<p>Hey everyone. I’m currently a freshman at Boston College and am willing to answer any questions that parents and prospective/accepted students might have. </p>
<p>I will not be able to answer everyone’s questions, as there are some things that I might be unsure about (such as A&S curriculum vs CSOM curriculum), but I am willing to try. Any help from other current students on this forum would be greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>Here’s a little info about myself:</p>
<p>Gender: Male (white)
Home state: Massachusetts
Year: Freshman (class of 2016)
School: Carroll School of Management (CSOM)
Current Housing: Upper Campus
Sophomore Housing (found this out last week): Walsh (Lower Campus)
Current GPA: 3.6</p>
<p>Ask away. I’ll try to check this forum a few times a day if I can.</p>
<p>Can you enter your stats for when you applied? Like GPA, SAT’s, extracurriculars. I’m a junior looking to apply next year as maybe a low reach/high match.</p>
<p>Sure mschusler. For the record, I was deferred EA, but accepted RD.</p>
<p>School: Private Catholic School (all guys)
GPA: Out of 5, I think mine was like a 4.3 or 4.4 (weighted)
SATs: 2010
Math: 680
Reading: 680
Writing: 650
** These are what I think they were. IT has been a while lol.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/other achievements:
Varsity Cross Country and Track (captain for XC senior year)
Environmental Club (President senior year)
National Honors Society
45 hours of service during the year
School tour guide
Part time job at CVS
History, Science award junior year
Religious studies award senior year</p>
<p>There may have been a couple other minor things, but those are the majority of things I can remember from my application.</p>
<p>@FindmeFazo - People have different feelings about the core. Some people like it, some don’t mind it, others hate it. If you have any AP credits, that can help lessen the load…although at BC you do not earn class credit from AP scores. Instead, it allows you to take more classes that you might enjoy. In terms of class size, some will be lecture hall, others will have small classes. I know my Literary Themes class felt like a more difficult high school class (in terms of class size and discussions). My foreign language class is also pretty small. The full list can be found here: [University</a> Core Requirements - Office of Undergraduate Admission - Boston College](<a href=“Admission - Boston College”>Admission - Boston College)</p>
<p>To anyone wondering about stats, I’m not a current BC student but I was accepted this year EA. Here are my stats:
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic
School: CSOM
Cum GPA: 3.7 (Freshman year:3.1; Sophomore year:3.5; Junior Year:4.0; Senior year 4.5) Slacked my freshman year but made up for it my junior and senior years.
SAT:1700
School: Public;All core classes were pre-AP, honors, or AP. (AP English Lit/Lang, AP Statistics, AP Macro/Micro Economics</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
National honor society
Senior Class Treasurer
ROTC
48 hours of service
Intern at Mass Mutual Financial Company
Part Time @ Toys R US
Academic Achiever plus 2 Academic Achiever awards
NO Sports
Autism Speaks member
Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook committee</p>
<p>***Question for BC2016: If it’s not too personal can you tell me about your EFC and what kind of financial aid package you got? My EFC is about 1800. Do you know of anyone who had a similar EFC and what their package was?</p>
<p>I posted these questions on another thread for a BC sophomore, but they were never answered. I was hoping maybe you would be able to help me out.</p>
<p>I’m currently anxiously waiting for my letter from BC. I have three questions for you:</p>
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<li><p>Do you know anything about the ROTC units on campus?</p></li>
<li><p>I read an article that conducted a survey and found that women that attend BC are less confident when they graduate then they were before their 4 years, yet the men graduate more confident then they were. Have you ever noticed or experienced anything at BC that would coincide with these findings?</p></li>
<li><p>If I am accepted, I will be making a choice between the Honors College at FSU and BC. FSU is an in-state school for me and with the scholarship I received from the school and Florida’s Bright Futures scholarship tuition would be next to nothing. For this reason, my parents have promised me a new car if I choose to go there. BC, on the other hand, would be more of a struggle to afford. My family and I could make it work, but it would not be easy. Is BC worth it for an undergraduate degree?</p></li>
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<p>Thank you again for opening yourself up to help out all of the prospective and hopeful students out there like myself!!</p>
<p>@angelica I’m sorry, but financial aid is an area I’m not too familiar with. MY family is getting no financial aid through BC (we are getting a little bit from somewhere, but not from BC). Hopefully, someone else might be able to answer this.</p>
<p>@CLM I’m just leaving to get somewhere so I will answer your questions later when I have a chance.</p>
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<li><p>I’m not too familiar with the ROTC units, but I do see them a lot. </p></li>
<li><p>That is interesting. Where did you find that info? Personally, I have seen nothing to indicate that. The vast majority of BC students seem pretty confident in themselves (without being cocky) from what I have seen, both men and women. </p></li>
<li><p>This is just my personal opinion, so take it as you will. IMO a degree from BC will look more impressive. However, price should always be considered, and being in the honors college at FSU is a nice addition. If you think BC is really going to give you and your family long lasting financial issues, I would go to FSU. You will still get a degree (with honors) and graduate debt free, which you might not be able to say if you go to BC. In the end, it will come down to your choice.</p></li>
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<p>Just wondering for those of you who have been accepted to BC what did it look like in the mail? I’m just trying to anticipate what to look for because some schools if you are accepted send a huge congratulations and info packet whereas others it is just a simple letter.</p>
<p>Hey BostonCollege17! First off, based on your name, congrats on your acceptance to BC! Are you definitely coming here or are you waiting on other decisions?</p>
<p>To answer your question, here is what my first semester workload was:</p>
<p>Portico (a sort of intro to ethics class for CSOM freshman)
Computers in Management
Literary Themes
Calculus 1
Intermediate Spanish I (I only took 3 years in HS so i need one more).</p>
<p>I placed out of First Year Writing Seminar thanks to a 4 in AP English Language, which is why I took Lit Themes first semester. I also had a 4 on AP U.S History, but sadly, BC does not accept that. I took the AP English Lit exam and got a 3, so that didn’t help me. I had 2 As, 2 A-s, and a B- (Calculus has always been my weakness). Overall, I thought my workload was moderately difficult, especially with Calculus since I have never been great at it. I definitely felt like I had to work at it and that I could not slack off, but at the same time, I did not feel too overwhelmed or anything.</p>
<p>Thanks man, I’m stoked! Also, it’s good to hear about your freshmen experience.</p>
<p>I am waiting on some other schools, but mostly I care about who offers me the most money. You can’t really get much better than Carroll. There’s a good chance that I’ll attend but it will come down to moolah and how I feel on the campus during the admitted student days.</p>
<p>At BC, I feel like you really just get what you deserve. Assuming you choose your professors wisely, not take Organic Chem, and put in a minimal amount of effort, there isn’t much of a reason why you should have below a 3.5.</p>
<p>I suppose you can answer my question that I currently have a topic on. How do you find the students at BC (friendly, stuck-up, etc)? BC has sort of a reputation of being snobby and I was wondering if this was the case.</p>
<p>Here’s my take: Most expensive, prestigious colleges (like BC) are going to have some snobby, stuck up kids. It is not exclusive to just BC. Personally, I have found the majority of the student body to be friendly and not stuck up. There are some snobs, but it is easy to avoid them by interacting with the many kids who are not stuck up. I would not let that scare you from BC.</p>