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<p>I didn’t get merit aid either but my SATs were only 2180 compared to your children’s impressive scores. I find it strange that such students weren’t accepted into Honors as I was and my SAT IIs were not impressive at all. Perhaps BU took on Tufts Syndrome? I don’t want to be cynical and call it that necessarily, but it appears so…</p>
I know someone who got in the BU with a “B” average. About 50 u excused Lates to school junior year and 78 unexcusedLates to school senior year ( showed on transcript), a 1790 on SAT and 26 composite on ACT. Took a few AP courses, but never took the AP tests, and got in. Totally changed my feelings about BU. My son has. 4.3 GPA, all AP courses and 5’s on AP tests, 34 on ACT and 2150 on SAT. it was suggested to us to look at that school. NO WAY! Not after we found out the caliber of some students they accept there.
@blueyz You do know that some people like that also get into cornell, dartmouth and etc? One person does not embody the entirety of its class and if that said student who got in poor efforts continue in college, then he’ll suffer. No need to judge the “caliber of students” based off one individual. I know other people with low stats and poor attendance going to higher ranked schools such as one individual who’s stats are extremely low who is going to NYU. You don’t know if that individual was an alumni or if he had some other situatoin.
I realize this discussion originated years ago, however since recent comments have been added, I will also chime in in with my opinion. My daughter is a rising junior in the Questrom School of Business. She had very good high school/test scores and receives a merit scholarship. BU is not considered an easy school to get into. The business school is quite competitive actually. The School of General Studies is where maybe students will lesser grades and test scores may be admitted. In my experience, BU has a very favorable reputation to the outside world. My daughter is receiving a top notch education. She takes full advantage of all the opportunities afforded her. Her classes are really hard and she studies a lot.
If a student (or parent) is strictly name shopping, then all the more power to them.That doesn’t guarantee anything. The student still needs to do the work and feel like they belong. I agree with the above poster that basing one student’s admittance on the student body as a whole is nonsensical. If someone tours BU and finds it a good fit, then apply. It isn’t about Ivy League school= better class of person.
@blueyz Yeah I wouldn’t let my son go to Columbia because my neighbor’s pothead sone got int, or to Harvard, because his cutter girlfriend went there, or princeton because his slacker best friend went there…
and @marybar Take a look at the stats for CGS many kids are deferred into CGS and end up in all the colleges including SMG all with stats good enough to get in to the colleges but many lack something in their application or recommendations like an indicator of Maturity or leadership that usually just take one or 2 years for them to learn and the College is a good place to grow
in terms of BU’s CGS program, DD went there, and transferred to COM, graduating summa cum laude in May. Although it is true that CGS is statistically lower than some of the other schools, she and many of her friends would say she got a BETTER education than if she had begun in COM. The CGS reading and writing requirements are very rigorous, culminating in a Capstone project that was similar to a group thesis in time and effort. She had professors tell her that they found CGS students better prepared than others.