<p>Oh this is nonsense. BU is not segregated; it’s just big - and, frankly, is more diverse economically, racially (except for African-Americans) and geographically than most large schools. Find me a large school that does this differently. Kids transfer in and out of every school and preventing transfers is not on anyone’s radar. </p>
<p>As for keeping the best happy, they’re discontinuing that program, the University Professors Program, which admitted a small number of students who then had separate housing and direct instruction from senior faculty with tremendous latitude for creating their own academic program. They’re instead putting more resources into honors, which for most people and most schools is considered a way to make a school better overall, not as some evil plot to oppress.</p>
<p>On that latter point, BU (& NYU) are among the very few schools with 2 year programs that feed into the 4 year school, so on successful completion you then transfer directly into a BU or NYU college and get that degree. (NYU this year renamed their program from Directed Studies to Liberal Studies and made it fit more completely under the umbrella of their CAS.) This means these schools put more resources than almost any other schools into kids who perform lower not higher than the school average. These programs draw fire from regular BU & NYU kids who feel the CGS - College of General Studies - and LS kids get a huge break when they transfer into the business, communications or other programs which have much higher 4 year admissions standards. But the point is that BU is actually very inclusive.</p>