Is BC a school that waitlists or rejects if they believe applicants are over qualified? I know some colleges such as Michigan have this mindset.
Rejected
GPA: 3.4/3.5
SAT: 1280 (new)
EC: 500+ hours of community service, volunteer at animal shelter, president of an animals rights club, First Chair & Student Directer of a private orchestra, school wind ensemble 4 years, lots of sports outside of school
Essays: Proud of what I wrote
Recc: Good, one teacher was a risk though
I honestly didn’t expect anything much since BC was a reach. Ultimately, I’m more proud of the effort I put in towards the application and do not have any regrets.
Congratulations to all those who were accepted, I send all my best hopes to you all 
@llw333 I do not think so, normally people get waitlisted or deferred when they are “over-qualified” so that the college can see if they rescind their app to increase retention rate, but in the RD round I do not think they would pass up on an exceptional student given BC is a relatively a very good school. I know that Cal Poly SLO waitlists some of their top applicants to bait the ones that are going to rescind and not enroll.
Accepted!!!
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.86 UW 4.16 W
National Honor Society President
California scholarship federation officer
2 time Service award winner
Basketball captain (3 year varsity)
Badminton captain (4 year varsity)
Over 1000 service hours
Business
@llw333 No, BC is not known for doing that.
Accepted! Carroll
33 ACT, 3.88UW GPA 4.3ish W
EC: leadership in clubs/orgs at school, varsity athletics, volunteering/teaching in another country, etc etc
essays and recs should be decent!
I haven’t gotten any result yet, could that be a problem?
@hhgghhgg check your spam folder
accepted !!!
Just as a heads’ up, for any students who will be applying to BC for Autumn 2018. If you really love BC and it is your top choice, your best bet is NOT to apply to the Business School. It is obvious from these threads that the acceptance criteria for CSOM is much tougher than A&S. Even if you really want to get into Wall St or a corporate training program, you will be just as well served with a degree in Econ or Math (or better yet, a double major in both) given BC’s strong alumni network.
Respectfully disagree with @londondad on the blanket statement regarding CSOM. I agree that a degree from A & S in Econ and/or math from BC has excellent value and affords many opportunities. However, “your best bet is NOT to apply to the business school” is not a statement I disagree with. Strong candidates should absolutely apply to CSOM. Being a student in the business school is a distinct advantage and offers many more concentrations and classes not as readily available to students in the school of A & S, and an advantage in future job recruitment. In the end it is for the student to decide, and yes, better to be in BC than not. However, to suggest to future applicants to not apply to the business is a statement I do not agree with.
Correction: “is a statement I disagree with”
This is a little late, but I got accepted to CAS!!
Waitlisted Carroll - 3.81 GPA, 1510 SAT (800m, 710r), Solid essays with decent ECs and recs
Applying Business vs. A&S. I have some thoughts/experiences to share.
My daughter is currently a sophomore in CSOM double concentrating in Finance and Accounting. She has been taking full advantage of all of the recruiting opportunities and they are plentiful (but very competitive). I do think the majority of the students going to the events are CSOM students but I do think A&S students can attend. Some recruiters want specific majors (like accounting) but from what I can see, where there are requests for finance majors it often says “accounting, finance, MIS or economics majors”. Might even say “or similar”. I think Econ over math, but I’ve seen both. (I haven’t been paying attention to the marketing/management options).
I do agree that there are more opportunities for CSOM students but I do think a savvy Morrissey student can probably figure out ways to make similar (maybe not quite as many) opportunities for themselves. If the student is a woman, they can join Women in Business and Smart Women in Securities…and there are other businessy clubs. Make friends with other CSOM students and ask them what’s going. Go on the CSOM website to learn about events and if they are open to all students. There is also a CSOM minor and a summer business catalyst program for liberal arts students.
For what it is worth, I was Econ at BC and ended up with better jobs than most of my CSOM friends…with the exception of one girl who was Accounting who ended up with a “big 8” accounting firm (that’s how long ago it was…now it’s the big 4!). But I got my job through my own contacts, as many people ultimately do.
I think there is a lot more recruiting now and I also think the pre-professional schools have advantages and attract the stronger candidates (at the schools that offer them…Harvard for example, does NOT have an undergrad b school, as you all know.). But it’s certainly not the only way to go into business. The question is being Econ in a school like BC that has a great b school…will it make it easier or harder to launch a successful career? I feel like it’s all what you make of it. If you love BC and don’t have the CSOM stats, applying to Morrissey might be your only option. And BC does have an amazingly loyal alumni network. If you definitely want a b school, go for it but look at some others…look at Villanova, Fordham, Richmond, Maryland, Indiana, etc.
There are some schools (UNC, UVA, Wake for example) that don’t even let you apply to the b school until sophomore year (UNC gives very few OOS students direct admit to their b school) so students that accept their spots aren’t even sure if they will end up in the b school…this would bother my kids but some others are fine with matriculating and not knowing if they will get in or not!)
^ My point is - if you really love BC, what is a better option, studying Econ at BC or Business at, say, Villanova? It is probably a personal decision but again, given that CSOM kids also have liberal arts distribution requirements, how much of a difference will taking a few more business courses be than someone taking more math, econ, or whatever. I would take Econ at BC over Business at Nova in a heartbeat. Also, for someone who wants to go into Finance, many of the courses in the Carroll School Curriculum will not be useful when you get into your career. While the Econ and Accounting requirements at CSOM are useful, how useful will “Principles of Marketing” or “Organizational Behavior” be? As someone who sat through those courses during my MBA, not much!
The student who is truly motivated does not need to be in an undergrad B-school to get good internships and a great first job.
By way of background, I have been hiring people in investment banking and asset management for over 30 years. . I can assure you a top Econ grad from BC (particularly someone coming out of the honors program) would not have been disadvantaged over a CSOM student at any place that I worked. On the contrary, I have ofter been frustrated with some younger colleagues who had undergraduate business degrees as these people often could not think outside of the box. I just believe that someone who has gained the skills of critical thinking and ability to work hard and efficiently (whether or not he/she majored in business, a science or a humanities major) will ultimately make a better employee.
I just saw @collegemomjam 's post and fully agree.
Hey so I have a different question. I was lucky enough to get into both Ross at Umich (as a pre-admit) and CSOM and am waiting to hear from Mcdonough (Georgetown). My instinct is to go to Ross but I’m curious if anyone has any thoughts.
My daughter who is a sophomore in CSOM picked BC over Ross direct admit. Ross is great but it’s more cut throat and not as collaborative. Ross also grades on a curve which can make things more competitive between students. And if you want to work out east, Ross has not benefit over BC, based on our research. I don’t think you can go wrong with either. My daughter also didn’t want to be in Michigan and wanted to be near a major city.
My CSOM daughter says there is so much collaboration between students in CSOM. She is constantly asked to join study groups and they are all always helping each other out. Lots of recruiting on campus. It’s getting hard too…so she is being challenged.
My other daughter (senior) is likely going to McDonough. She got in EA. She applied to BC and got CSOM honors. Liked Michigan, but knew she would go to BC over Michigan so she didn’t bother applying. McDonough also has a curve but we have researched it and it still sounds like a more collaborative environment than Ross. And to stay in Ross you have to keep a certain GPA. Just seems more stressful there than at BC.
I will say that my brother goes to Georgetown. He is in SFS but is working in equity research next year- he picked over investment banking but had offers from many of the absolute top firms. He said McDonough- from knowing students- has a rough bell curve, is hard, and lacks the grade inflation of SFS. McdDonough is toughest school at Gtwon. Georgetown grades on a curve too. BC seems like a nicer place with slightly less of a reputation.
Also can anyone provide any thoughts on going to BC as a non-catholic? Gtwon hasn’t been very religious idk if BC is.