BU - Boston University: BU actually has a very nice campus!!!BU offers the best of both worlds - both an urban and campusy feel. BU is located along the Charles River in its own 2-mile section of the city. You have lots of activity on Commonwealth Avenue and then complete solitude and quiet one block over on Bay State Road along the Charles River. I was always amazed by that. If you want a more relaxed and nicer urban setting than NY, definitely go to BU. Compared to NYU, BU's campus is Oxford.