#general bu

[mackenziereader]

What school clubs or activities do you participate at BU?

I am in the BU Photography Club, one of my photos was in the Spring Gallery! I did FYSOP, which I loved and met my three closest friends there. I want to join more community service projects this year, since FYSOP was the only project I joined last year. I once played capture the flag in the snow with a group called Saturday Morning Sports. They're a group of friends ranging from freshmen to graduate students that would get together on Saturday morning to play sports, the sport changed every week. I also work for the BUIT Help Desk.

[mackenziereader]

When is the semester bill due? :o I have no idea and I'm an incoming freshmen.

Welcome new Terrier! The bill is due 8/6. You can find info like this at bu.edu/studentaccountingservices also be sure to check out bu.edu/shs (student health services) as there are some medical forms you all have to fill out. There should be a patient connect link, login with your BU login info. Also check out your Compliance Status under Personal in the Student Link and make sure everything is checked off before you move-in.

Got a little off topic, but these are all things you need to do, besides paying that wonderful bill!

[mackenziereader]

Does BU ever retract admission for lackluster second semester grades? They ask for transcripts but I've heard it's just to prove that I graduated?

They do have the right to take back your acceptance, though I have never heard of it happening to anyone I know. I think it’s just so you continue working as hard as you have in order to be accepted in the first place. Plus, if you slack off and start failing second semester of senior year, are you really prepared for the college level work you’ll be doing in less than 6 months? If you got into BU, you must have been doing well in high school to begin with. Just don’t suddenly become a F student and you will be fine. Plus, having better grades can earn you more fin aid.

They do ask for transcripts for second semester and at the end of the year to verify that you graduated. There are the Mid-year Grade Report and then the Final Grade Report in the CommonApp. You guidance department should send these out automatically, though I did need to give a little push with my counselor because one of my second semester deadlines was early.

Also, if you have need-based fin aid at BU, you have to keep up at least a 1.7 (C-) you’re first two years and then a 2.0 (C) your final two years. It’s not that hard to do better than that, it just provides incentive to at least pass to keep your aid. For merit scholarships, the GPA standards are higher and depend on which scholarship you have.

Keeping your grades consistent, or doing better if you can, will show that you are prepared for the difficult work ahead.

Hope that helps! If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask!

[mackenziereader]

Hey how do you like West campus? Is it easy to meet people there? And what is the party scene like at BU?

Hey! I love West Campus, it was my top choice for housing. There are no common rooms so some people say it has no community, but we do. I live on an all girls floor, not by choice but because of how high the girl-to-guy ratio is here, and so it’s really quiet. I feel that a floor gets the closest when there are both guys and girls on the floor, not just one sex. It tends to be pretty quiet on our floor but my floor-mates and I in our corner of the floor have gotten really close, so no matter where you live or if it’s coed or single sex, you’re bound to meet people on your floor and become friends with a few. My main group of friends I met in my FYSOP, First Year Service Outreach Program, group, we live all over campus but we see each other all the time. I highly recommend FYSOP, though it is $500. More on that at bu.edu/csc/opportunities/community-service-center-programs/fysop

You also meet a lot of people in class and during welcome week and orientation.

I chose West Campus because I’m not into the whole rowdy freshmen thing and wanted something quieter. I also wanted to be right next to the gym and the hockey arena. West is closest to CGS, SHA, and CFA and farther away from all the other colleges, but the BU BUS leaves from West Campus every 10 min in the mornings so I never have to worry about being late to class.

Party scene

I do not, in no shape or form, party and BU is big enough that I can totally avoid it. Do I see drunk people on the weekends? Yes. Do I hear them screaming outside my opened window sometimes? Yes. But I don’t have to interact with them if I don’t want to. My main group of friends don’t party either and on weekends we mostly go to the hockey games and then will decide afterwards if we’ll do something else too.

West Campus is right next to Alston which is where the BU Frats and most of the parties are located.

Anymore questions, feel free to ask!