i’ve been reading a lot about CGS and how it has a bad rep. should i still consider going/is it worth it?
Or her essays aren’t fantastic / didn’t stand out. With your logic (yield protection in play), she would’ve been waitlisted from UNC, as they have a much higher acceptance rate than BU.
Let admitted students be proud of their accomplishments, even if yield protection is a factor in college decisions, just because your D didn’t get in, doesn’t negate the abilities of other very talented students.
It depends, with WL, you still get a chance to be accepted for 2021 Fall enrollment.
My son got accepted to the CGS- what is the overall reputation of the schools and are students happy and accomplished? Thanks!
Same boat here. SAT 1570, 4.11 GPA, strong consistent EC’s with leadership. I have to believe that it’s yield protection at this stage.
BU cares alot about demonstrated interest
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My point is that it seems strange that her daughter was waitlisted at Tulane and Northeastern given her stats and that my daughter was waitlisted at Boston University given her stats. I would never discount the talents of admitted students. My daughter has friends who were admitted to BU and are intelligent and involved students. Also, Chapel Hill has two different acceptance rates for in-state and out-of-state. OOS is 13%.
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Right, right
I think you’d be better off going to either an affordable state school or two-year school, get a good GPA and stuff, then transfer. BU’s transfer rate’s around 42%.
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Georgetown is fantastic as is DC so you’re doing great. I would argue that Georgetown is better than BU and BC. I would think Glasgow is a shoe-in as decisions from UK universities are very cut and dry based on stats, and your stats well exceed their minimums. The Ivies are going to be really tough, as I’ve heard acceptances to them are going to be in the low single digits this year for RD applications. NYU you have a chance at. My son got into BU (1550 SAT but a GPA below yours) but also got into St. Andrews, Scotland and prefers St. Andrews over BU (so do I as it’s 50% the price). The only thing that will keep him away from St. Andrews is if he gets into Harvard or Dartmouth which is extremely unlikely.
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I’m shocked she got into UNC and not BU unless you’re a resident of NC. OOS UNC is nearly impossible to get into with their 78% in state mandate or whatever it is these days.
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I know! She is OOS and did get into Chapel Hill but was waitlisted at BU. Generally, my original comment was that admissions results don’t seem to make sense this year. I believe that there are many factors at play that we all know little about and, unfortunately, our kids suffer because of it.
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On average, you would work anything from 8-10 hours per week. Although I think the max you can work is 20 hours. Your award gets split in half so you can earn up to 2,000 per semester. Minimum wage is $12.75/hr in MA but sometimes you can get a job that is willing to pay you even after your award money runs out.
True. She didn’t apply to either of those, though.
This is a pretty broad question. I would say BU has a strong reputation for its Biology program. You can specialize within the Biology Major into Ecology, Cell and Molecular Bio, Neuro biology, etc. There are plenty of opportunities to do research at BU if that is something you’re interested in. As for classes, like every college, there are great and there are bad professors. BU is a tough school, you have to really put in the work. In terms of the infamous grade deflation, I’ll be honest, I have yet to meet any professor who actually does that. However, I would agree that some classes require a great amount of work and effort to succeed. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask.
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So if school isn’t in session, say summer break, I don’t have to work and I can go back home?
Yes. Often work-study does not extend to the summer, but sometimes your job could pay you in the summer if you wanted to and they were willing to pay for it. You also don’t have to work. I wasn’t able to find to a job my first semester so I had to defer my award for a semester-which means I didn’t get money for the first semester but I still got the other half for my second semester.
My older son applied to UNC and ended up (and is very happy) down the road a bit at Wake Forest, so I know UNC well. I would say UNC is head and shoulders above BU (and I’m saying this with my younger son being accepted to BU today). Chapel Hill, the town is so much fun and the campus is beautiful, sports are great, etc. Boston is great but the BU campus is a city campus. Some like that, others don’t. UNC is also a lot more affordable than BU. People don’t like to talk about yield but that’s got to be the reason she didn’t get in. NEU of course is also a city campus. I don’t know what her other options will end up being but DEFINITELY consider UNC.
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She is considering it for sure. I went to college in Boston and am very familiar with the campuses of both NEU and BU. Honestly, my daughter isn’t a fan of the BU campus at all. I mean she really didn’t like it. I wanted her to like it, but she didn’t. Oh well, I guess it worked out because she didn’t get in anyway. Ha ha…
I remember you from the senior thread😂 we both applied to emory and BU, I got waitlisted at both😂