seshadri - Congrats on being accepted to BU!
As a current student at BU's program, I would like to offer a different perspective to what has been written here.
First, I would like to remind everyone that we are still in February, and it is very reasonable to still not have an offer at hand. Most big name banks have closed their application deadline at December and started interviewing only towards the end of January. Other companies started posting their openings for the summer only after the holidays.
Second, I personally know classmates who have interviewed with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Fidelity and others. In addition to that, the big name banks usually do not have requiting events for quants on campus, but usually have events for IBanking or PWM and these are offered only in about 10 of the best schools in the US (Ivy leagues, Stanford, etc.).
Third, in the end of the day, the brand on your resume can only take as far as an interview invitation. After that, it is about what you know, and how well prepared you are - and there is a LOT to be prepared for, from Probability and Stochastic Calculus, to Finance and
C++. I strongly believe that the courses we have at BU are taught at a high academic level equivalent to those of the top FE programs, and serve as a strong foundation to build on in interviews.
To conclude, I would extremely encourage who ever is considering BU to try and connect with current students, and even come to visit a class on campus and see for yourself.
Good luck you all!