Is the Boston University Summer Challenge worth it?

albclemom
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:09:42 +0000

My son attended in 2012, went for four weeks, and selected four subjects to study. He had a fantastic professor for Creative Writing and discovered a passion he didn’t knew he had. He met students from all over the world and still keeps in touch with some of them. There is plenty of time to play and discover Boston.

We didn’t get the sense that the administration didn’t care about the kids (as the poster above said), but it certainly is an urban campus. As for Warren Towers, my son was there during one of the hottest summers on record - so hot, that they let the kids sleep in the air conditioned cafeteria one night! But part of the experience was the communal suffering of living in a dorm that is completely typical of the ones experienced by most college-educated parents on this site.

Yes, it is expensive (was a bit less a few years ago), but it was great for my son’s first experience away from home and set him upon the career path he is following today.