<p>I’ve heard from “selective” to “highly selective”. On the schools website it says “highly selective”, but on some of the threads I see that people think that admissions is not selective at all.</p>
<p>My school had a good amount of BU acceptances this year; that and Northeastern. What are your general stats (gpa/SAT/rank/ec’s?). If those are good, you really shouldn’t even worry about getting accepted. It’s not nearly as hard as you probably think it is.</p>
<p>GPA:3.5UW (Mostly AP & Honors Classes)</p>
<p>SAT:2000</p>
<p>Class Rank: top 15%</p>
<p>community service organizer, so lots of community service
student council, chruch youth group, golf, tenis,Young Life</p>
<p>you should be set. w/ the 2000 SAT,sports, and service, you should even consider some more selective colleges.</p>
<p>according to my college book, 56% ofapplicants are accepted
the 25th-75th percentile for SAT scores is in the high 500s-high600s for each portion</p>
<p>wow thanks. What other schools shpuld I considers? I’m also looking at USC. I’m trying to fiind schools in cities where the students have a good balance of academics and social life.</p>
<p>Yeah you should be fine. BU is selective in that it picks students with 1850+ scores and 3.5+ GPAs, generally. It kind of depends on which program you’re applying into, but you seem fine for most. </p>
<p>You could probably consider NYU (which is similar to BU in terms of school and admission), BC, and Villanova.</p>
<p>BU does not have the same admission requirements as NYU or BC. SAT’s are higher and acceptance rates are much more stricter at those schools than BU. Not sure about villanova.</p>
<p>The only thing BU is really strict about is handing out financial Aid. If they really want you, they will shower you in money, if your an eh, you’ll get very little.</p>
<p>i would even say try for carnegie mellon and tufts they are good school and you would be the type of students they are looking for!</p>
<p>I think everything everyone said is correct here.</p>
<p>You have great stats and I could say that you would most probably be admitted.</p>
<p>Then again, BU has a LOT of applicants and selectivity varies (just slightly from school to school) within the university, therefore merit-based financial aid is highly competitive.</p>
<p>Like lalaz1000 said, if they really want you, they will show it with a very generous financial package. If you are middle of the pack (for your group of applicants) then you might have a harder time getting merit-based aid. </p>
<p>I will say that BU is more generous with it’s need-based aid, because the school is a tremendous financial burden–total costs for a school year exceeding 50K; However, for need-based aid, you are subject to the almighty BU Financial Aid Office calculator, which likes to crunch numbers much differently than that of FAFSA (the federal government) and CSS/Profile (College Board) and usually not for the better.</p>
<p>Well like everyone else is telling you, you can try for other schools, NYU isn’t much of a fit for you because now they’ve changed their Policies with SAT scores (much more competition because of the 3 test scores/achievement things). If you had applied this year I would have said yes for Tufts, NYU, BC. As my SAT score was lower, though my GPA higher, and I got into all of those schools, except they weren’t as Generous as BU. Nice but not Generous enough. I’ll just say something even though it has NOTHING to do with being selective, just make sure you fill out ANY scholarships that you are eligible for because you don’t want to have money as an issue when choosing your college.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for all the advice. I’m definetly going to try and apply for all of the scholarships I possible can, but I’m a little worried because for some by GPA is lower than the adverage applicant, but my SAT score is higher than the average applicant? Should I just apply anyway?</p>
<p>GPA tends to vary depending on which school you attend, so they probably compare your GPA to your school’s record rather than to the GPAs of students elsewhere.</p>
<p>I would personally say that its selective. Entrance rate of 56% is pretty generous. I think with your stats, which (after the SAT score <em>grrrr hate SATs</em>), you could get in very easily and perhaps obtain a few scholarships. You could probably get into BC, Tufts, and possibly carnegie mellon, which might be a little bit of a stretch. </p>
<p>Personally I would say add a reach to your list - Cornell University, which (along with the other ivies) has a nice nice financial aid package. Overall, have fun applying to college 
and consider many aspects including environment, major, and finances, rather than national ranking or friends.</p>