richieh4

Hello, everyone.

I have just finished revisiting both Brandeis and BU and was very impressed by both institutions...Now I'm completely torn as to which school I should attend.

Boston University has invited me into their honors program and has awarded me a sizeable scholarship. Brandeis has offered no money, but I have been continually impressed with the social and academic mission of the school.

Does anyone have any advice as to which school I should choose?

My ultimate goal is to attend grad school for English and get a teaching position at a university.

Thank you for any advice!

Aldeya

i chose Brandeis over BU Honors.

a truncated list of my reasons:

- student/teacher relationships
- opportunities for research
- awesome english and language departments
- sense of community

^ all much better than BU, imho

and lastly, what i affectionately like to refer to as a "sparkle" in the students' eyes - basically it's seeing kids who are passionate about where they are and what they're doing, and feeling like u could come up to them in mid coversation and jump right in to the mix because, on some gut level, you know you fit.

i understand the money issue and i'm sure you will be fine at either school, but i hope this helped a little. for me, Brandeis won by a landslide.

michelec

wow you sound like someone i know! by ne chance are u from new jersey?

pyewacket

If you are grad school bound, I second the opinion that Brandeis is the better choice-also because you will find a higher percentage of fellow students with those sorts of aspirations. It also depends on how much financial hardship/debt Brandeis would mean for you and your family.

Aldeya

michelec, i'm from new york actually

richieh4

I am from New Jersey.