By Zoe Rahaim<\/p>\n
Picking a college is huge. For most people, it\u2019s not just about majors and classes, but where you\u2019re going to call home for four years. As someone from a small state, Delaware, and an even smaller high school class, 72 kids total, I was fairly scared of moving somewhere new. I knew I wanted to get out of my comfort zone, but a huge change like college looming over me made it extra stressful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I weighed my options on what aspect of college life was most important to me beyond academics, and I knew a city that was easy to get around in was my ideal place. If you\u2019re looking at a big-city campus like Boston University, you should see it as an opportunity to live in a real city, not just a college green. My number one pro of going to BU is the opportunity to walk five minutes, hop on any transit heading inbound, and make a day out of exploring somewhere new. Some say BU lacks a campus, but our campus happens to <\/span>be <\/span><\/i>Boston. Your in-between class and weekend plans can be right in the city, and on a more serious note, it makes those internships a T ride away. When I had the opportunity to visit Boston before making my college decisions, getting to know the city really cemented my decision that a city school like BU was my ideal setting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, city school life comes with some cons. Boston is expensive, and you\u2019ll find that as an incoming freshman, even with a meal plan or dining points, daily expenses can add up fast if you don\u2019t budget yourself a little. That doesn\u2019t mean you don\u2019t deserve to pop into CityCo once in a while for a pick-me-up treat, but going from a sales tax-free state to Massachusetts was an eye-opener! Another major adjustment is the lack of a traditional campus feel. While the BU community is still tight-knit and you\u2019ll find yourself running into people more often than not, BU is large and spread out along Comm Ave. So when it comes to getting around parts of campus, you may spend more time navigating the T.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When it came down to my decision for BU, being a student also felt like independence. Boston was my opportunity to step out of my comfort zone, but it\u2019s pushed me to pursue faster-paced environments and approach these, sometimes, scary decisions with confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n By Zoe Rahaim Picking a college is huge. For most people, it\u2019s not just about majors and classes, but where you\u2019re going to call home for four years. As someone from a small state, Delaware, and an even smaller high school class, 72 kids total, I was fairly scared of moving somewhere new. I knew … Continue reading Zoe: Choosing BU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44636],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5792,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions\/5792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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