Is a famous school considered good?

By a Student, Di Le
I am an international freshman at Suffolk University in Boston, the city which is considered most famous for its colleges. Yesterday, my friend from Vietnam went on Facebook to share with everyone the news of her getting into Boston University. I saw her post and suddenly I felt jealous. Boston University was my first choice, but I was rejected. I thought to myself how come they did not accept me who has been working just as hard trying to get in. In the end, I ended up with my third choice, Suffolk University. Back to the matter, after seeing her post on Facebook, I
went on Boston University website to check it out. The website was overflowing with the good qualities, the reputation that the school carries. My mood went down even more. I was about to turn off everything but something caught my eyes. While I was searching for the website on

Google, some results pop up as well, one of them is call 'Tips on how to get in BU'�. I was curious on how did people get accepted. I went in the page to see. Usual tips like 'study hard, write a good essays..'� are there, but surprisingly most of the comments were 'don't apply'� or the person stating their regret for getting into BU. I thought to myself: 'Wow these people really don't know how to appreciate what they're having.'� But a sentence in the bunch of comments caught my attention. 'Remember once you matriculate at Boston University you become just another number to them.'� It said. I thought: 'Hm.. It's that true? I didn't think about it that way before.'� It made me realize that depends on the person, an A-grade school can just be down right terrible. What I thinks and the others think are the different. Then I remember again what a blast

I have had in Suffolk University. I have had so much fun in this school but just because of a small moment of jealousy, I was about to consider transferring. To other people, according to some of the comments on Suffolk University, some said the place is a joke, some said this school accepts everyone. For those people, Suffolk is not the place they want to be in, not a place they think it is right for them. And that is alright, because everyone has a preference. I went into

Suffolk at first with a sense of unwillingness. However, after a year in here, it might just be a right place for me to be after all. While I am writing this essay, a Suffolk student is leading high school seniors around campus. She was explaining about the school and she said: 'When I
applied for college, to help me choose which school is right for me. I set out a bunch of questions about what will this school do for me that the others won't be able to? What will this school give me that I will benefit in a way that I can't in other schools? I asked myself those and decided to come here.'� So high school seniors, for you guys who are having a difficult time choosing a school to go to. Ask yourself those same questions. Remember that you don't choose a school base on reputations, you choose a school that can represents you and you can see yourself growing in it. After a long thought about what I have wrote down, I went onto Facebook and congratulated my friend on the news of her getting accepted.