<p>Does BC have Tufts Syndrome?</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Me along with three others in the same school all got into the Honors program, and we were very above average (SATs all above 2300, GPAs 3.9/4.0, etc.)</p>
<p>There also isn’t even a supplement for them to see how much effort you put in really.</p>
<p>Dear elaslawek : If you look at the top twelve schools that overlap with Boston College applications in the admitted class surveys over the last six years, you will find that seven of the eight Ivy Leagues are always listed (Columbia is usually the missing school), along with NYU, Georgetown, and some others. If you think about these schools as being the highest percentage overlap schools, it is hard to conclude that Boston College has a “Tufts Syndrome” infection.</p>
<p>I too do not seen any evidence that BC employs any use of a “Tufts Syndrome”. It’s not a sheer numbers game. If your grades and GPA demonstrate you can handle the work, then they look further at you as a person (your passions, leadership, demographics, whether your ECs espouse the values of the school, etc). </p>
<p>Unless you’re part of the admissions committee, who knows what was discussed about any given applicant? Who knows why type of mosaic (diverse) student body they’re trying to assemble for the entering class?</p>
<p>They could probably fill the freshman class with all male applicants from the state of Massachusetts - would you want that?</p>
<p>Out of 30,000 applicants, I would guess at least 15-20,000 of them were academically qualified. Like all good colleges, they need to follow their own criteria for where they draw the line on the subset they accept.</p>