I got into Boston College! I was so shocked but suuuper happy! Where did you commit?
Hi everyone! Iāve been checking this thread, but just thought Iād join the conversation. I applied to Vandy at early march (before the deadline) but my last document (high school transcript) was received on 3/17. Do you think Iāll be a part of first wave?
@transfergirl2020 ahh me too! I am so happy for us! how do you feel about BC?
@mlplover69 CONGRATS!! I feel really excited to have been accepted thereāI have heard really good things about their Lynch School of Education and Human Development, which is the one I applied to. I unfortunately didnāt get a chance to tour campus before the pandemic, but I donāt live too far so I went over yesterday and looked at the outside. Itās so pretty 
Definitely considering going there. But I am still waiting on Tufts and Vandy which also have really good programs for what I want to study and I really like the vibes of both. Plus Vandyās location. What would you study at BC? Do you have a top choice?
Also, I decided to email my AO. I will let everyone here know what they say if I get a response.
Some of tufts came out yesterday fyi @transfergirl2020
Thanks for letting me know!! Just checked, but nothing yet 
Hey congrats on your acceptance to BC. Though BC is not a good experience for me so far, I made great friends there (currently in MCAS) @transfergirl2020
@transfergirl2020 thats so awesome! i got into MCAS for psych! Ive been getting rejected from so many schools so i was SHOOK. I like the location and other elements of BC, but I am honestly so scared it is going to be like my last LAC, which I wasnāt a fan of :(. Was it really that pretty? omg <3
@vanessabrandon hey can you tell me why BC wasnt a good experience 
i am also worried since i am a POC
@mlplover69 i also got accepted to BC as a transfer for MCAS but i really only applied in case i wanted to live closer to home, and i donāt think im going to end up going. however, i did also get accepted to BC back when i first applied to colleges in high school, and i got to do the admitted students day. one of my best friends attends BC now and iāve also visited her there several times. weāre both POC and she and i both feel like you can find a community there. she is having a great time at BC, joined cultural clubs, and has lots of friends who are POC as well. however, everyoneās experience is probably different, so donāt take what just one person says as what your life will be like at BC. iād try to reach out to as many people who go to BC as you can to gain multiple perspectives!
@transfergirl2020 As a non-religious person, I found BC is very religious with a heavy curriculum. The meal plan is a pain too!
@ebeckins2020 thank you so much!
Be sure to look up transfer specific things to BC! My friend applied and transfers only get guaranteed housing for a year unlike other students who get 3 or 4ā¦
I cannot believe Vandy decisions still havenāt started coming out yetā¦ itās not my top choice so idc at this point, but WOW, I think itās the only school thatās been keeping transfers in the dark for so long
What do they do with religion?
@Yankeefan20 @transfergirl2020 I am a current MCAS student at BC so I feel as if Iād be able to answer this. Hopefully this helps: in my freshman dorm, there was a dorm minister that lived 2 doors away from me, Thereās a prayer room in every common area, I passed by like 2-3 different churches on my way to classes everyday, and one of the RAās in my dorm was the head of the Christianās against drinking club (or something on the lines of that). Additionally the only club that the school funds is the pro-life group that hangs around the dining halls passing out flyers all the time. Going to church is a social event at BC and itās almost seen as āweirdā if you donāt go. Most of the kids that came from the surrounding area all went to Jesuit high schools. Maybe Iām biased because Iām atheist, but I felt like a fish out of water at BC this year. In all fairness, BC does have a relatively high freshman retention rate so it would seem like most of the people there are into that sort of thing, but if you arenāt coming from a religious background then itās definitely something to think about.
Hi, guys, I am sorry I donāt have better news for you but my AO wrote back and said they do not have a date yet and āhope to startā releasing decisions this month and will probably keep releasing into early June. For those who Vanderbilt is a top choiceādo you think you will go ahead and put down a deposit at another school then if we still havenāt heard back from Vanderbilt? Doubting Iāll get into Tufts lol, but BC asks for a deposit by June 1. Wouldnāt want to lose that spot but still have my heart set on Vandy! Lmk what others are planning to doā¦
@transfergirl2020 - yah im pretty upset since this is awful for transfer students. i would suggest putting down a deposit
And thanks for sharing, @vanessabrandon, Iām actually not Catholic either so Iām wondering if I would feel out of place going to BC, but I know plenty of students who go there arenāt Catholicā¦ And thanks, @ketchup23, I saw that BC only has guaranteed housing for transfers for only one year but I guess I will worry about that once I finally hear a no from Vanderbilt (and I mean, I hope thatās not the case :))