<p>Wow, 2k applicants for 75 spots! If this is true, then I will be able to sleep a little better tonight. When I first got the email, I was really upset since I thought I was the shiznit with a 3.95 gpa and a rockin’ essay. I wonder if it was 2k applicants and 75 acceptances for the whole school or just Carroll. </p>
<p>REJECTED from B-school Operations major.
3.95 college GPA from a 4 year with 58 credits and 8 IB credits.
Email time was 3:54pm, May 16th.</p>
<p>^^ Nope. I applied to the Lynch education school and on my wait list letter it also said that there were 2,000 apps for 75 spots, so that was for the entire university - which I think is ridiculous. Sorry about not getting accepted, but honestly with these kinds of odds, it’s kind of a crap shoot. I mean it is obvious that you are qualified, they just really did not have enough spots.</p>
<p>miami - I feel your pain! I was waitlisted too! Applied from Modesto Junior College as a theology major. GPA 3.85. Neither know nor care what my SAT was, but it wasn’t bad. I have my backup, SCU, but BC has all these delicious grad seminars and ugh…hate waiting.</p>
<p>@jdhomrighausen Congrats on getting into your back up! And all hope is not lost. They obviously saw something in us, which is why they didn’t reject us. Yes I agree that more waiting is so unappealing, but I guess now all we can do is hope for the best </p>
<p>So you’re a theology major? That is so cool! I’ve never met one before. What would you like to do in the future?</p>
<p>Got accepted into CAS! So happy, this was my top school. By the way, just so everyone knows financial aid is supposed to be available via the Agora portal tomorrow around 8.</p>
<p>Got accepted to CAS, I feel incredibly lucky.
My decision is now based solely on financial aid so I’ll be anxiously waiting to receive that news.
Good luck to everyone</p>
<p>I was accepted into CSOM as an accounting major, I could not be more thrilled, I love Boston College a lot, I was wait-listed last year when i applied coming out of high school and did not feel like waiting to find out, so I went on and decided to attend university of miami (at the time both schools were tied for my first choice, not getting into BC right away made that decision easier). However, if i could get some advice, I’d really appreciate it because this is the toughest decision I have ever had to make, whether or not to leave UM for BC. I did like UM, but at times I felt like i didn’t really fit in, it was a beautiful campus with some great people, but it just never felt like home. I visited BC plenty of times, and I love it there. But I’m just wondering if it is really worth it to transfer from UM to BC. At UM i am on an academic scholarship that covers almost half of tuition, so essentially BC would cost an additional 75K over the next three years, basically my question is whether or not it is really worth it to pack up my bags, transfer schools and spend an additional 75K for a business school with a prestigious reputation over UM’s BSchool which is really just considered maybe a little above average. I love Miami’s weather, I like the campus, the people could be a little better, but overall I had a decent experience freshman year. However, I do feel I would like BC as well, especially since I already have a friend there which would help ease the transition into a new school as a transfer student. I guess my main concerns are is transferring worth the extra 75K and pretty different lifestyle for an education from BC’s CSOM? Any input would be appreciated, please help me out, thank you very much.</p>
<p>Congrats ziggy55!! I got into UM as a transfer and wait listed at BC as a transfer, but I would choose BC. The difference with me, though, is that UM hardly offered me any money and at BC I could live with family so because I wouldn’t have the housing cost it would end up being cheaper for me than UM.</p>
<p>Anyway 75K is a lot of money. The good thing about you, however, is that you chose a major that is sure to make you money when you graduate. If you were an art major or something then I would say no way. The question is, are you unhappy enough at UM to want to spend so much more money at BC? It doesn’t seem like you are. UM is a great school and is fairly prestigious as well. Honestly, I think you should talk to your parents about it and see what they think you should do. How would you be funding your BC education? Would your parents be paying or would you have to take out loans? If they are willing to pay and it won’t hurt them financially, then go for it! But if you are like the rest of us that need loans, I’m not so sure. That’s a pretty hefty price tag to take on so young.</p>
<p>Money is no doubt an issue for almost everyone in our situation.
BC would end up costing me 60-65k for only two years (I got in as a junior), and as a political science major intending to go to grad school, that is a scary amount of debt to rack up for just my undergraduate degree.
My other option is a local much lower ranked school that I could graduate with only 15-18k in student loans. Problem is, I really dont want to commute to school another two years and it is the last college on earth I saw myself at. I think I am going to e-mail BC and see if there is anything else they could do, BC is my absolute dream school but I do not want to be paying it off for the rest of my life</p>
<p>@transfer I know what you mean. That is the hardest part about this whole process. We work so hard to get into our dream schools only to have our dreams crushed because of the money. I was pretty much set on going to UMiami, but the finances made it impossible. I, like you, would have had to go into about $60,000 debt for my remaining two years and I was absolutely not willing to do that, especially since I plan on grad school. Luckily Northeastern offered me WONDERFUL financial aid and even though it is lower ranked, I would get to major in what I want and leave with minimal debt there so that will definitely be my choice if things with BC don’t work out.</p>
<p>Anyway, I definitely think you should try to appeal your financial aid offer. It couldn’t hurt. Maybe you should even try looking for places to live off campus because it is usually substantially less expensive than on campus. Honestly though, even though BC might seem like a dream right now that you would do anything to attain, you might not think it’s worth it when you are paying back those loans for the next 15-20 years. I’d rather use that money to start my life - buy a house, a car, etc. I don’t want student loans to hold me back. I love BC also, but I don’t think I would dig myself into such deep debt for it, but do what’s best for you. I am by no means a financial advisor. lol.</p>
<p>P.S. I hear it is more valuable to spend your money on expensive, elite grad schools than undergrad schools. Idk how true this is, but hey if it doesn’t work out, there’s always grad school! That’s what I keep telling myself at least. </p>
<p>I’m a parent whose D passed on the Miami scholly and, even tho full pay, I definitely think BC is worth it. BC does some things better than the Ivy that her older brother attended. </p>
<p>The question is really for your family, however. Can they afford the $25k/yr?</p>
<p>That’s comforting to hear. What specifically do you and your D consider about BC to be worth it? Even though I was wait listed, by the off chance that I end up being admitted, I am going to have to do some HUGE convincing to my parents about why I should get into $60,000 debt. I come from a Caribbean family who thinks that unless I am doing engineering or anything healthcare related (which I am not) that I am basically wasting time and money in college. Add on top of that, the only expensive private schools that my dad thinks are worth the money are MIT and Harvard (please do not bash him, as I said, he is not American). I know why I love BC and would like to go, but I’m not sure how to convince my parents that it would be a good idea. Again, I have not been accepted yet and I’m not sure if I ever will be, but it can’t hurt to think ahead, I guess.</p>
<p>^^no bashing here. I’ve been involved in numerous multi-national companies and I fully understand that the prestige factor is much more important to internationals than it is to US residents.</p>
<p>BC is great in liberal arts and business, but what makes BC BC is the Jesuit education.</p>
<p>@Bluebayou @Miami4rmjax I am fortunate enough that My family can afford the extra 25K per year, however, it would still put a strain on my family. They could do it if its necessary, but tarts what I’m trying to determine, if it really is necessary. Although there Are times I feel i don’t fit in at UM, i don’t HATE it by any means, I feel I just had such high expectations and UM didn’t quite meet them from social life all the way up to academics. Again, by no means did I hate the school, I just felt it could have been better, and as a result, I wonder weather the transfer to BC would be worth it. I know CSOM holds a prestigious name, one much more prestigious than UM’s school of business, but is it really worth the transfer? UM BSchool is still a pretty good one, and I will most likely come out with pretty good grades, but in 3 years I would hate to be saying to myself that I really wished I went to BC. Social aspect almost negates itself, I like Miami, I like Boston (Maybe slightly more than miami, despite the weather, Miami’s cannot be beat), i think I would have just about as good a time in either school because i like both places, but academically speaking, is the CSOM degree really worth the extra 75K and the transfer to a new city where I would have to make new friends and basically start over again (granted i do have a good friend from home at BC so that would help ease the transition). thanks for your help guys, appreciate it.</p>
<p>Depends on where you want to settle. Most undergrad b-schools are local/regional. With the exception of Wharton and MIT, two truly national programs, and a few others, (Michigan-Ross, Cal-Haas, Northwestern…), all other undergrad b-schools will set you up nicely in their backyard.</p>
<p>Miami would have a strong reach in the SE. BC in the NE. If you are looking at Wall Street, BC is a no-brainer. If you want to work at Big 4 accounting firm, any undergrad accounting program will get you there. I would guess that BC has a slightly more national reach than Miami. And that is based on alumni network and rankings (BC is #37, while Miami is 70+.) Business is one area where prestige matters, even in the US. That higher rank will generally result in greater job opportunities which can lead to a higher level MBA program.</p>
<p>The Jesuit philosophy of educating the whole person is an intangible that BC offers. Sure, every college claims to do so, but it is part of the Jesuit DNA. Whether that intangible is worth the extra money is hard to say.</p>
<p>Boston is an awesome college town, but nowhere else has South Beach. :D</p>
<p>I was waitlisted also. Does anyone know how many were placed on the list? Also, 75/2000 seems ridiculously low for an acceptance rate, considering they usually accept ~200. Maybe this means more will be accepted off of the waitlist this year?</p>
<p>@transfer200 tell me how it goes and maybe I will try the same thing. because this would be a much easier decision if I was given an extra 10,000.</p>
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