<p>I love the majors and location (large city) of BU.</p>
<p>Any other similar schools with acp rate around the same?</p>
<p>Northeastern, NYU, Pitt, McGill, Toronto, George Washington, </p>
<p>I completely agree with ^ in that George Washington University is strikingly similar, however I would say that other schools mentions (Northeastern, NYU) are slightly more selective than BU</p>
<p>Definitely GWU. Also, you should check out Villanova and DePaul.</p>
<p>This thread is a little old but some helpful advice to anybody that views this as they do their applications this year.</p>
<p>The selectivity difference is going to be negligible for this coming cycle, last year BU was 34% and they drew a larger pool of freshmen than they meant to (NYU/NEU - 32%, GWU - 33% for comparison). So expect it to fall a little (the other schools also fall slightly).</p>
<p>I think this impression Dpenn has comes from BU getting a little oblivious to Northeastern creeping up in US news rankings and not really responding with similar self-marketing until maybe 2011-2012.</p>
<p>But since then they’ve started to act and the acceptance rate has gone from like nearly 50% 3 years ago to what it is now. So don’t be lazy on your essays and treat the school like a safety.</p>