BC Transfer Hopeful-Chance me PLEASE!

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<p>Even if we pretend that, on average, 150 students apply (over 4 TIMES the maximum potential number of enrolled students) for spring transfer and all 150 got in (100% admission rate), it still wouldn’t change the yearly average admission rate for transfer applicants. See below.</p>

<p>Transfer Applications
1999 (year) 1,675 (1525 actual fall applications +150 imaginary spring applications) 597 (447 actually admitted+ 150 imaginary spring admissions) 35% (combined acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 1999 (aka high school seniors only): 35%</p>

<p>2000: 1,513 (imaginary applications) 406 (imaginary admitted) 26.8%(acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2000 (aka high school seniors only): 32%</p>

<p>2001 (year)1,165 (imaginary applications) 408 (imaginary admitted) 35% (acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2001(aka high school seniors only): 34%</p>

<p>2002 (year)1,272 (imaginary applications) 270 (imaginary admitted) 21.2% (acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2002 (aka high school seniors only): 32%</p>

<p>2003 (year)1,273 (imaginary applications) 410 (imaginary admitted) 32% (acceptances as % of applications) 124
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2003 (aka high school seniors only): 31%</p>

<p>2004 (year) 1092 (imaginary applications) 390 (imaginary admitted) 35.7% (acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2004 (aka high school seniors only): 32%</p>

<p>2005 (year) 1,159 (imaginary applications) 300 (imaginary admitted) 25.8% (acceptances as % of applications) 80 (enrollment)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2005 (aka high school seniors only): 31%</p>

<p>2006 (year) 1,326 (imaginary applications) 273 (imaginary admitted) 20.6% (imaginary acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2006 (aka high school seniors only): 29%</p>

<p>2007 (year) 1782 (imaginary applications) 418 (imaginary admitted) 23.4% (acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2007 (aka high school seniors only): 27%</p>

<p>2008 (year) 1953(imaginary applications) 316 (imaginary admitted) 16.2% (acceptances as % of applications)
Actual acceptance for regular fall undergraduate admissions for 2006 (aka high school seniors only): 26%</p>

<p>As you can clearly see, even if we added in a 150 students admitted through the spring semester (with a 100% admission rate), the overall transfer admission rate is still more competitive than the general admission rate, with the exception of two years. I frankly don’t know what kind of number legerdemain BC is pulling off, but even when I stack numbers against its favor, it still turns out that the transfer pool is more competitive, number wise, than the regular pool. Paul, please, for the third time, provide one iota of physical evidence for your conspiracy theory. I have posted plenty of information supporting mine.</p>

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<p>This is too much math for me to follow! I hope the OP gets in…good luck, Union09. :)</p>

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<p>Now, there’s no need to resort to name calling. Please use more discretion while posting in the future. </p>

<p>I encourage you to visit the office of undergraduate admissions in 208 Devlin Hall and request to examine the official records yourself, not the processed statistics prepared for distribution among potential students.</p>

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<p>^Name calling? Uh, I guess requesting facts to go with one’s silly claim is deemed too offensive. I’ll keep it in mind to send the the editors at the Weekly World News an apology letter after asking them for evidence to support their many outrageous claims. I’m sure their hurt feelings are more important than the truth. And I had worked at the Admissions office as a student, processing mind numbing data. I have yet to seen these “official records” that you so conveniently imagined. But next time I’m there, I’ll be sure to look for them behind the “Who really killed JFK” files.</p>

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<p>As did I. One would have to be rather aloof to not notice the discrepancies between the various sets of data there. Perhaps they had you working on less important things.</p>

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<p>^Then an example of such sets of data should not be so hard to recall. Give us a year, a particular data discrepancy, some methods of number fooling (picking this number while ignoring another), or an statistical analysis or examination. Something beyond your words, which have not been forth coming with facts. Sure, we can all march to Devlin and demand “official records,” just as we will march to Hawaii to demand the state to supply a copy of Obama’s birth certificate. Paul, you have nothing to go on except your obdurate insistence that what you say is real.</p>

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<p>1972 - 2010, the percentage of transfer students who earned admission was greater than the percentage of freshman who earned admission. Now, you’ve taken this thread plenty off-topic. Please send me a private message if you wish to continue this foolish discussion.</p>

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<p>Dear PaulAtBC : Any approach to looking at the Transfer Admission versus the Regular Decision Admission rates that reaches back to 1972 completely ignores the transformation of Boston College from a largely commuter based school to a Top 40 internationally recognized institution. Whether you use the “Flutie Effect” (1984) as a fulcrum or the last ten years of data as detailed by Reddune, the data overwhelmingly supports the statement that Transfer Admission rates statistically trail Regular Decision rates. As one deeply involved in the Boston College scene, I can assert that the data supplied by Reddune is correct, audited, and factually accurate.</p>

<p>Now, if it helps anyone considering a transfer to Boston College in their sophomore or junior years to think the transfer acceptance rate is better than during the freshman admission pool, thus ignoring the data, fine. </p>

<p>Our goal in sharing data here on College Confidential is to supply the hard numbers and cold facts that properly point young people, freshmen or otherwise, down an appropriate path where their academics, aspirations, and the University all can come together. The truth is that you are doing a disservice to young people who are looking to leave their current situation and attempt a transfer to Boston College.</p>

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<p>Dear scottj: as another individual a part of the Boston College community, I respectfully disagree with your opinion. While it’s unfortunate that potential transfer students might be dissuaded by this malfeasance, “this is America and I would die for your right to make outrageous claims.” I maintain that union09 stands a good chance of earning admission to Boston College.</p>