<p>Does anyone know if BC considers the student’s “demonstrated level of interest” when deciding who to admit? Or is it irrelevant to them?</p>
<p>Of course BC considers level of interest. What schools, beside the upper-elite, doesn't? But that doesn't weight as much as GPA and SAT score. If you have both and demonstrate interest, then admissions is very likely.</p>
<p>According to BC's common data set neither interviews nor level or interest are considered in the admission process.</p>
<p>BC definitely does not consider level of interest - I've had this confirmed by several admissions officers. First of all, with 29,000 applicants, it would be a huge undertaking. Also, they feel that it is unfair since not everyone can afford to visit BC (especially those students that live further away) and that it would give an advantage to those that could afford to visit.</p>
<p>They do consider interested unintentionally. I have first hand experience</p>
<p>actually most top schools, with the exception of WashU, do not consider demonstrated interest. BC does it subconsciously by having a lower acceptance rate for kids in geographic areas that historically do not come to BC as frequently (ie California, where last year only 17% of students got in)</p>
<p>ckmets13- is that true about geographic areas? It would explain a lot. S applied EA to Notre Dame and BC this year. We live in CA. S has 4.2W gpa, top 5% at academic HS, 4 years football, wrestling, baseball, lots of community service the whole package. Great letters, awards...you get the picture. He was admitted early to Notre Dame and deferred and ultimately waitlisted at BC. We couldn't find anyone in the EA thread that was deferred with even close stats. We wondered if it was the essay and still do, but he got in to many top schools (including UCLA and Cal). We finally decided BC just didn't like him and that's the way it goes. Both families are from New Engtland and he showed huge interest-even listed them on NMS sheet w/o any $$ incentive.</p>
<p>To worried Mom- In the event that the geographic thing isn't true, I'd make sure your child writes a risk free essay.</p>
<p>I don't know about BC turning away students from California consciously or unconsciously. Outside of the immediate Northeast, California has one of the highest number of students being admitted to BC. And when compare to the traditional BC's New England base--it is the middle of the pack. Also, ckmet's number of 17% is inaccurate.</p>
<p>For the class of 2010,
2653 applied from Cal
637 got in (acceptance, doesn't mean enrollment)
therefore 24%</p>
<p>Vermont's 21.08%
Maine's 22.5%
Cal's 24%
New Hampshire's 26.23%
Rhode Island's 27.8%
Mass' 28.54%
Connecticut's 30.69%</p>
<p>As you can see, Cal is about one spot shy of being in the middle. We can also compare the other two west coast states: Washington (29.3%) and Oregon (34.48%) and see that West Coast, if anything, has a pretty high acceptance rate compare to New England with a 29% admission rate compare to New England's 26.14%. So let not kid ourselves with the geographic excuse here.</p>
<p>P.S.
Ckmets, with all due respect, whenever you post data regarding BC, for the most part, they have been inaccurate; please fact check before you post them.</p>