<p>Hi, I was admitted to BC for fall of 2010, and seeing that I may not financially be able to afford to visit I was wondering how big the average class sizes are (for example biology 101 and economics). I will be in the CAS.</p>
<p>Dear theCaliKid : Expect that the freshman year courses will be the largest sections, however, there are not many lecture halls at Boston College that can accomodate more than 100 students even if scheduled. The rough profile covering Boston College on class size is as follows.</p>
<p>2-9 students: 13% of classes
10-19 students: 35% of classes
20-29 students: 21% of classes
30-39 students: 18% of classes
40-49 students: 7% of classes
50-59 students: 5% of classes
Over 100 students: 2% of classes</p>
<p>Conclusion : Half the classes have 20 students or less; half the classes have 20 students or more.</p>
<p>There is a big range of sizes. Last semester, I had one class that was around 250 (econ), but I also had two classes that were just 15 people. A lot of the intro classes are big, but there are also plenty of classes that are less than 20.</p>
<p>It all depends on the classes you want to take, but the general rule is that you’re more likely to be in larger classes as a freshman than as upperclassmen.</p>
<p>Science, math, econ…all those standard introductory classes are usually large. However, my ECON 1 class was only about 15 students.</p>
<p>The first year seminar classes are capped at 18, so you will at least have 1-3 classes freshman year of that size.</p>
<p>My classes had about this many students: 50 (but we had discussion groups with the Prof on Friday with only 18 students), 40, 16 (theatre), 18, 100, 16 (theatre again), 50, 15-25, 18.</p>