THE RIVALRY ZONE
BU vs. everyone. Interactive comparisons with real stats, community voting, and hot takes. Let's settle some debates.
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The original Boston rivalry. One's a major research university in the heart of the city. The other's a Jesuit school in the suburbs with a chip on its shoulder about being confused with the other one. Let's settle this once and for all.
Two powerhouse Boston universities, separated by a few T stops and a fundamental disagreement about what college should be. BU believes in the traditional four-year experience. NEU thinks you should spend half of it working. Let's settle this.
Two premier urban universities. One in America's best college city. One in America's biggest city. Both expensive, both prestigious, both will take over your personality. The eternal question: Boston or New York?
The large research university versus the small elite school that thinks it should be Ivy League. One has 35,000 students and endless options. The other has 6,000 students and endless opinions about why smaller is better.
The expensive private school in Boston versus the affordable public flagship in Western Mass. One costs $70k/year. The other costs $16k for in-state students. Is the BU premium worth it? Let's find out.
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