<p>My friend’s brother was recently admitted with a 3.2 GPA and a 26 on the ACT. He was involved in only one club which was the Spanish club and he had no leadership positions in it. His school wasn’t competitive at all. However, I guess he made some promotional video.
Why would they do this?</p>
<p>^Legacy? He’s a hacker. He bribed someone. Who knows. There is an infinite number of reason of why he was admitted. Maybe his promotional video was so damn touching that it got someone in the admission office to look beyond numbers. I think you should reserve judgment unless you have all the information. </p>
<p>There are people at BC, and at many other wonderful schools, that leave me wondering how they got in. Of course I sometime begrudge them because I believe I have worked harder than they did or because I did not have the advantage they do. But I usually look at the big picture. Sure, the student’s parents might have gotten him or her in through connections. But the individual is paying full tuition and that money is paying for my financial aids. Yes, he or she might have taken a deserving spot from somebody else, but I have also taken a spot from somebody else who might be just as smart and hardworking, and might even have the money and the willingness to pay full ride. I only got in, therefore, because I have a certain traits that BC admissions looks for. The word university comes from the word universe (big surprise there) which means totality, all encompassing. Our society is made up of the rich, the poor, the deserving and the undeserving. Any university should strive to reflect that, not for diversity’s sake, but to bring the different elements together and forge a common bond where there would have never been one. To my original point, maybe your friend’s brother brings something, I don’t know what, to the institution (perhaps it’s just money) that BC believes it’s worthwhile to have.</p>
<p>^yea seriously. theres more than scores.</p>
<p>Cool bro. I’m glad you took the time to hate on us even though you have no reason to.</p>
<p>My uncle went to Harvard and he’s a dope. It happens.</p>
<p>BC obviously lowered their standards this year for kids who could pay full tuition. Several students from my high school got in with 28 ACT ,3.6 GPA and not many activities or leadership positions. They were all bragging about how they beat the system by applying as education majors. Why someone would pay over 50,000 for an education degree is beyond me. They think they can just transfer to other schools,like the business school but I hear it’s not so easy to transfer.</p>
<p>It’s definitely not easy to transfer from LSOE to CSOM, so I doubt that all of them will still be bragging about “how they beat the system” next year! ;)</p>
<p>lol thats really funny. i dont see any point in paying that much for education major either, but that wasnt their intention like you said.</p>
<p>OOH! Those kids who think that they beat the sytem are in for a nasty surprise! At my tour I was told that it was EXTREMELY difficult- to the point of near impossibility- to transfer into CSOM. Looks like the joke’s on them . . . They’re going to accidentally become education majors. Woops!</p>