Alexandra
Boston University is a very big school. It can sometimes be difficult to find your place as one student. Luckily there are tons of students groups on campus. There are sports, arts, major-related groups, and many more. I am a member of Stage Troupe, an undergraduate theatre group for non-majors. It has been in existance for over 60 years. I have met some of my best friends through Stage Troupe and I have had the opportunity to work on incredible shows. I would highly recommend joining a group to become more involved at Boston University.
Hannah
The most frustrating thing about BU is the cost of tuition and the cost of living in Boston. A degree at BU is one of the most expensive degrees in the world. If you don?t have financial aid, and I don?t, BU is a hard place to be.
Allison
It is easy to get tangled up in all the red tape at BU. No one looks out for you like you do, especially in such a large school. If you want to get something done (a major change, declaration of a minor, get into a class, etc...) get ready to push your way through a bunch of academic departments. It takes a lot of phone calls and office visits to make things happen.
Amanda
The length of the campus.
Kimberly
Boston University has one of the highest tuition rates of schools in the nation, yet still overcharges students in living fees, overpays its higher administration, and fails to help them in dealing with the high cost of living in an urban environment.
matthew
There is not a career center set up to help students that are graduating without a specific point of study such as engineering or business.
Julia
Boston University costs way too much and doesn't offer quite enough financial aid.
Urna
financial aid and paperwork when it comes to something out of the ordinary
Tyler
I often wondered who had written my peers' entrance essays or whether the Admissions Office had bothered to read them. I wish I had studied in a place where students were excited to be there; the place felt like a degree factory sometimes, with minimal consequences for intellectually lazy people (I felt myself slipping into laziness while there, too).
Kristina
The most frustrating thing about BU is that some science or computer labs will have old and outdated equipment, while some others in the business or engineering schools will have state-of-the-art technology.