<p>I was deferred and I would like to contact my admission counselor to let him/her know that I am still very interested in BC. Is there a place on the website that identifies people by region?</p>
<p>My college counselor told me who my BC regional counselor was, and gave me her email address. So that’s your best bet, I’d say. I couldn’t find any sort of list of the admissions people on the website.</p>
<p>Hey I’m also a Senior with poor High School grades looking to transfer into BC after my freshmen year of College. Am I suppose to tell my college counselor to request me a BC regional representative too?</p>
<p>You do not request a counselor, you are given one at the time you apply according to your last name. I’ve seen the list of advisors somewhere on BC’s website before, but couldn’t find it this time.</p>
<p>Dear MMouse : Perhaps it is just me, but if you are truly passionate about Boston College and speaking with an admissions counselor about your prospects, which is the more logical approach?</p>
<p>(a) Posting to the college confidential message board after a limited internet search hoping that someone will have an answer.</p>
<p>(b) Proactively picking up the phone, calling Boston College, asking your detailed questions, getting the phone number and e-mail address of your admissions couselor, arranging for a 15 minute conference call or discussion, and express your complete interest in the school.</p>
<p>Clearly (b) is the answer and this is the type of behavior that differentiates a passing, passive interest from a go-getting, proactive solution. If you want a Boston College admission at this point, start pursuing it like you mean it.</p>
<p>Do you know who’s the person that monitors with those of last names that begin with a C?</p>
<p>The site is here, but I don’t think I saw any of that information written: <a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer.html[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/transfer.html</a></p>
<p>Chill out scott. I got the name from my high school counselor days ago and have already contacted her. </p>
<p>I like to find info on the web when I can so I don’t need to bother the admissions office with housekeeping details. I try to be considerate when I can.</p>
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<p>Then why did you ask here and why didn’t you say that in your original post?</p>
<p>Scott’s reply is on the money. For someone who got deferred, he suggests a proactive approach that shows you’re taking control of your situation. When you’re in the company of lots of others who have been deferred, that may be the sliver of opportunity that makes you get noticed.</p>
<p>Dear MMouse : Some rough numbers to share with you. Hard facts that you can digest or discard at your discretion.</p>
<p>Right now, you are among the 40% of the deferred applications from the 6,000 early applications to Boston College. That puts your application with 2,400 other people nationwide all trying to establish their own angle on acceptance - and trust me, those students that really want to attend Boston College have already launched virtual campaigns with the admissions office to gain acceptance. Again, those are the simple numbers and not even where the “real” competition is as yet. Keep reading.</p>
<p>Add to this mix another 24,000 regular decision applications where the top end will be incredibly more competitive as those students (with EA rejections/deferrals from the Ivy Leagues in hand) are now focusing on Georgetown, Boston College, and such schools. The likelihood is that your deferred application is now competing with a pool that is at least as deep at the top end and likely more competitive than you had for the early acceptance round. </p>
<p>You have about 26,000 applications now competing for approximately 4,000 to 5,000 remaining acceptance letters.</p>
<p>My sincere reason for posting was to help you in the face of these numbers. If you found our course of action in point (b) in our original post to be hyper-aggressive, so be it. We are telling you what it takes to get over the admissions hump at this point. You will get perhaps 15 minutes of face/voice time to make an impression that will impact your future. Apologies if a “chill out” strategy is not one that I can recommend to young people like yourself in such situations. </p>
<p>Good luck with the path you choose and we hope that your final college selection matches your needs and aspirations. (Side note : thanks to jpm50 for underscoring some of the views expressed in the original posting!)</p>
<p>props to scott for laying out the hard cold facts.</p>
<p>To MMouse and other deferees: if you really want to get in RD, you’ll have to complete a compelling ‘Why College X’ essay. </p>
<p>I see that you were also deferred from Chicago, MMouse. Since you have excellent numbers, I can only infer that: 1) neither college thought that you really wanted them and thus you were deferred (Tufts syndrome); or, 2) your essays (or recs) did not grab the adcom and say, ‘hey, this kid would be a great roomie/addition to our Frosh class’. If you know/believe your recs to be excellent, then you have a chance to fix your essay with a ‘Why BC?’ letter. Ditto Tufts Syndrome.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>