<p>question: </p>
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<li><p>when you sign up for housing, are incoming freshman limited to where they can stay? or is it just the probability of recieving a dorm in certain areas different? Because I read on the BU Backdoor thing that Upperclassmen overpower some places while freshman or underclassmen in general are common in some areas.</p></li>
<li><p>and...is it mandatory or just common that students move out of a dorm once they reach status of upperclassmen to where there are more uppserclassmen? or is it common for students to just stay where they are?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>BU guarentees housing for all 4 years, unlike my current, now previous school, that only guarenteed it first year. Normally people will usually move into off campus housing as it usually works out to be cheaper, atleast that's how it is at my previous school and many other schools, not so sure for BU</p>
<p>On campus housing is becoming a more popular option for upper classman as BU builds more dorms like the Student Village. I moved off campus for senior year because I moved in with my boyfriend so it was cheaper. But it's not always cheaper for people and you have to worry about subletting it for the summer and utilities and all that junk.</p>
<p>The only dorm that freshmen are not allowed in is the Student Village. Other dorms just happen to be more upper or under classmen because of how social they are. Freshmen tend to want more social dorms like Warren and West because it is easier to make friends.</p>
<p>oh yea saw the vid that showed on campus living and the student village looks really nice...</p>
<p>what about Myles and Shelton? are they mostly upper or under or both? Oh and when I was reading about the places, it seems that only select places have ethernet...are there any places where there are wireless connections? I mean what if you get stuck in a place w/o ethernet?</p>
<p>Every room and every desk in every room is connected to the network. The library is of course connected and there are computer centers in many spots. Wireless is available in some areas.</p>
<p>Myles and Shelton tend to have more Sophomores than freshman, but it can also change year to year. My freshman year they had a lot of sophomores. WHen I lived in Shelton my sophomore year, there were a lot of freshmen.</p>
<p>And yes, you will always have ethernet. Always. There is wireless in many places around campus as well. But don't worry about the dorm rooms. All of the rooms will have cable as well.</p>
<p>There are literally dozens of threads about dorms and freshman housing. Take a look. The info really doesn't change year to year with 1 exception; this year, housing encouraged upper classmen to select the Hyatt so freshmen can all live on campus. The info will change again when the new StuVi parts open in a few years. Until then . . .</p>
<p>oOoh okie...</p>
<p>and random question...is there a Target near BU?</p>
<p>yes. you can take the bus there. it's in watertown</p>
<p>the first year, freshman year...in a general case, are the classes mostly regular subjects that are required before you start getting into your major or are there like a couple classes that have to do with your major?</p>
<p>oh and do you recommend that i take some college classes at my community college to cancel out those regular subject classes? or it doesnt matter?</p>
<p>It depends what school you're going to.</p>
<p>the community college? or the university i want to go to? which is Boston University of course ^^</p>
<p>I meant for the previous question about classes.</p>
<p>oOoh...BU's college of communications - i want to major in advertising</p>
<p>If you have the time to take some commun college classes they can definately help. They would mostly help you start a minor or complete a second major since you'd have more open classes available. But they won't help you take classes in your major more quickly. For example in the school of management there are these four management classes you have to take freshman and sophomore year. You take them in a row so they always take the two years to complete. So you could use your 'other' class spaces for things other than general ed, but it wouldn't help me complete my major faster. Hope that makes sense.</p>
<p>i was thinking of taking some, but i dnt want to put such a big work load on me</p>
<p>and yea your explanation makes sense ^^</p>
<p>my parents recently just like yelled at me for wanting to go to BU. Here is what happened:</p>
<p>I got the introduction to BU and scholarship/financial aid booklet and after reading it I gave it to my mom to read. After a couple days I asked her if she read it cause I wanted it back to review and stuff and she yelled at me. She said that I can't go, because they make too much money so we can't get much help from the financial aid. Yeah, my parents aren't the most supportive. After her little rant, I said 'Oh' and left. </p>
<p>I will still apply to BU of course, it's my number one choice. But I guess I just have to try harder. If anything came out of my mom's rant, it was fuel to motivate myself to get as much finacial support and scholarships as I can. </p>
<p>My main priorities I guess are trying to actually be accepted and earning money. </p>
<p>Hopefully I can get Merit scholarship like the Dean's schoalrship or the Founder's one, it said those are for students w/ minimal calculated need...</p>
<p>Question: they give the average score of recipients, like average GPA and such...but do they look at BOTH SAT and ACT?...if I have a low SAT but really high ACT will I still have a chance? Basically im asking if it is an 'or' thing and not an 'and' thing. I dunno how else to put it...do you guys get what I am saying?</p>
<p>I am not rly worried about the other stuff, I have a 3.8 GPA and rising because I am taking extra classes, and I am in the Top 3% of my class with great academic history. I am just worried about the standardized testing.</p>
<p>Question: I don't apply to the scholarships right? I just apply to BU itself and the financial aid thing and they see if I qualify for one of the scholarships?</p>
<p>Also, if you guys have any other suggestions towards my situation, it's greatly appreciated. ^^</p>
<p>I'm not sure and maybe some one can back me up here. But I believe you only can just choose to only submit the ACT.</p>
<p>And yes you DO apply for the scholarships. I made that mistake because I just didn't know it, being the oldest child looking at schools and doing it on my own. So apply for them. And apply for as many other scholarships as you can as well. <a href="http://www.fastweb.com%5B/url%5D">www.fastweb.com</a> is a great resource for finding scholarships.</p>
<p>Yep, you definitely apply for the scholarships. BU will give you financial aid in the form of grants (that you don't have to pay back) and loans (that you do have to pay back). The grants are depended on academic performance, so even if your parents make a lot of money, you can still get a merit scholarship that is based on how well you did in high school.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry so much about standardized testing. I didn't really do that fantastically on the SATs either, but I had good enough grades and I was in enough extra-curricular activities that I still got accepted. I think BU does a good job taking into consideration both your academic stats as well as your extra-curricular stuff in the admission process.</p>
<p>About AP credits: I took 3 AP classes in high school (US History, English, Statistics) and BU gave me credit for all of my scores, satisfying 5 electives for my degree and placing me into a higher writing class freshman year. So if you take APs and do well, it's definitely worth it and BU will definitely honor your high scores depending on your program.</p>