indiana vs boston

mactonycw
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:09:12 +0000

Having lived in Boston for some part of my life and attending IU, I’ll try and give you both perspectives.

BU is in an urban setting in the middle of the city, if I remember, there really isn’t much of a campus-feel

On websites they say IU is urban, but it really isn’t, IU is more open, has fields, more space, and has a variety of restaurants from your standard pizza, noodles, to a foreign foods such as Chinese, Thai, Tibet, Indian, French, Italian, etc.

Granted, Boston has much more to offer in entertainment, leisure, malls, water(ocean!). On the other hand, Bloomington is an average town with a mall, kirkwood, and campus…nonetheless, you can still find many things to do in town with 30,000 college kids.

I’d say Bloomington is safer than Boston in general.

In my opinion, IU has a much better campus community compared to BU where the schools are right by the streets and the dorms are spread out in high-rise buildings. Furthermore, if you’re into sports, IU sports have much more to offer than BU. Nonetheless, the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics aren’t far away as well as New England Patriots…

Kelley is ranked higher and has an outstanding career placement office, BU’s business school is average…

Weather is comparable, but Bloomington gets slightly less snow…

Hope that helped a little…