<p>So I was online and it says there are 4200 people that are accepted out of 38000. That would give BU an 11% acceptance rate… their rate should be much higher - I thought they were around the 50% mark. </p>
<p>Is that 4200 number the approximate number of people who will matriculate for the fall, or did they really only accept 4200? </p>
<p>Just wondering! :)</p>
<p>i think the 4,200 number only refers to the amount of people they are expecting to enroll. i think they accept a lot more people than that though, cause obviously not everyone who is accepted is going to attend. so yeah i think that's the way it works but i'm not sure</p>
<p>4,200 is the size that they expect the freshman class to be. Typically, they offer admission to about 4x the number they expect to enroll. So they probably accepted around 16K students.</p>
<p>Their acceptance rate went down signifigantly this year, as did all the other colleges' in America.</p>
<p>Boston University accepts roughly 16,000 kids. They have a low yield rate. (20-30%). That's how they get the 4200</p>
<p>I'd like to know how many applied and how many got in. Is this info out yet?</p>
<p>Just over 38,000 students applied, and the acceptance rate was around 50%, a bit more selective than in recent years.</p>
<p>an acceptance rate of 50% would put the number at 19,000. I was under the impression that the number was closer to 15,000 this year. this would put the acceptance rate in the 40% range, which would be normal with such stiff competition this year</p>
<p>58% --> 40 range = amazing.</p>
<p>the fact that i was accepted with a 40% range of acceptance rate makes me feel even better about myself. rofl :]</p>
<p>yea, it was definitely harder to get into college this year than years in the past.</p>
<p>BU has to operate under the impression that they're yield will be around 28-30% this year, and with only 4200 spots available for freshman grads, they cannot accept anymore than 15500 applicants before guaranteed housing becomes severely problematic.</p>
<p>I believe the total number of acceptances was between 18K and 19K, leaving it around 50%</p>
<p>19k would put they're yield at 22%, and with it being the most competitive year in history for college acceptance, thats not a realistic number to operate under.</p>