<p>Put your name down.</p>
<p>BC has a pretty low yield rate (meaning alot of people that are accepted do not end up attending) which means ALOT of people get in off the wait-list. It can’t hurt so if you still want to come here, don’t give up hope!!</p>
<p>A low yield rate – which has been around 30% for BC over the past 5 years – absolutely does not mean that “ALOT of people get in off the wait list.” It means that BC sends acceptance letters out to 8,000 students even though it only has room for about 2,200 in its freshman class, because it knows that it will lose 70 - 75% of those accepted to other schools. </p>
<p>So if BC is your top choice but you are waitlisted, there is still a chance you will get in. But you need to be realistic, because the odds are not in your favor. Have hope – but start planning to attend another school.</p>
<p>Good point, i forgot that it worked like that. Still, can’t hurt to put your name down</p>
<p>Based on past years, what is the average amount of students accepted from the waitlist?</p>
<p>the letter said between 50 and 300 out of 2000. the odds are against us but im still hopeful. you never know. great point though, we should be realistic about our chances.</p>
<p>if i am accepted off the waitlist, is it binding? cuz i would need to know how much money i would get before committing to BC</p>
<p>I guess those on the waitlist still beat 20,000 other students.</p>
<p>Last year my son was put on 3 waitlists. Soon after his deposit was in somewhere else- maybe May 5 or so- he got phone calls and e-mails offering him placement in all 3 schools. We lost the original deposit when he switched. Also, keep in mind that they do not usually offer as much financial aid to waitlisters. It’s kind of exhausting because just when you think you have made choices, new offers come. He is so happy now though! Good luck all.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted too, don’t think I’ll pursue it.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Will put my name down and pursue it if I don’t get into ND which doesn’t seem that out there anymore since their acceptance rates are nearly identical.</p>