By Raahi Mehta<\/p>\n
Every college has its pros and cons, its green flags and red flags, if you will. From someone who lives and breathes inside 640 Commonwealth Avenue\u2014and during finals, practically sleeps there too\u2014here\u2019s the insider intel of BU COM.<\/span> 🔴<\/span>It\u2019s not the grandest, flashiest building on campus. <\/b>It also doesn\u2019t help that it sits in the shadow of BU\u2019s most iconic structure: CDS\u2014or as some people call it, the Jenga building. BU COM is planted at <\/span>640 Commonwealth Avenue<\/span><\/a>, with three floors, a basement, and the COM lawn, which is currently hidden beneath a blanket of snow\u2014<\/span>BUT it\u2019s got everything a COM major could ever need. <\/b>Take a step inside, and you\u2019ll find more than just classrooms: innovation labs, field production services, a production studio, editing rooms, career and writing centers, a screening room, a study lounge, and much more. It\u2019s a place where any idea, any vision can be brought to life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 🔴The wind tunnels surrounding the building can be intense. <\/b>I\u2019ve lost count of how many times my eyes have teared from trekking past COM\u2014<\/span>BUT the building has good heating<\/b>, which is great during Boston winters. Although, it complicates picking an outfit since it\u2019s freezing outside and warm inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 🔴The closest dining hall is Warren Dining<\/b>\u2014for those who don\u2019t know what that is, it\u2019s not the most favored eatery on campus\u2014BUT Starbucks and Saxby\u2019s are a 2-minute walk,<\/span>\u00a0AND they take dining points! <\/b>This is a lifesaver when you have a busy schedule because you can quickly place an order and pick it up within minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 🔴You can\u2019t escape. <\/b>Forget a bad hair day going unnoticed because you\u2019re guaranteed to run into a familiar face in this building\u2014<\/span>BUT that also means you\u2019re bound to see a friend everywhere you go!<\/b> Oftentimes, the best part of my day is rushing into the building for an AdClub meeting or late nights in the study lounge, and turning around to find a fellow COM friend there too. I never feel alone because there\u2019s always someone there who\u2019s happy to see me. A long, stressful day easily turns into the perfect mix of productivity and fun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n BU COM goes beyond just this rectangular building. It\u2019s made vibrant by the people who pass through its door every day. My coworkers in the Undergraduate Affairs office, my friends from class, my academic advisors, my professors, and even the janitors who I\u2019ve befriended from how often they see me in the building\u2014they remind me that BU COM is more than just a place, it\u2019s the people. At the end of the day, the red flags of COM fade when you look at everything else it has to offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Raahi Mehta Every college has its pros and cons, its green flags and red flags, if you will. From someone who lives and breathes inside 640 Commonwealth Avenue\u2014and during finals, practically sleeps there too\u2014here\u2019s the insider intel of BU COM. 🔴It\u2019s not the grandest, flashiest building on campus. It also doesn\u2019t help that it … Continue reading Raahi: Red Flags of COM\u2014But There\u2019s a \u201cBut\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44667],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870"}],"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\/9594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5871,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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