Things I Love about CSOM

I'll be honest. Boston College wasn't my first choice, but it may as well have been. Had I known then what I know now, I would have saved myself a lot of anguish and disappointment, however short-lived it was. The more I think about it, the more I realized I was a CSOM student at heart and I belonged at BC [Not paid to advertise, not that the school needs it anyways...I swear.]

Why?

1. At last check, CSOM is at #9 for Best B-Schools in America, making it better than NYU Stern anyways.
2. We have our own library located at the heart of Fulton Hall. Such knowledge, emanating right out the aesthetic wooden doors
3. Grad students frequent the stately building that is Fulton. Usually they are attending classes right before/directly after work so the fact that you have the typically outfitted undergrad occasionally intermixing with the grads in their oxford shirts, heels, and pressed khakis or slacks makes walking into class feel so much more important
4. You throw around the powerful business jargon from your homework like it's your job: Asset turnover ratio? Subject matter jurisdiction? Debits/credits? Predetermined overhead rate?...and no one understands you. Common room study sessions are always an interesting time in that sense.
5. As if Fulton wasn't good enough just being aesthetically pleasing, it is themed! Tour guides, despite the school they identify with, are more than proud to tell you that the atrium of Fulton Hall is inspired by The Wizard of Oz, from the tiled floors to the sparkling Tin-Man-hat-chandelier
6. Portico--an all-encompassing business school/ethics overview and the required core "fun class" of freshman year.
7. So many CSOM clubs and organizations....so little time. And since we love networking, most events include a presentation or meeting with important people.
8. To date, CSOM is the only school at BC that makes full use of tent cards on which students are to write their names so professors can learn names. Simple origami with paper, perhaps, and they only need to last a month, tops. But given the physical shape of most Fulton classrooms, propping your tent card in front of you before every class is akin to the feeling of being at a conference with other high-powered industry figures. Always thinking in futuristic times, CSOM.
9. We love social media. We are all about the endless possibilities on Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn and other innovative forms of technology.
10. Most events come with a dress code...business-casual obviously. Just getting ready for the real world.

Given the option, would I transfer out of Boston College? Definitely not. But it has more to do with a general love for the school than a reluctance to leave what's comfortable.

What about you? What attracts you to BC?

-Dara