Coming to BU from Small Town?

grzyba
Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:51:03 +0000

I know this thread is basically closed and all but I’ll add my 2 cents!

I’m a freshman at BU and I came from a small town! My graduating class was 90 people and we all came from 7 towns to one high school (and some people rode tractors to school). Living in the city is a dream if you’ve always known you’ve wanted to be in one! I’ve always wanted to get out and see what else was out there so it’s been a pretty great experience for me!

Similar to you, in high school everyone knew my name, because, well, everyone knew everybody’s name. It is a little difficult going from that into a class of 4000+ where no one knows you unless you make the effort.

Right now, I live in Warren Towers and I got assigned to one of the (dreaded) all-female floors. A lot of the floors in Warren are really close and spend a lot of time together, but all-female floors tend not to be like that. One of my friends (who I actually met at orientation) lives in an all-female floor too in another tower, and her floor is just like mine. I know some people who live in West and love it, but it’s pretty similar to Warren. If I had to do it all over again, I would have chosen something smaller like a Bay State Brownstone, even if it’s not truly the “freshman experience.” Warren is overall too noisy and crowded and big for me. There’s over 1000 people living in the same building, and when they’re all trying to get to class, or go to the dining hall or get in the elevator, everything is packed and crowded and just overall really annoying.