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'''Boston University''' is, shockingly, a university in [[Boston]]. It's larger and more cosmopolitan than its suburban rival, [[Boston College]], and sort of plays Columbia to BC's [[Princeton]]. | '''Boston University''' is, shockingly, a university in [[Boston]]. It's larger and more cosmopolitan than its suburban rival, [[Boston College]], and sort of plays Columbia to BC's [[Princeton]]. | ||
| − | Boston University is to [[Harvard]] what [[New York University]] is to [[Columbia]], | + | Unfortunately, there's a less favorable analogy to be made as well: Boston University is to [[Harvard]] what [[New York University]] is to [[Columbia]]. Still, BU students are socio-economically diverse and actually learn something, unlike those at NYU. |
Their mascot is the Boston terrier, which is kind of just adorable for a giant school with barely any campus and lots of mammoth, brutalist architecture. | Their mascot is the Boston terrier, which is kind of just adorable for a giant school with barely any campus and lots of mammoth, brutalist architecture. | ||
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[[Category:Universities]] | [[Category:Universities]] | ||
[[Category:Safety school]] | [[Category:Safety school]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:26, 22 November 2012
Boston University is, shockingly, a university in Boston. It's larger and more cosmopolitan than its suburban rival, Boston College, and sort of plays Columbia to BC's Princeton.
Unfortunately, there's a less favorable analogy to be made as well: Boston University is to Harvard what New York University is to Columbia. Still, BU students are socio-economically diverse and actually learn something, unlike those at NYU.
Their mascot is the Boston terrier, which is kind of just adorable for a giant school with barely any campus and lots of mammoth, brutalist architecture.
