Hi does anyone know around when kids on the waitlist start hearing back from BU? Thanks!
Some students on the waitlist heard from BU that they were accepted on May 3rd of last year.
Not sure how early they will notify people this year, but I do know that the latest BU notifies waitlisted applicants of decisions is June 15th.
I was also placed on the waitlist… Here is the data from last year. Its kind of depressing…
Total freshman applicants placed on wait‐list 5,055
Total freshman applicants accepting place on wait‐list 2,402
Total freshman applicants accepted from wait‐list 69
So theres basically no chance of hearing back before May 1st? Also on the portal BU said it was a short waitlist, they can’t possibly think 5000 is short right?
I dont think so, probably more towards mid may. Hopefully they will have underestimated their yield this year due to an influx of applications to school in Boston this year. Maybe it has changed, but those are the stats from last year
When they say short waitlist for the major/school you applied to, do you think it’s only short for that specific major/school, or they are just saying that?
I’m not sure, did they not say short waitlist for you too?
Mine said short waitlist. Did other people’s not? I applied to SOM btw
No, they said short waitlist for mine too…I was just wondering if they said that to everyone who got waitlisted, regardless of the school they applied to.
I was wait listed as well! I’ve read that Boston University has been trying to reduce the number of people on their wait list in recent years, so that’s a good sign! I’m curious how many people are on it (short is a pretty relative term)…
I was also waitlisted and I applied to COM. I’m seriously wondering about this “short” waitlist business. It seems that every school has a “short” one. I hope this is good for us!