<p>And keep in mind, 90 percent of all classroom buildings are very nice and usually fairly new. It is rare that you will have classes in the older classrooms.</p>
<p>CAS is a really old building and remember BU used to be a commuter school a long time ago so thats just what my friends and I assumed the lockers were for when we first got here. I don’t notice them at all anymore and I’ve never been crowded in a classroom in CAS. I was kind of shocked when I first saw it but I really don’t even think twice about them anymore</p>
<p>I went to an Ivy school and the classrooms in some buildings were so old you’d wear a parka and then the heat would turn on and people would fall asleep as the thermal wave rolled over them. Didn’t make a difference in the end.</p>
<p>Aah, the movie-induced expectations: neatly trimmed lawns, bright clean buildings, stimulating classroom discussions… How about a reality check? The infrastructure at most schools is not that great, even at places where the education is well above average. Even more importantly, if given a choice most professors would not be teaching, which is not too bad because many are not-so-great teachers. It boggles the mind how no large university I have ever worked at has offered any type of formal teaching training for its faculty, as if this is an inbred ability that everyone has.</p>
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<p>Do the math again and plan on spending quarter of a mil. Tuition goes up by 5-7% a year, so by the time everything is said and done your parents will be out of a quarter mil. To be fair, a non-negligible chunk of that is spent on room, board, books, travel.</p>
<p>BU acknowledges the need for more (and, we hope, better) classroom space. CAS currently holds way more students at peak hours than it was designed to.
And sometimes that reflects other problems: I had a 500-level “seminar” in the English department with an enrollment of nearly 70 students. That creates a space issue, but reflects an education issue.</p>
<p>I’m assuming SMG doesn’t have this problem…</p>
<p>Lol no. SMG is one of the nicest and newest buildings on campus. All classrooms are large enough and high tech enough. The library is beautiful, lobby is cool. It has a bit of a pretentious vibe, but its a good place to be.</p>
<p>SMG was only the gift of some absurdly wealthy father of an alum. It’s a lot easier to make a nice school when someone gives you a bag of cash and says, “I want a school for business and I want to put my name on something nice.”</p>
<p>It’s also more difficult to renovate an old building (especially if you want to keep the exterior the same) than to make a new one. CAS might not be seeing any improvement for a while.</p>
<p>And it has a Starbucks.</p>
<p>Yeah, like every other building at BU. Don’t get me started about the Starbucks coming to Warren Towers and how unnecessary it is.</p>
<p>Hows the ENG building?</p>
<p>Only been in there once, but it seemed very modern and renovated. The exterior to the building is a bit older I believe, but the whole interior, especially where the fancy equipment and research facilities are, is very nice. Check out the ENG website or something. I’m sure they have some pics.</p>
<p>smg is the bombbbb. it’s one of the main reasons i came to bu… i am glad i’m not a cas student, lol. i LOVE our building 
and starbucks. and breadwinners. </p>
<p>but yeah, cas is somewhat more oldfashioned… einstein’s bagels downstairs is one of my favorite quick takeout places though.</p>