the unlimited meal plan.</p>

<p>The Dana Athletic Center is great, brand new and very nice workout equipment. The only complaint I have is that it's a hassle to walk to in the midst of winter.</p>

<p>The courses here, in my opinion, are not challenging at all. The freshman general business (GB) courses are a joke. But they are changing it for next year so I don't know how that will pan out. Most people think philosophy is a bore but if you like philosophy you might like the philosophy course, it really depends on the teacher's curriculum. You really don't get much of a taste for English courses your freshman year but I don't think there is really a wide variety to choose from.</p>

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<p>IM me if you have anymore questions.</p>

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<p>I am currently a senior at Bentley...so I have a pretty good idea of what Bentley is about..</p>

<p>To answer your questions..</p>

<p>1) I didn’t have any problems with the freshmen dorms. They are relatively big compared to other schools I visited, and they are a great way to meet tons of people. The freshmen dorms are where I met a lot of the best friends I have now...just because everyone gets so close and it becomes its own little community</p>

<p>2) The food tastes good - but like everything you eat a lot, you are bound to get sick of it. But the cafeteria changes the menu up a decent amount so students don't get tired of the same things</p>

<p>3) I don't feel that the social scene is cliquish. I am friends with a variety of different groups and never feel left out in any of them. </p>

<p>4) Bentley does an amazing job of offering liberal arts classes such as philosophy, psychology, history, literature, etc. Each of these liberal arts classes are taught in an arts way, but are then applied to the business world. This is what makes it so unique. You will definitely get a well-balanced education by choosing to attend Bentley.</p>

<p>From being here for 4 years, I can tell you it was the best choice I’ve ever made.</p>

<p>Let me know if you have any other questions!</p>

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<p>shrivas_sere,</p>

<p>which bank ATMs does Bentley have on campus?</p>

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<p>Do transfer students have a higher chance of being accepted to Bentley?</p>

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<p>Transfer students at most schools, other than a few ivys and and very top LACs have a better chance of being accepted. The key is that you need to do well in your other college.</p>

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<p>I've heard that those who don't get into Bentley often go to Bryant University. How would you compare the two?</p>

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<p>I used to work at Bentley and know a lot of people who still do. Bentley offers fantastic opportunities to students truly interested in finance, accounting, marketing, management, international business and technology+business. Students get really good jobs and make a lot of money when they graduate. Because Bentley is a business school, many of the liberal arts classes are geared for non-majors and are less challenging than the business classes are. As Blackheart posted, there were some problems with the General Business curriculum, which is just a few years old, not challenging students enough because it covered too much material in too shallow a manner. The new curriculum, which contains more indepth study of specific business areas and interdisciplinary cases, should be both challenging and practical, introducing students to various potential majors and teaching them to solve problems the way businesses do.</p>

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<p>They have Bank of America and Citizens Bank but honestly the atm fee is like $2.00 or something so it doesn't really matter...and to be honest with you, if you can't afford the atm fee the only school you should be applying to in MA is probably U Mass...or maybe Wentworth, they suck too</p>

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<p>To respond to shirvas_sere review of Bentley:</p>

<p>1) It depends, honestly, being an international student from Europe, the americans normally wanted to stick to their own kind of Western Mass and Connecticut...howwwww exciting</p>

<p>2) Food tastes good? I'm sorry to hear that you've lost your taste buds</p>

<p>3) Definately partied much harder and much funner in high school...some of the kids here party like 9th grade high schoolers who just got some alcohol from the liquor store for the first time</p>

<p>4) You may think that, but I think the only school with less freedom in what you're allowed to choose is Babson...Bentley are always constantly trying to push "their" perspective of successfulness onto people...THEY DON'T KNOW ME...for instance, there are flyers around the school stating "The average CIS major graduating from Bentley makes $51,500 per year!!!!!"...sorry, but paying $50,000 per year to make $1500 per year more doesn't seem like my kind of thing....but hey, whatever makes your floaters float....DUUUURRRRR</p>

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<p>Ok so I was just accepted to Bentley and I have a few questions...</p>

<p>What's the social scene like? Is it very cliquish? Is there lots to do on campus or is all the fun in Boston?</p>

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<p>The first few weeks are when you really need to meet people and make friends. A lot of people do this and settle into groups immediately, often keeping to their group for the entire four years. If you party a lot you will meet lots of people. You just have to be really social. But I do know a LOT of people that have kept the same group of friends the entire time. In fact, I've noticed its rare for people at Bentley to even say hi to each other when passing, even if they've met. Kinda awkward. </p>

<p>Boston is cool, but only if you're 21. Clubs have gotten much stricter. You can no longer bribe the bouncers and whatnot. Otherwise, feel free to pay more than $10 just to see a movie. There are tons of campus-sponsored events where there is free pizza and generally tons of dorks. Other than that you will need to get someone to buy you alcohol so that you can have parties of perhaps 15 people at most before being broken up by an RA. </p>

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<p>How are the dorms for freshmen? I went to visit but didn't take a guided tour so I didn't see any dorm rooms....I really like the campus though. And also...how's the food? And the gym/athletic facilities?</p>

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<p>People say the trees suck, and they do compared to upper campus housing. Personally, I moved off campus because you can get a better place to live with better food at the same price as living on campus. Cafeteria food is low quality compared to food you prepare yourself, for sure. However, I do like the Trees because on the weekend everyone just leaves their doors open, people wander around drunk, and there are lots of shenanigans that go down.</p>

<p>Gym is goddamn amazing.</p>

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<p>Also....I know it's obviously a business-oriented school, but when I visited they said a lot of courses are now geared towards the liberal arts. Is this true? Are these courses challenging? I want to do int. studies with econ but I also really want to take some good english lit and philosophy courses etc.</p>

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<p>There are more liberal arts courses, but if you are really interested in other subjects besides business you will truly be disappointed. business-wise, Bentley is best at Accounting, Finance, and Econ... probably in that order. International studies is a totally useless major here. You might as well major in underwater basket weaving.</p>

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<p>No man, at least with underwatering basket weaving you'll actually have a skill....what do you get with international studies...a map...who the hell needs a map to somewhere they aren't going to go...it's like giving someone in Texas a salad or something...it just DOESN'T MAKE SENSE</p>

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<p>I never saw such close minded, stupidity as on these forums, not to mention wrong information.</p>

<p>See:<a href="http://www.bentley.edu/international-studies/courses_ugrad.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bentley.edu/international-studies/courses_ugrad.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>International studies seems to give strong offerings in the culture and languge of foreign countries which is NOT useless to those who want to do business there! It also beefs up the liberal arts offerings for all kids. </p>

<p>Finally, kids can take ANY course offered at either Brandeis or Regis if the course isn't offered at Bentley,which provides a HUGE opportunity for quality offerings in many areas. See <a href="http://www.bentley.edu/ugcatalogue/academicservices/bentley_brandeis_regis_exchange.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bentley.edu/ugcatalogue/academicservices/bentley_brandeis_regis_exchange.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I can tell you this: I have seen a number of stand-alone specialty schools for art, business, music etc. Most of these schools give lip service to their liberal arts offerings. Their quailty in these areas usually is very inferior. Bentley is really trying to be a combination of a specialty school and a LAC in that it is trying to offer quality courses and a number of good choices of liberal arts offerings. I personally applaud their mission.</p>

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<p>“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence”.</p>

<p>John Quincy Adams</p>

<p>These words should be the motto of this forum.</p>

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<p>who else thinks ninjapiratejon and RBM are the same guy? , who i think is trying to knock Bentley cause he didnt get in or was kicked out.</p>

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<p>We're roommates, actually, and we're on because we were cracking up about what people said.</p>

<p>Hey, taxguy, get a clue. NOBODY actually takes those classes at Brandeis! I must admit that I applaud them as well for trying. Unfortunately for the students there NOW it's no good. Do you know what the LSM Global Perspectives double major with a concentration in Latin America is? Taking four Spanish classes. Oh yeah, that will really help me do business in Latam.</p>

<p>Maybe compared to other small B-schools Bentley is ahead of the curve, but overall if you're looking at anything other than accounting, finance, and econ you will be disappointed with both selection and difficulty. But many other universities not only offer better business programs but huge liberal arts programs. So yes, I applaud Bentley for trying. But I will not recommend it on that basis for another twenty years.</p>