does anyone know if trustee scholars come out earlier than RD?
64000 applicants for 3300 spots? Can that be accurate? That puts BU’s acceptance rate on a par with Ivy League.
They accept more than 3300. That’s how many accept offer and are in the class. But, yes, I am amazed at their numbers and percentages.
The yield rate is about 20% from those accepted.
So approximately 17,400 accepted out of the 64,000?
How many have already been accepted via ED I and EDII?
I did some math based on last year’s yield and got that this year’s acceptance rate should be about 22%
Given that HS students applied for more colleges (from several to tens to twenties) over the past years, the yield rates of most colleges constantly decreased and the acceptance rates decreased as well. Overall, if the number of HS students in USA applies for colleges has not big changes, the probability of the individual students to be accepted into colleges still stays very similar in these years.
@BOSTON20182025 Except that the average stats for enrolled students have increased dramatically over the past decade at Boston University and Northeastern University. It is safe to say that many students who enrolled at both schools 10 years ago would not be admitted today.
The same could be said for Tufts University and many other top schools.
@BOSTON20182025 @TomSrOfBoston Plus the intended Class of 2022 for BU is going to be 100 students smaller this year, and the national average increase in applications at schools this year was 5%, for BU it was 8%. That means BU’s acceptance rate is definitely going down, not sure if my prediction will be accurate but I think it will be pretty close… my guess before this data came out would be a 20% acceptance rate for BU this year. I’m not sure about Northeastern but I’m sure they’ve had major increases in applications too.
@sunflowerlover Northeastern had a 15% increase in applications for a total of about 62,000. Given that they were overenrolled by 300 students last fall the entering class there will likely be cut back from its traditional 2800.
Schools like Northeastern, BU and BC are often seen as safety schools for Ivy hopefuls. The EA results at BC and Northeastern and the upcoming RD results for all three will make many reconsider that belief. Tip top stats (1550+/35+) and no interest shown is a bad mixture.
@TomSrOfBoston I think we saw that during ED I, and even from last year’s strings. Maybe that gives some hope for those like my S who are right in the sweet spot of their average GPA and ACT and have expressed genuine interest.
@TomSrOfBoston How much interest is enough? I visited last summer during a family vacation, but haven’t really done anything else. Does visiting count for more if you’re from far away?
By the time my D was done with her BU application, I felt like she had written a novel for them – their why BU essay, the Kilachand Honors College essays, the Trustees Scholarship essays - and all had to be sent together with the application by Dec. 1st. You couldn’t send the application and then the essays separately. I think this is done intentionally to eliminate those who are not seriously interested in investing the time and pacing themselves to get this all in by Dec. 1 even if you might be an RD candidate! Any way, my point is, I do hope they consider all of that writing as demonstrated interest as well. It was a lot, and I think it’s purposeful on BU’s part.
The other parts of the puzzle for us are: 1. an acceptance, and then 2. solid financial aid. Yikes. Someone posted on one of the BU threads that aid is disbursed based on how much they value a student as a candidate. Someone with demonstrated need that they really like will get a nice package, while another with need who they don’t value as much would get less. Like a ranking system for need based aid. I guess that makes sense if they don’t guarantee to meet demonstrated need.
@Winky1 The fact that your daughter did all that shows a great deal of interest. If she had just applied to BU “in case all else fails” and wrote a Why Boston essay instead of Why Boston University essay they would see it as her safety.
About that merit aid some of us might get. Make sure to read the fine print of your offer… My oldest one went through the college application process last year and received multiple merit aid offers. BU was the only offer that wasn’t fixed for all 4 years. Whatever amount listed in her financial offer was for the first year only, no reassurances for subsequent years. We didn’t want to have to deal with that uncertainty…
I believe she wrote about the Sargent College and why that excited her. She did an official visit with her Dad probably about a year ago. They had a great time. They both loved the school. However, we really love all of the schools on her list. If this doesn’t work out, it’s nice to know we can all get excited about other possibilities. Would be a nice option to have, though. Hoping it can be.
Today, we exhausted all the appeals at another school my S17 really, really liked, then he turned to me and said “Ok, when do we hear from BU?”.
Hi, @BoroDad, join the BU RD party! Sorry nothing came of the appeals, but you can sleep at night knowing you were thorough. Hilarious son!
Does anyone have any information regarding the importance (or lack of it) of being a legacy applicant?