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hey guys...im totally new to the forum

 

mind telling me what you guys all think about Butler?

yo man i dont even go there but i can tell you from what i've seen that its pretty tight.   you should check out the blogs, Anna's bout to get me some sorority party pics (right anna??) haha

Hey! I'm a sophomore here, and I love it! Is there anything specific you're wondering about?If so, you're in the right place to ask! If you just want a general look at what goes on here and why we adore BU, check out the student blogs: http://go.butler.edu/cs/blogs/

 Enjoy... and welcome to the forums!

Good, cause I don't go there either.

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I'm a juniour and have only visited, but I'm thinkin I like it.

And I do have a question!

What do you guys do on the weekend off-campus?! And are the plays//productions put on usually high end?

I love the theatre, among other things

I write about weekends a lot in my blog, but they could include any number of things... there is usually a ton going on campus, so our weekends are usually a mix of activities at Butler and around Indy.  When we do go off-campus, my friends and I usually like to go out to eat.  There are lots of great restaurants really close to Butler where we are regulars. (Yats Cajun food, Cafe Patachou, Bazbeaux's Pizza and Broad Ripple Bagel & Deli are my local favorites, but we usually do late night snacks at Steak n Shake or Qdoba. There's also almost always fun stuff going on around the community - Indy has a pretty sweet arts scene, so there are plays at several theatre companies, symphony performances, rock concerts, improv comedy, musicals, art shows, film festivals, etc.  If you're into theatre, you would probably love to check out IndyFringe, which is a huge independent arts festival held here every fall.

 But like, I said, more often than not I would probably spend the early part of my evening here at Butler, because we have so much to do here.  Clowes Hall right on campus is one of the biggest performance venues in Indy, so we get travelling Broadway shows, dance company's and other sweet stuff right here and with student discounts!!  So far this year I've seen The Magic Flute (Indy Opera), Cirque Dreams, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  Our student government also shows movies every Friday and Saturday night, and once a semester they host a big concert... last fall we had OKGo.  The Jordan College of Fine Arts is also very strong, so it's great to check out ballet performances like Nutcracker, and there are student theatre productions going on all the time... we have a black box theatre that is in use almost every weekend. (So to answer your question about theatre, we have all these professional shows coming thorugh but we also have lots of small experimental shows that are student produced, which I actually tend to like the best!) So, yeah... all that pretty much keeps me busy, plus basketball is really popular here so we usually have a game on the weekends, which I am always at!

So to get back to the typical weekend, after the big activity of the evening at Butler, I would probably go out for some late night food, and then come back and watch a movie or hang out with friends.

Hopefully this helps!! (man, now you have me thinking about the weekend! I can't wait.  I'm going out to dinner and a movie with my friends on Friday night, and Saturday is a basketball game and a world-renowned folk dance company at Clowes. is it really only Wednesday??)

I'm new to these forums myself, but I've visted Butler earlier this year, and I must say Butler is one of the nicest campuses i've ever visited. I loved the environment and the  sense that I belonged there. It's a fine a university for sure, and I'll definitely be applying there this summer. Im sure most of you will be too as well. Let's hope we all get it :P

 

I felt exactly the same way!! I'm going early admission for more scholarships. :] It would be sweet if I had actually seen you there one of the times I went!

I'm applying there of course. But I have to get some serious $$$ to be able to go. :(... Lets keep our fingers crossed!

 

Ever since I got one of Butler's little booklets in the mail and I saw the pictures I knew I wanted to go.. Then I saw the cost and my mom basically told me it wasn't going to happen so I gave up.. But I'm okay with going to IU or somewhere, but I know Butler would be perfect for me. So.. Maybe hopefully...

While the price tag may be higher at a place like Butler then say IU, they also give you alot more money to attend their university so at the end of it all, Butler might actually end up being cheaper then IU. Really it all depends on scholarships and financal aid and from everything i've seen, and heard private universities give out more of each. So don't get your hopes up and apply anyway, you can always take out loans if you have to.

Matt speaks the truth!

 I didn't apply to IU, but my state school, University of Illinois, would have actually been more expensive than Butler.  And I had two different scholarships at U of I! The merit scholarships that Butler gave me were way more substantial than the ones that other schools offered so it really was the cheapest option.

 Make sure to apply before December 1st so you are eligible for as many scholarships as possible, and if you have the opportunity to interview for a departmental scholarship at Scholar's Forum - do it!! Also don't forget that it's possible to get scholarships from outside sources in your community or from national scholarship websites.  Do some research and it might just pay off : )

Good luck to everyone - if you ever have more questions about scholarships or applying, we're here for you.