<p>Though BU is a great school, like all awesome colleges, it probably still has its flaws. Can any current student comment on anything entering freshmen should be ready for? </p>
<p>-The Awesome Coot66</p>
<p>Well, I would have said that the guest policy is terrible but they recently changed it and things should be a lot better next year. The grade deflation can really be a pain in the @$$ at times. They say it is because they want a grade from BU to mean something, but it can hurt at times. That is pretty much all I can think of. Maybe the administrative red tape can be a hassle at times, but there really aren't too many negatives off the top of my head.</p>
<p>Actually the thing that bugs me the most is how people obsess about grade deflation (no offense Devilsrule). I think it's ridiculous and I think that people play it up way too much.</p>
<p>Just a note, school ended, the dorms are closed and most current students aren't going to be spending as much time on the internet for a while.</p>
<p>DS is the student (soon to be a graduate). He would say that the worst thing is getting used to the city noises 24/7.</p>
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<li>no AC in some of the dorms. even if we only need it for a few weeks throughout the year, it's unbearingly hot sometimes.</li>
<li>the guest policy used to be one of the bad things, but now they changed it for the coming year.</li>
<li>not enough dorms for the fall semester. some freshmen are forced to live in nearby hotels for the first semester, which robs them of their college experience and may make it harder for them to make friends.</li>
<li>not BU's fault, but stuff in boston close relatively early for a big city. the subway stops running at around midnight to 1 am, and even nightclubs close at around 2.</li>
<li>like thumper said, some people complain about the city sounds. i'm from a quiet suburban town and i haven't had problems with them though.. so i guess it depends on the individual.</li>
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<p>totally random.. i know when parents on this board say "D" they mean daughter.. and "S" means son. but what's DS?</p>
<p>Dear Son, Nathan.</p>
<p>I thought it was DaSpider.</p>
<p>I gather housing offered real incentives to current students that enough selected the hotels so freshmen will be on campus. Transfers, I don't know about.</p>
<p>Boston is not a late night city. There are places open late, like in Chinatown, but there isn't a critical mass of late night people. The bar scene in the main areas is fairly highly policed for ID's anyway. There are certainly a lot of shows in a lot of clubs and most by far are for under-21.</p>
<p>White Stripes at Agganis on 7/23.</p>
<p>My kid might say the worst thing is the lack of a central crossing point. You go up and down Comm Ave and might not run into people you know because there isn't an area everyone crosses. That won't be addressed for many years. Plan floated recently is to cover over the turnpike and create a large common near the BU Bridge.</p>
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<p>I thought that;s done with because of that new BS rule/law/whatever that every venue that was 18+ is now 21+?</p>
<p>You're right about the all ages and under 21 nights at clubs. Live music, whether Avalon, Paradise, etc., is generally open to under 21. Those shows have always been required to end by 11. Sorry I wasn't specific. The all ages restrictions have been true in Cambridge for a while. Boston just started doing it.</p>