<p>Potentially only 48 hours until we find out!! Maybe less! I’m getting all sorts of nervous excited!</p>
<p>got rejected from villanova tonight, do you guys think BU is harder to get into than villanova or the other way around?</p>
<p>@rtv2014</p>
<p>if you look at rankings, BU’s the hardest but i’m not sure because they should be holistic. anyway 2 more days!</p>
<p>:( so scared</p>
<p>Wait…I got waitlisted from northeastern and isn’t northeastern easier to get into than BU?..am I doomed?..to be fair it was from northeastern professional studies (they messed up my application) but even so…</p>
<p>@mwahahahanna
Not necessarily, you never know what each college is looking for to represent their class</p>
<p>But I mean we all find out in 2 days :)</p>
<p>@infinitely2014</p>
<p>you know what? YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
waiting is painful!!!</p>
<p>Northeastern is more selective than Boston University, generally speaking. However, neither are terribly holistic - Northeastern especially; it’s basically SAT+GPA and that’s it - I have friends who were in 10+ clubs, held multiple leadership positions, internships, NHS, etc - but they had ~1800 SAT and ended up rejected or wait listed. I don’t know if the same trend will happen with BU but that’s what I’m anticipating. </p>
<p>…it’s all about moving up in those rankings. </p>
<p>@mwahahahanna
best of luck to both you and me and everyone here!! :)</p>
<p>@preamble1776: Holistic means that they look at the entire application. Having amazing EC’s will not make up for an 1800 SAT at Northeastern. Their average is 2075/2400.</p>
<p>Is there any indication based on past year’s threads, that BU will release early, perhaps tomorrow evening?</p>
<p>Think it will be Saturday</p>
<p>@TomSrOfBoston - I interpreted holistic to mean that weak parts of an application in isolation can be overlooked by the strength of the application as a whole. The 40 or so kids that were rejected from Northeastern from my school were all excellent students, top 3% rank, three season athletes, community service, multiple APs, and so on and so forth - their Achilles heel was the SAT where they scored in the 1700-1900 range. I managed to get accepted with pitiful extracurriculars, minimal course rigor in natural sciences, and a smattering of B’s and a C on my transcript - but my SAT was the only thing that I had over them and apparently that was enough for Northeastern. I was trying to suggest that BU and NU admissions are largely number games and not much can save you if your SAT is lacking. </p>
<p>@infinitely2014
Thank you very much! You too!!!~~ ^-^</p>
<p>I had an SAT score of 2180 
Not great, I know, but I thought that would’ve still been okay…</p>
<p>@mwahahahanna haha thank you! i think you should be fine, i know of people with much lower SAT that have gotten in. and to be honest, i think your SAT is pretty solid.</p>
<p>@infinitely2014</p>
<p>Do you really think so?? :’)) thank you!!!
But I’m even more worried about my GPA. I don’t know how but both weighted and unweighted it’s 3.85. I really wish I could know why Northeastern rejected me so I could have a better idea of where I stand with BU!</p>
<p>@mwahahahanna - A 2180 with a 3.85 should’ve warranted an acceptance along with merit aid at Northeastern. Was there something glaringly wrong with your application? My friend got in with a 2150 and a 3.8 along with a 15k scholarship – if this was just a fluke, I’d say you have a solid shot at BU.</p>
<p>@mwahahahanna well you have better grades than me LOL so yeah don’t stress too much! do something fun and get your mind off of BU until 1.5 days later haha</p>
<p>i agree with @preamble1776
you have decent statistics, but then again NU was pretty selective this year.
this makes me worried as to what BU is looking for.</p>