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<p>It’s pretty bad if you’ve never taken an AP class in HS. I was pretty overwhelmed. No one makes fun of CGS students. It’s just kind of a BU joke. No one thinks CGS kids are beneath them or anything.</p>
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<p>No, it’s not like HS all over again; the classes are much more difficult. These are ‘real’ classes as much as they would be at Cuse.</p>
<p>If you’re overwhelmed now, wait until you move to a different school after 2 years. Haha.</p>
<p>And yeah, people look down on CGS.</p>
<p>“What school do you go to?”
“CGS.”
“…oh.”</p>
<p>Although I was only at BU for a brief time, I never encountered that, and even so, anyone who is like that isn’t worth the time of day.</p>
<p>Where are you now? I remember you were leaving.</p>
<p>I’m at Temple</p>
<p>is it really that bad? i was about to go to penn state altoona before we found out that we could afford St. Joe’s and then right before i submitted my deposit i found out i got into BU. from what i understand CGS is almost exactly like PSU’s 2+2 program except i actually get to be on the campus i want</p>
<p>dionte, why are you posting on the BU board if you’re at Temple? Surely you know that some people transfer in and out of literally every school in the country. That you weren’t happy at BU doesn’t mean you should spread your feelings around. I’ve known kids who hated Temple.</p>
<p>I was recently offered CGs at Boston U. To read that other students may look down on students of CGS is very upsetting to me. I go to a small private school. I have AP and Honors courses. I have a 3.6 GPA and I am very involved in music. sports, newspaper and comunity service. Maybe BU has some students who have a higher GPA then me but to look down on me is just wrong. Maybe I have more common sense then someone with a higher GPA. I have friends who are brilliant but not the sharpest tool in the shed. That is who they are and I respect that. Now, I am trying to make my decision as to enter this CGS school and I was looking at it as a great transition from a private school into a larger university. I love Boston University and everything about the city but now not sure if this is a place for me if that is tha attitude of others on campus. I was accepted into many great schools right into the program I want so this is a tough decision for me. To the person going to Temple and putting down the CGS program. It would be best to keep your mouth quiet. I don’t live far from Temple and know kids with 900 SATs that get in so please don’t knock a school that is putting kids with 3.6 GPAs into a college that gives them the oportunity to grow and move on into their program of interest at Boston University!</p>
<p>Is ir possible to transfer out of CGS after a semester or so? And once you enter into your preferred college after 2 years, does it make it more difficult to gain acceptance into graduate school?</p>
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<p>To another college or to another school in BU?</p>
<p>another school in BU, sorry, I should have specified.</p>
<p>No, it’s not.</p>
<p>Does this look badly when applying for grad school or affect your GPA?</p>
<p>Dion…no not just football players. My cousin could not get into many schools he was able to get into Temple last minute without a problem with 900 SATs. He got in Bloomsburgh, and Ship but thought Temple had a better name so went to Temple. I know pleanty of others who also went that do not play a sport so please do not attack my intelligence on this. Temple requires a 1220 top SAT and 1,000 bottom. Lets not even compare BU’s CGS program to Temple. I have a 3.6 GPA but only got 1210 SATs and did not submit SAT IIs but did submit ACT testing scores which were 27. I am in AP and Honor classes at a Private School with 104 students in my class. So please don’t say that I am dumb if I chose to do the CGS program!</p>
<p>P.S. my 1220 is out of 1600 before you make a comment on that.</p>
<p>My daughter applied to BU SMG and was accepted into CGS. Seems like an amazing way to transfer over after 2 years and end up with a business degree from one of the best schools in the country. She has a 3.76 GPA w/ all AP/honors classes and scored well over 1800 on SAT’s. Am I missing something here because she was also accepted to Babson, Bentley and Univ of Miami so I want her to make the right choice! Are students in CGS treated differently in any way? Any difficulty transfering into SMG after 2 years as they make it sound relatively easy?</p>
<p>I was at BU many years ago. My roommate was someone who originally applied to Sargent and instead was admitted to CGS. She ended up in Sargent her junior year and graduated as a physical therapist. I don’t recall anybody making her feel bad about being in CGS. I do remember she worked hard and had to meet a certain criteria to advance. Another girl on my floor was in CGS and entered the School of Communication her junior year. The Crayons, Glue and Scissors joke was around back then also (or something similar), but like the earlier poster said, it was just a BU joke to tease a friend, not a dig.</p>
<p>Graduated last year, CGS was still a sore spot. Actually know a few people who graduated from the program and a roommate in the program. One friend straight up lied to me about being in CGS (I only found out when a mutual friend asked her how her capstone was going which is a CGS only project). All BU programs can be very hard, including CGS.<br>
I think the big issues for the general population are:
• the ease CGS students have at changing schools, they have lower GPA requirements
• the fact that midterms are scheduled like finals so that they don’t end up w/ 4 midterms on one day (honestly, I think that idea is genius and wished all of BU would inact that)
• the capstone, which very few students know about completely, but rumors make it sound like a cakewalk (which I imagine is not true)</p>
<p>One point not made is that CGS makes it difficult to complete certain majors in 4 years. For the first 2 years students are severely limited in the number of credits and classes they can take. Once they transfer as juniors, they are expected to complete the requirements of the school (which included completing a 4th semester language class and all the pre-reqs). I know no one who double majored after doing CGS, and in fact I cannot remember one with a major and minor. I know many CGS students had to overload (5+ classes) as juniors and seniors or take summer school. And it is really really hard to complete SMG or ENG in two years.</p>
<p>I think this is the biggest problem with CGS. I believe the university is aware of the issue and might be looking into it.</p>
<p>Seriously, all Temple brags about is their level of diversity. Is it all that a positive? And how’s being right next to Upenn for a starter?</p>
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<p>All? I dont know about that, but it’s a major talking point since we’re one of the most diverse schools in the country. Yes, it’s a major positive. We’re not right next to Penn (not ‘UPenn’, by the way), Penn is in West Philly. Drexel is right next to Penn.</p>