<p>Hey everyone! BU released its RD admissions decisions today, and I was kind of shocked to be rejected-- my GPA and SAT scores are 96th percentile for BU applicants according to ■■■■■, and everyone who read my essays said they were spectacular. </p>
<p>In the rejection notification, it said that there were 54,000 applications for just 3,700 spots, which means that they had an acceptance rate of around 7% this year. This is incredibly small compared to the 45% acceptance rate listed on the US News & World Report college rankings. Does anyone know what the deal is with the huge jump in selectivity? </p>
<p>Applicant pool grows due to population increases, more accessible education in Southeast Asia leading to lots of applicants to the States, yet number of spots stays the same. </p>
<p>So acceptance rate drops.</p>
<p>What I wonder, though, is if BU sent out more than 3700 acceptances.</p>
<p>See, some universities, on ethic, don’t accept more than the # of spaces they have. I think in previous years BU sent out more acceptances than spots. The issue with that is if they sent e.g. 5-6,000 acceptances and ALL people enrolled at BU, they’d have an issue. The reality is that BU doesn’t have the highest yield rate. </p>
<p>I don’t know how many acceptances they sent out, they seem to be very shady with admit #s vs. spot #s.</p>
<p>3700 is the number of kids who accept their admission. They actually accept 18000-19000 kids each year because their yield is low. BU has also rejected kids with really high stats because they think that the kid will treat the school as a safety and not actually go if admitted. It’s all for the yield rate. Think about it this way; it means that you’re out of their league!</p>
<p>Oookay, that makes more sense. I was kind of weirded out. Thanks for being nice-- I hope that’s why. 
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<p>In years past BU has had a yield rate of about 20%. So with a class of 3700 they would need to accept 18,500 applicants. That would give BU an acceptance rate of about 34%.</p>
<p>They are continuing to shrink the size of the freshman class. Last year it was 3800, 5 years ago it was 4100.</p>
<p>Ugh BU and its Tuft’s Syndrome… I actually wanted to go -_-</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with Tufts Syndrome. TS is a myth used as a rationale for not being accepted. </p>
<p>I had the same problem; I’m really confused because my test scores and grades were all high and above BUs averages, and I was rejected. It surprised me a lot because I was admitted to several more competitive schools. </p>
<p>Good to know I’m not alone, then. I probably just did a crappy job of convincing them that BU was actually where I wanted to go, and truthfully, I probably wouldn’t have attended if accepted anyway. Slightly insulting, but not the end of the world. </p>
<p>That’s really interesting about the acceptance and yield rates, though-- I wonder what happens if more accepted students choose to attend than they have room for? </p>
<p>Yeah, I’m skeptical of the concept of Tufts Syndrome - several high achieving, extremely qualified students (2300 +/4.0 GPA) from my high school were admitted with generous aid as BU is trying to convince them to enroll.</p>
<p>Amen, BU was my safety and I was so shocked to be rejected.</p>