<li><p>How do I show my “level of interest” to BU without applying ED?</p></li>
<li><p>If you do not get into the school you desire are you automatically considered for CGS?</p></li>
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<p>Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>bump, bump</p>
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<li><p>Visit campus/go on an official tour. Go to sessions when a BU rep visits your school. Maybe do a summer program with the college...</p></li>
<li><p>Yup.</p></li>
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<p>-The Interested Coot66</p>
<p>for question #1, thanks for the advice coot66, but i am a rising senior from the westcoast. It would be extremely difficult for me to go tour the campus. Does anyone else have any suggestions on how I can show my "level of interest"</p>
<p>bumpie bumpie!</p>
<p>In your essay? That's about all you've got. Even visiting doesn't help that much. BU doesn't do individual interviews and it's not like you could chat up admissions people, they read over 30,000 applications. The essays are really what stand out and show individuality.</p>
<p>You really can't if you don't apply one of the two ED ways.</p>
<p>are both ED ways binding, or is one non-binding? Explain please.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>im pretty sure that at every school, early decision is binding and early action is non-binding. BU doesn't have an early action as far as i know</p>
<p>if u really want BU and its ur first choice then apply ED; if not then don't apply ED</p>
<p>thanks, but could anyone explain the 2 EDs and the differences?</p>
<p>one early decision is due in december, the other in january. if u do ed1, ur in the first batch of kids. ed2, second batch. no other difference than timing.</p>
<p>is there a benifit of doing ED january? And could anyone give me the % of students out of how many that did ED that were admitted this year??</p>
<p>The % admit rate of ED is that same as regular decision; somewhere in the mid 40%'s</p>
<p>Actually, the pamphlet we were given at the tour I attended at BU two weeks ago listed the admit rate at 57%. Not sure if that means anything, but I just figured I'd point it out.</p>
<p>Fine then, that's it. I haven't given a tour in like 4 months, so I forgot.</p>
<p>BU's not one but two ED tours are a pretty transparent scam, whose sole purpose is to jack up their ranking. Read here for more details on how this game is played</p>
<p>To the OP: there are plenty of ways to show interest in the university without visiting. </p>
<p>1) Register for and attend an info session. BU travels quite extensively to the West Coast, check their web site.</p>
<p>2) Read up on the university and contact your regional admissions officer with follow-up questions. If you are really interested in the university, your questions will be relevant, thoughtful, and (most importantly) not answered on their web site</p>
<p>3) Spend A LOT of time answering the question "Why BU?" on your app. Learn about the university history, about its educational philosophy, notable accomplishments, and find a way to weave at least some of that into your answer. </p>
<p>Be careful not to force the answer to #3 and worry about what they may want to hear. Here is some useful advice
<a href="http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/writingtheessay.html</a></p>
<p>Be truthful, but do not hesitate to throw in some flattery. When answering this question about her top-choice school, my D discovered that one of the quotes she had used for "color" was actually by a famous alumn who had gone on to show a lot of intellectual independence throughout his life. Since this attribute of the school's program is what drew her in the first place, she had a great story that used some minor flattery, showed she had done her homework on the school, and was yet naturally weaved into a truthful answer. We shall see if this helps - she is someone on the bubble with respect to the school's academic profile, so every little bit counts.</p>
<p>Colleges like BU will practically never offer admission to anyone within a 300 mile radius who has not visited, but understand that not everyone can travel 3000 miles. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>The above is silly. BU's ED program is not the same as other schools, which certainly do use it to jack up their selectivity ranking. Just look at the admissions stats.</p>
<p>More importantly, the comments about not admitting people within a 300 mile radius who have not visited is total garbage. It simply isn't true. I know literally dozens of BU students who never visited. </p>
<p>BU is a big school that's private - not a state school - it needs to admit a lot of people to get over 4000 Freshman. Most people are admitted based solely on the hard data - grades, scores, lack of a criminal record, etc.</p>