NEU honors program vs BU vs Tufts

Emily2007
Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:12:23 +0000

Eh. I’m a NU senior. I am conditioned to believe NU is better than BU. I expect and good BU senior to fight me on that (and not without telling me how much better BU hockey is). I don’t objectively think NU is better. Actually, objectively, I say they’re equal except for a bit of an NU advantage in jobs thanks to co-op.

I guess I just don’t really see any real advantages BU has over NEU. Two similarly ranked urban boston schools with about equal academics. Both in cool locations. Both with some awesome faculty and some mediocre faculty. Both with great social scenes. Both with lots of good clubs and campus activities. Both expensive private schools. Both with decent reputations within Boston. We have co-op, we have a defined campus. They have a better hockey team (but we’re both better than Harvard!) and maybe some nicer facilities (Agganis arena etc).

But some people don’t like NEU campus and feel sorta meh on co-op. Some people just don’t feel like they “fit” at NEU. In which case, no reason not to go to BU.