I just want to follow up also as a current LEAP student. I agree with what fellow LEAPers in the CE and EE fields are saying about BU. While I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn engineering skills and have the potential to eventually maybe?? get a job doing what I want (I say this because as days go by I am starting to question this more and more) I would heavily consider your options and see if there are other equivalent options that might be more cost and labor effective.
I do feel BU often see's your $$ before seeing you as a person. There is very little support. Since joining, I've accrued a lot of debt and not a lot of job prospects in return. Teaching is pretty subpar, but that does come with big research universities. If you do decide to attend focus on meeting fellow LEAPers that is what will end up getting you through.
I too have started to focus on doing projects and less on schoolwork as has been explained previously. Like most academic institutions you will get out what you put in. Just expect to put in A LOT more effort than you might be used to especially if you come from a smaller liberal arts school. There is a bit of red tape and it is important to go after what you want if you want to try to make anything happen here.
Just thought I'd throw my two cents in because this trend unfortunately continues in the ME department as well.
