<p>lol</p>
<p>it took me a while but i finally got it.</p>
<p>It marks a dangerous time in higher education when what to any non-biased observer is a tier 3 school gets 28,000 apps. One article calling it a member of the "new Ivies" and suddenly it is Harvard #2. The faculty is no different, the resources are not better, than in prior years it is simply that demand has increased. The best schools are the best schools; simply getting more apps does not improve an institution. No slight intended, I have a masters from another well regarded Jesuit school, but BC is simply not a great school. I am concerned that the mission of Jesuit schools to serve the greater good will be diminished once the school is filled with academic superstars. These students who thought they would get in tier 1 schools will surely realize that in order to get into the best grad schools from a Boston College they will have to be in the top .5% of their class (it is not a great feeder school) and the environment will become extremely competitive.</p>
<p>What happened? Am I the only person that was waitlisted and got a low 1300 SAT score? This is crazy. Everybody else waitlisted got at least a 1400. I guess they really liked something.</p>
<p>someone's negative...</p>
<p>BC a tier 3 school? And to go to grad school you'd have to be in the top 0.5%? You obviously don't know what you're talking about.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf...don't">http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf...don't</a> seem to see BC in the top 50 feeder schools...at least not on this WSJ list</p>
<p>so, if a load of people who applied to bc from my area heard today and got accepted or waitlisted, does it mean that i got rejected since i havent heard anything?</p>
<p>[ b]Waitlisted**</p>
<p>DECISION:</p>
<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 1290/1990</p>
<p>Tier 3 would not be the right words. Tier 3 describes a school like...SUNY Brockport maybe. BC is Tier 1, but the far lower end of Tier 1, which includes all of the schools basically in the 40 or so of USNWR National Universities and top 10-15 of LACs. BC may be Tier 3 within Tier 1, but it is certainly not in the main stream definition of a third tier school. With regards to grad school, you are a little off. Competition to get into the best grad schools of course is increasing, as there are more qualified applicants from undergrad schools that you would have never seen applicants from in the past. Does this mean you must be in the top 10 out of a class of 2250 at BC to get into grad school? No of course not. All you have to do is look at our med school acceptance statistics every year to see that this is false. Also, I am of the believe that the school does improve as the quality of students improves. The best physicist in the world is not going to help a student in an intro physics class more than the 1000th best physicist would...therefore these differences are basically irrelevant at the undergrad level, and they are precisely why BC grad programs are not very highly regarded. At the undergrad level, I would rather go to a school with BC's professors and Harvard's student body rather than the other way around.</p>
<p>you guys might want to add EC's to those lists, they play a huge role in admissions...</p>
<p>can you guys add EC's to those lists? they play a HUGE role inadmission and this data is almost incomplete without it</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:ACCEPTED[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: 1900 (750M) (610CR) (540W =)
[ *] SAT IIs: Math 1c:780 Bio/M (640)
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] GPA:school doesnt do GPA's i guess my GPA is a 4
[ *] Rank:72/976
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: I had my friend read my essay and he claimed it was very well written. It was about my work and community service within the community.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very strong recs. PM me if you want a copy
[ *] Counselor Rec: Not so strong... but she had to write over 250 recs
[ *] Hook (if any): im asian?
[ *) Location/Person: NYC
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type: Overcrowded public school (roughly 4500 students)
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Strength: Math (evidenced by my sat math scores) Weaknesses: no blatent academic weaknesses
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Admissions officers all have their own reasons... I guess it was my recs that really pushed me through
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? Possibly, its 48k per year. I'm still waiting for Carnegie and Notre Dame. I might stay a year in NYC and attend Baruch Honors (free tuition) and transfer into BC for my sophomore year, to save a bit of cash.</p>
<p>oh...
EC's:
1. Volunteer teachers assistant.
2. Orchestra member (grade 9-10)
3. Arista National Honor society
4. Science Olympiad
5. Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A.)
6. Science Newsletter
7. Attended a business camp at Columbia University. (Advanced from regional and placed 3rd at the nation level.)</p>
<p>I have more, but I cant recall anything at the moment.</p>
<p>[ *] Other stats: Higher scorer on the AMC12(Score:111.5). Participated in the AIME (Score: 4)</p>
<p>This is all for now, I may remember some other things at a future time. Congrats to all who got accepted and good luck to those who will be applying to BC in the future.</p>
<p>DECISION: waitlisted</p>
<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2060 (m-650 w-710 w-700)
[ *] SAT IIs: n/a
[ *] ACT: n/a</p>
<p>[ *] GPA: 3.6
[ *] Rank: 35/350
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: okay
*] Teacher Recs:okau
] Counselor Rec:okay
[ *] Hook (if any):Catholic
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: PA
[ *] School Typeublic
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Grades maybe? average sats?
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Umm okay stats, plus i wrote university of pittsburgh in my essay and i never sent my midyear report
[ *] Other Factors:none
[ *] going to attend? guess not</p>
<p>I'm really confused as to why I was waitlisted. I have a 3.75 UW, 31 ACT, lots of EC's and I'm Jewish, which my GC said was like a hook because BC is trying to get more diverse. I'm not going to take my spot on the waitlist because in reality I wasn't going to go there anyway, but thought I was going to get in.</p>
<p>college decisions are really unpredictable, my stats are subpar compared to the other people who got accepted, and i got in. i really have no true explanation, but recs are vitally important to decisions made.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO CARROLL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
definitly attending and SOOOOOOOOOOOOO Excited!!!!!!!
here is a little bit of stats, have to go get ready for PROM!!!!!!!!!! What a day!
1910 v610 m650 w650
3.84 uw 5.9192w
3/550
VP of 2 clubs and in Student Gov't
EXCELLENT RECCs and 2 letters from Alum.</p>
<p>GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>rejected. WOWWWW this sucks like no other. might have been my GPA that killed me? still very upset and confused as to why i couldn't even get waitlisted.</p>
<p>2260 SAT I 800V, 660M, 800W
3.67 W GPA
SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 680 Math IC, 650 U.S. Hist, 470 Bio-E
president of youth group, orchestra 4 yrs - secretary, pit 4 yrs, nhs, treasurer of french honor society, varsity bowling 3 yrs, tri-m music honor society secretary.. blah blah more ec's
good counselor rec, good teacher recs = </p>
<p>***?! very very bitter at the moment but congrats to those accepted and good luck to waitlisters. man i really liked wearing my bc sweatshirt :(</p>
<p>WAITLISTED</p>
<p>3.83 W GPA, 3.57 UW
1710 SAT
SAT II: 590 Math IIC, 520 US Hist
Good ECs, Good recs,</p>
<p>I didn't even apply on time, how i got waitlisted? Beyond me.
But i dont mind :)</p>
<p>sarahahah </p>
<p>i honestly dont know how you got rejected, possibly the program you applied to? maybe the essay? i dont know. i still can't fathom how you got rejected, but... with your stats, you should be able to make it into a better college</p>