Howdy, my name is Sophia Delia.
I'm currently a senior at
Boston University studying computer
engineering.
>> Hey everyone,
my name is Rohin Bajaj.
I'm a sophomore studying at Boston
University, majoring in biomedical
engineering on the pre-med track.
And welcome to the official
Bay State brownstone tour.
>> Brownstones are these beautiful
antique brick buildings that make
up most of the houses on
Bay State Road.
>> So without further ado,
let's see what Bay State Road has
in store for us.
>> Let's go. [MUSIC]
>> We're at the start of
Bay State Road, in the famous and
probably everyone's favorite spot
on campus, the BU Beach.
The BU Beach is probably
the greenest spot on campus, and
the best part is that it's located
right in the center of
Boston University.
Right behind me we have an amazing
view of the Charles River.
Right next to me is
the George Sherman Union, or
the GSU, which is the main student
plaza and food court on campus.
And right in front of me is
the Marsh Chapel.
Over here people either study,
hang out, or generally just have
a great time here.
[MUSIC]
Walking further down on Bay State
Road, we have these beautiful
buildings, including the BU Castle,
the new data science building, and
College of Arts and Science.
What's nice about Bay State Road is
that after a long day of classes
you actually feel like you're
coming back home.
As soon as you enter,
you see brownstones on either side,
and you see this beautiful canopy
of trees enclosing us.
And plus, it's super quiet,
which is probably the best part.
Now, let's go to my Bay State.
[MUSIC]
So now I'm inside my brownstone,
and the first thing we see
here is our common room.
We have couches here,
we have a table there and
just study, have fun.
And basically this area is just for
all the residents of this
brownstone to have fun, chill and
just talk to each other.
So now that we're on the second
floor of my brownstone,
I'm very excited to show you what
my dorm looks like.
So this is my dorm,
a quad on Bay State Road.
As you can immediately see, there
are four beds here in this room and
I live with three other people.
Nick, who laying on his bed right
there, Abedrajaman,
who we call Abed, and Ethan.
This is probably the space where we
all hang out, the study area.
As we all are engineers,
we like working together,
solving our problem sets together,
and just helping each other out.
And the best part is in the morning
the sun hits our face directly,
which really gives a boost for
us the entire day.
Some may say that this is a bit
cramped, cuz you're living with
three other people, but I love it.
I find this to be an amazing dorm,
and I'm very grateful to be living
on Bay State Road.
>> Now that we're out of regular
community housing on Bay State,
let's talk about
specialty community housing.
BU campus is home to a ton of
different specialty living
communities and
Bay State Road is home to some of
the best specialty houses.
We've got the management house,
the music house,
the education house, and
even this house, the WISE house.
[MUSIC]
Welcome to the WISE house.
WISE stands for
women in science and
engineering, and this house is one
of the specialty communities at BU.
The community is genuinely one of
the most supportive and
best communities I've been in,
and I've been involved with WISE
since my freshman year.
Now, let's head down to the
basement for the rest of the tour.
[MUSIC]
Something that's unique about this
house is that we actually have both
a kitchen and in-building laundry.
So it's super easy
to get your laundry done and
we actually use the kitchen a lot.
It's so great when someone in
the house bakes cookies, because
the smell goes up all four floors,
and it's just the most wonderful,
cozy thing.
Hello and welcome to my Bay State
dorm, come on in.
So one of the things I absolutely
love about this room is how big
it is and
how it overlooks the Charles.
So the first thing we have here is
my dresser.
It's got five drawers,
it does hold most of my clothes.
And then over here,
this is a little life hack.
I actually took the shelf that
usually sits on top of your desk,
I took it off of my desk and
turned it into a plant shelf.
So this is my begonia, which was
a bucket list plant, a pothos from
a friend who transferred out of BU,
and then a pothos from home.
And that one's one of my favorites,
just because it reminds me of where
I grew up and
it makes me really happy to see.
Over here we have my desk, so
this is what it looks like without
the stand.
I have my desk lamp here,
my laptop, my keyboard and mouse.
It's really nice to
have these wireless
because the desks are pretty small.
It is really important to keep
the room clean, but
we're not always the best at it.
So sometimes we do have
a lot of laundry on the floor.
The good news is that the closet
has enough space to store some of
the dirty laundry.
And then just as well if we can't
find a time to do it in-building or
if the washer dryer is in use,
we can take the laundry right
across the street to Towers,
and do our laundry all at once in
the washers in there.
If you live on Bay State Road,
there's a pretty high chance that
you've also taken a visit to
the Esplanade.
The Esplanade is one of the best
places to go when you live here.
You've got a dock with an amazing
view of the Charles River, and
you've also got the pedestrian-only
footpath.
So if you like to run, walk, ride
your bike, skateboard, rollerblade,
this is a great, safe and
frankly gorgeous place to do it.
And if you like to work out, the
Esplanade has a ton of equipment,
so you can get buff, just like me.
What are you doing?
Don't show my feet!
Cut the cameras!
I, cut the camera!
[BLEEP] >> So yeah,
that was the brownstone tour.
We really hope you guys enjoyed it
and found it to be useful and
informative.
Sophia, you're gonna add something?
[MUSIC]
>> Those pull ups were real.
>> Whatever she says.
All right, see ya.
>> Bye [LAUGH].