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I don't know which one to pick: Bryn Mawr vs. BU?

• Hi, i'm a senior in high school and I have gotten into both of these AMAZING schools, however I don't know which one to pick! My sister goes to Bryn Mawr and it's really close by (about an hour drive away) and i know it's a great school, but i also like BU. Both colleges have given me really good financial aid packages so price is not an issue. I'm going to visit BU for the first time this weekend to check it out, but I was wondering if anyone here had any comments. As for my major of study, I don't really know what i'm going to do. I think that i want to be a teacher but that is subject to change. I applied to Bryn Mawr because my sister goes there and my parents kinda made me but I know that it's a great school and offers a lot in terms for its students because of its small size and individual attention it gives to its students. However, I also know that BU is a great school and offers a lot of cool classes and programs and it lets you meet a whole bunch of new people as well as its education being really tough to challenge you. I applied to BU because I saw its archeology program and i'm really interested in that. If i attended BU, i'd be going to CAS (college of arts and sciences), i'm not sure if this make any difference I've thought really hard about it and i'm really unsure about which one to pick. This is my future dangling on the line here so if anyone could help, that'd be awesome!!

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  Bryn Mawr earns the ISI Institute's "Red Light" (ie "Do Not Attend") for the school's appallingly high level of indoctrination and liberal bigotry: "At Bryn Mawr, the line between academic and political life is thin and permeable, even in many classrooms. Faculty members and students alike generally assume that contemporary feminism is an unqualified good and that no one at Bryn Mawr would question such a view. For example, one student complains that "feminist views are generally considered a given." Opposing views are rare on campus and not always welcomed. "Many of the college's humanities course offerings are dedicated to the exploration of feminist issues or the politics of victimhood. Not so unusual, for instance, is the anthropology department's "African Childhoods" which provides a "gendered perspective on selected topics in the experiences of children and youth in Africa concerning indigenous cultural practices such as initiation ceremonies and sexual orientation." Students report that in such courses and in others, professors often make little attempt to conceal their political opinions—and that they are not above proselytizing. Office doors have political cartoons and leftist bumper stickers, making visits awkward for conservative students." The only way for moderates, conservatives, or (gasp) Christians, to survive at Bryn Mawr is to stay silent and in the closet: "Rev. John Ames, Catholic chaplain, told the Bryn Mawr alumnae bulletin that "some Catholic Bryn Mawr students have conveyed that speaking and living with religious moral convictions can be difficult." One student was a little blunter. The bulletin cited Kristin Henry '01, who "compared 'coming out' as a person of faith at Bryn Mawr with coming out as a homo- or bisexual." "Students who show up at Bryn Mawr not understanding the mores of its student body may be in for a surprise. "It took me a while to realize that other women were pursuing me," a student acknowledges. "When I did get it, it was a bit of a shock. I mean I've never felt harassed. But it definitely happens."" Boston University is a much better school for students who are not lesbians or fanatical liberals. BU gets a better rating than Bryn Mawr from the ACTA Foundation for "comprehensive general education" —"C' vs "D", and BU's honors program is superb and comprehensive. BU offer a much more politically balanced atmosphere: "Politics are not entirely absent from BU's classrooms. But things could be much, much worse. One conservative student says that liberal professors usually present both sides equally and fairly, and welcome debate in class—even though some show their political prejudices by presenting the opposing viewpoint "so terribly that it looks pathetic." Says a professor, "One of the things I like about BU is that this is an institution that is always trying to get better. We are not afraid of self-criticism. There is no such thing as a 'political line' that dominates. My sense is that the BU faculty contains a healthy range of viewpoints."