The admitted data shows a pretty strong preference for tests scores at BC, for most recent pool published, only 43 percent of class submitted test scores but 67 percent of admitted students submitted test scores.
Personally I would submit anything over 1450 or so everywhere no matter what a college counselor told me. No one really knows.
I would think close to 1500 you can submit through ED.
Yes! 1470 is in their range. Our counselor said not sending it seems like you are hiding a bad score and thatâs a good score!
My son was accepted to CSON, submitted a 1480 SAT, 3.98uw 4.83w GPA, ranked 2/220, strong ECs-2 sport varsity athlete/musician/community and school volunteer, medical intern, summer job, what we considered strong essays and letters of recommendation.
If he were applying RD, maybe we would have reconsidered submitting his score. But honestly even as crazy as admissions are right now, kids with tests scores anywhere in that range (with exception to maybe the most elite of elite schools) shouldnât have to think twice about whether or not to submit them. Common sense tells us that the current mid 50% ranges we are using to determine if they should submit or not are incredibly skewed right now. Yes schools like BC are attracting stronger and stronger students but what is more accounting for the huge jump in average tests scores is a test optional environment where they are discouraged from submitting lower than a 1510 (subsequently only further skewing the numbers!)
What started off as a way to apparently alleviate some of the Covid related pressures and testing circumstances these kids were facing has in fact caused a MORE stressful environment for them. Sorry for the rant but this is a major point of aggravation for me!
Yes during the info session last spring. My daughter is in mid 1400s so we were not going to submit.
hi! i was accepted ed 1! my major is comp sci. here are my stats:
gpa: 4.313 w / 3.8 uw
sat: test opt
legacy (dad went undergrad, graduated 1994, I feel like it played a part in my application, not a significant part but definitely helped)
extracurriculars: teaching assistant, i created a microcredential project w ucsd, 2 jobs, 4 yr student athlete, nhs tutoring committee chairperson/nhs, cybersecurity club pres, a senior officer for a cs council
(I feel like my extracurriculars definitely carried : D)
My essays kinda just talked about my experience as a black female and stem so I feel like they also helped especially as I applied for cs!
good luck in ed2/rd all! 
I completely agree. Every tine we apply to a school we have to go through this should we submit or not?!
We didnât send mid 1400 to UVM because she wants honors college and their honors college mean is 1500! It is getting ridiculous. Obviously statistically this will keep going until EVERY college has a mean of 1600 because only 1600 will send them in.
I also took 5 aps if that matters⊠my school has about 12 or 13 (?) and offers them to jr/sr and 1 class to sophomores but they donât advertise it wellâŠ
My daughter is a current BC freshman. She applied RD (NOT deferred from ED). She applied without submitting test scores and was admitted RD. 4.0 UW/4.7 weighted, 6 APs, all 5âs and lots of leadership roles and a job, large public high school. She was told her application was stronger without her 32 ACT. She was also admitted to BU, NEU and college of the Holy Cross going test optional. I think tsar optional works if very strong in other areas of test scores not towards the top of mid 50%
HI @studytown, thanks for the information! And, congrats on your daughterâs successes - hope sheâs having a great semester as BC. Just curious, did someone from BC admissions advise not to send in a 32 ACT score, or was it someone outside the university, ie, a high school guidance counselor? This is pure curiosity, as my daughter was just admitted ED1, but we really struggled with whether to send in her 33 ACT score, and ultimately did send it in, but Iâm still not sure if it helped or hurt her.
Anyone know if BC follows up with admitted students by sending them anything via snail mail, ie, a paper copy of their letter and promotional materials?
Yes, my daughter received something from BC via snail mail today. We live in MA, so probably got to us more quickly. Loved seeing the âbigâ envelope.
My daughters received their acceptance packets in the mail yesterday. 
Dfc
Hi! Her HS college counselor made that suggestion not submit her score of 32. Her reasoning was that since many schools are test optional now, only students with spectacular scores send them now. Therefore the average submitted score has really jumped. She told my daughter the rule now is to only submit if it enhances your overall profile. In my daughterâs case, it didnât. Also, the idea was that my daughterâs grades (straight Aâs), AP scores and leadership meant that a reflective/equal ACT score would have been more like 34. For the record, she did receive merit scholarships at BU Northeastern and HC without sending in her scores. No $ at BC as they only have financial aid and Gabelli which she didnât submit in time for. This was strategy was her HS counselorâs rationale for more elite schools like BC that she applied to regular decision for January submissions. The strategy was completely different for less competitive rolling or EA schools. She did submit scores and did receive lots of merit scholarships and competitive scholarships. Best wishes to all of your future Eagles! My daughter could not be happier with her choice and is loving her first year there!!
Super interesting and helpful analysis, and again congrats to your daughter for all of her accomplishments!
Thank you. It has added some confusion to this process - what is worse is all three of my kids have Sat scores that are about 100 points different in verbal and math - basically perfect verbal and somewhere between 600 and 700 math - trying to figure out the implications of that is difficult.
If it helps at all, my daughter just got in ED to CSOM and submitted her ACT scores. Her super score was 34, 36âs in reading/english, lower 30âs math/science (we are not STEM people!) I was worried the lower math/science scores might hurt her ability to get into the business school, but that wasnât the case. She had a nice overall package, so it was just one element⊠but our case might suggest they care more about your overall ACT/SAT score than the individual pieces, as long as they are all decent/30+.
Congrats. Great ECâs which I think BC really appreciates.
I figure 32/33 would be fine to submit at BC â shouldnât hurt.
At Princeton⊠not sure. On the one hand, itâs lower than their mean (and median) of admits, but if you donât submit, I wonder if they assume the score was low. How low, nobody knows.
But if the rest of the app is strong, probably most adcoms disregard (in whole or in part) the lack of score submission.
It is the conundrum of our age in college admissions: to submit or not to submit the âborderlineâ score.
