<p>Hi! So I’m applying to Boston College RD and I’m planning on majoring in business.
Is it harder to get into Carroll than CAS? I’m not sure how competitive it is to get in (which I’m sure it is because it’s a great school) but does anyone know how much harder it is to get into Carroll than CAS?</p>
<p>On the campus tour I went on, I believe the tour guide said that all of the schools are within +/- 3% of each other, so it’s roughly equal. Besides, it’s very, very hard to transfer from school to school, so anyone trying to backdoor their way in would be ill-advised.</p>
<p>Noviles is correct in saying the percentage of applicants admitted to each school is similar however the Carroll School has a lot tougher applicant pool the the CAS and the others. It is also actually relatively easy to transfer into any school at Boston College except for Carroll. You can go from Carroll to CAS easily but it is nearly impossible to transfer into Carroll.</p>
<p>As a business student, I can attest to the fact that CSOM is a stronger and more difficult school to get into than A&S. The acceptance rate last year was probably 3% lower, and this year, riding off of our #6 BusinessWeek ranking, it will probably be about 6% lower than A&S. Admittedly, these are noteworthy but somewhat negligible differences in acceptance rates.</p>
<p>However, Cmon43 is correct in pointing out that the type of students who apply, and get in, to the business school, by in large, are different students than for the the rest of BC. Many CSOM admits chose BC over schools such as UVA, Emory, Berkeley, and Cornell because if you want to go into business, CSOM has stronger placement than these schools’ Arts and Sciences programs. More importantly, for CSOM, you are directly admitted into the business school at BC, whereas for many other schools you have to compete with the entire student body and apply after your second year. BC is also located in Boston, so it is an enticing alternative to Notre Dame, for instance. For many of these reasons, CSOM manages to fill its student body with some of the nation’s strongest business hopefuls. That being said, not all CSOM students are necessarily better or smarter than A&S students; that is, at least 30% of our student body could be swapped with A&S students and be stronger as a result. So if you’re strong enough to get in A&S, but your application conveys a passion for business (lots of business/econ/finance-related internships and programs, leadership experiences, etc), I would absolutely encourage applying.</p>
<p>I’ll leave you with the following thought:</p>
<p>If you would go to BC only if you could study business, apply to CSOM. If you would love to go to BC, you have a BC worthy app but not necessarily a T20 app, and studying business would just be an added benefit (i.e. You value attending BC over studying business), don’t apply to CSOM. The reality is, you are more likely to get into A&S than CSOM b/c A&S is ranked 31 in US News and CSOM is ranked 6 in BusinessWeek. However, if you decide on A&S or another school, know this: you are not going to be any less successful at life, you are not going to be derided for not being in CSOM, and in EVERY school at BC you will find both incredibly smart and somewhat questionable students, CSOM included.</p>
<p>On that note, good luck!</p>
<p>I would submit that admissions difference are based more on gender that applicant stats. </p>
<p>I would also submit that, outside of the few national undergrad programs (Wharton, MIT, Michigan, Kellogg, Haas, and the like), all biz schools are local. Anyone choosing BC over UVa would do it because s/he prefers the SE/mid-Atlantic to the NE.</p>
<p>While a wonderful school, CSOM’s brand just doesn’t carry across time zones.</p>
<p>Michigan Ross – direct admit from HS: 3.90 median GPA, SAT=1483, ACT=33; 18% admission rate</p>
<p>Accepted to Business schools at BC, Villanova and Northeastern. Honors. Plus good scholarship offer from northeastern. Thoughts re: how to choose? If cost was not a factor?</p>
<p>if cost is not a factor, go to the highest ranked b-school that you can. (Prestige matters in biz.)</p>
<p>I was recently admitted Early Action to BC Lynch School of Education and am super excited. However, I was wondering how easy it is to switch out of the School of Educ. if I decide teaching is not for me freshman year. If I did switch, it would 100% be to the College of Arts and Sciences, which is apparently the easiest to get into…? How easy/difficult is it to switch from Lynch to A&S? Is it possible to do so before freshman year (when I go to Orientation or accepted Students Day)? Please let me know, Thanks!</p>
<p>that’s a question for admissions, ownthenight.</p>
<p>However, for transferring between colleges, it’s important to take the appropriate courses Frosh year. Some Educ courses may not count for A&S grad credit. (A&S requires a certain number of A&S units for graduation.)</p>
<p>Also note that even in Lynch, you could still complete an arts&science major through in A&S, by taking ~10 courses.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info! So if I majored in German Studies (an A&S major) while still in the school of education, would it be a double major (my second major being in secondary education) or could i just major in german and minor in secondary ed?</p>
<p>I don’t know much more than this:</p>
<p>[Declare</a> A Major - Boston College](<a href=“Home - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College”>Home - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College)</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/academic/univcat/undergrad_catalog/lsoe.html[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/academic/univcat/undergrad_catalog/lsoe.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/academic/univcat/undergrad_catalog/arts_and_sciences/cas_germanstudies.html[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/academic/univcat/undergrad_catalog/arts_and_sciences/cas_germanstudies.html</a></p>
<p>You probably should check with a Lynch advisor/counselor in Jan.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>