<p>(1) UNI is a separate college, just like CAS or COM or ENG. It’s the smallest and has ~150 students (?) total (I’m not positively sure, but I think there’re about 30-40 students per year). The student:faculty ratio is 4:1.</p>
<p>(2) You apply to a specific college in your BU application, so you designate University Professors Program in the college pull-down box (if you’re applying online & using the CommonApp). The only additional application supplement is a 750-word essay on what you plan to study and how UNI best fits with your concentration. There’s no early deadline.</p>
<p>(3) <a href=“http://www.bu.edu/uni/programs/core/science.html[/url]”>http://www.bu.edu/uni/programs/core/science.html</a> has the two core science classes you’d take in your freshmen year, but I e-mailed the advisor and, if you plan to go pre-med, Chem/Bio can be substituted as your science requirements.</p>
<p>(4) A UNI freshmen actually e-mailed me upon request from the advisor, and the program’s specialty housing is apparently quite decent, though those UNI students obviously wouldn’t experience Towers or Warren, which are the most social dorms for freshmen (drawbacks are that those dorms are small and prison-like). I’m pretty sure students interact with other colleges within BU, though, because not all of your classes will be strictly UNI. After sophomore year, actually, I think people from other colleges can take classes in UNI, even though they aren’t in the UNI college. If you’re a current BU student and want to transfer into UNI, there’s a pretty exhaustive application requiring prof-recommendations and essays.</p>