A Mid-week Special: My First Recruitment Letter

Hello everyone! I know that I just posted recently but this is a special case! The other day, my friend from high school, Brianne sent me a message telling me that she is interested in coming to Bishop’s and asked if I could tell her a little bit about BU! I was extremely excited and jumped at the chance to tell her all about this wonderful place! I didn’t realize until after I sent the message that it had turned into a 500 word novel! Anyway, I wanted to share what I wrote with all of you and if any of you are also thinking about BU let this be my recruitment letter to you too!

Hey Brianne!

I was actually so excited when I got this message, you have no idea! I had just been telling my friends that I want to work for recruitment so that I can spend all day telling everyone how awesome BU is! So to answer your questions, here we go: I love it here! I don't know the extent to which you've looked into Bishop's so I will tell you everything I know. The campus and student body are pretty small, with this year's incoming class being the biggest yet! However, it doesn't feel "small" - we have everything that the big schools have (intramurals, student council, a student bar, Tim Hortons!) and there is a real community feel to everything. We are like one big family! I really like the small class sizes because the profs actually get to know your name and face and you also get to know the other people in your classes. Another benefit to the small student population is the fact that we don't have TAs, so everything we learn comes right from the prof. Also, profs choose to teach here because they like teaching, as opposed to some big schools where they are only there for their research. My biggest class is 100 people, which is small compared to large universities.

There are three styles of residence here - traditional, apartment and bogstyle. I live in bogstyle, meaning I have a single room attached to a bathroom which is attached to another girl's room. The two of us are already best friends and we act like roommates but it's nice to have my own space for my stuff and for studying. Bogstyle is definitely the best, but the other two styles cost less and are still a lot of fun! Dewies (the meal hall) is fantastic! The food is amazing and the meal plans are all unlimited access so I have been spending way too much time there! As to town life, Lennoxville is pretty small and most of the students live on the same streets all pretty close to campus, but we have a grocery store, liquor store, drug store etc in walking distance from campus and the city bus will take you to the mall or to downtown Sherbrooke. The parties here are crazy but so much fun and frosh week was unforgettable!

You should definitely come out here for a tour if you can and I would love to show you around! If you have any more questions I will be happy to answer them! Sorry that this turned into a novel but I hope it helps with your decision making! Also, I have been writing a blog about university so if you want a look at my day to day life you can check it out:
http://mylifeatbishops.blogspot.ca/

-Erica :)