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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BU chapter.

Harvard, MIT, Tufts, Northeastern, and Berklee are just a few of the surrounding colleges that call Boston home. But their students could never understand what it’s like to represent BU. You know you go to BU when…

  1. The Citgo sign becomes the North Star that never fails to guide you home 
  2. The Boston Terrier breed no longer exists. Every terrier is Rhett! 
  3. You take advantage of every opportunity to replace the words “Be you” with “BU”
  4. You have a blind hatred for BC and you don’t truly understand why
  5. Your room is stocked with hundreds of free drinks, snacks, and products given to you on Comm Ave.
  6. The Esplanade is practically your playground, your gym, a date spot, etc. 
  7. You can’t remember the last time you’ve seen BU beach not under construction (or BU in general for that matter!)
  8. You get more excited about winning free chicken rather than winning the hockey game (Except when BC is involved in that equation!) 
  9. You can’t go a day without having to reconnect to the wifi 100 times
  10. The bulk of your dining points is spent on Starbucks
  11. You’ve given up on the idea of having cellphone service inside CAS
  12. Throwing away trash at the GSU receptacles feels like you’re doing a complicated calculus problem 
  13. When you refuse to step on the seal no matter how childish you think the “myth” is 
  14. You know you’ll receive a slew of BU alert texts, calls, and emails if even a rock is out of place (But seriously, thanks for  having our backs and keeping us safe BU!) 
  15. Any temperature above 40° calls for shorts, skirts, and dresses 
  16. Your fridge is full of produce from all of the bananas you stole from the dining hall 
  17. It pains you that every establishment doesn’t accept dining points so you have to use real money 
  18. You’ve had to go to the MFA at least 3 times this semester to write a paper, no matter the class or subject 
  19. You go into your housing meeting with high hopes only for it to feel more like a death sentence
  20. Next thing you know you’ve faithfully spent hours reading BU crushes and confessions, yet you think they’re absolutely ridiculous 
  21. You’ve completely lost faith in relying on the BUS schedule 
  22. You feel like a celebrity is in your presence when Dean Elmore crosses your path
  23. The girl to guy ratio has forced you to realize you probably won’t meet you future husband in college (Though if you’re a guy…you may have no complaints!) 
  24. You wouldn’t have known what a “sieve” was otherwise 
  25. It doesn’t matter what team we’re playing. Every game is an opportunity to express deeply rooted hatred for BC! (Because after all, BC sucks! Right?!) 
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Summer is a Boston University graduate ('15) that received a BS in Journalism with a concentration in magazine journalism. Her interests include editorial design and lifestyle, fashion, and beauty content, as she aspires to be a fashion magazine writer and editor. She is currently a fashion and beauty writer for Bustle.com and previously served as a Campus Correspondent for Her Campus Boston University. Summer likes to think of herself as a lipstick enthusiast and smoothie connoisseur, so when she isn't writing for Bustle, you could probably find her sipping on a strawberry-banana smoothie and planning her next purchases at Sephora. Follow Summer on Twitter @SummerArlexis
Writers of the Boston University chapter of Her Campus.