<p>My D received her letter today in the mail. Result: Waitlist.
Says 30000 applicants for 2250 spots, but does anyone know how many acceptance letters were sent out? I want to know how many people have to turn down their acceptances before they even get to the waitlist.</p>
<p>Stats: SAT 2000 CR630 W670 M700 (communications major but can’t seem to test well in CR)
SAT IIs MathI 700 Bio 640 (took both in Nov when she had swine flu)
unranked transfer student - probably 2nd or 3rd in class - 94? average unweighted
APs: AP Bio (4) AP Eng Comp (3) AP Env. Science, AP Calc, AP English Lit
Nationally Ranked, International Competitor in a non-NCAA sport
Many ECs - National finalist for a documentary, Writer for an online media site, etc.</p>
<p>so i was just waitlisted after applying EA and being deferred… </p>
<p>SATS: 1420/2100 </p>
<p>SATII: 750- US History, 750- Literature</p>
<p>APs: US History (5), Euro (5), Psych (5), Lang&Comp (5) </p>
<p>Rank: Top 5%</p>
<p>GPA: 111.7/92.3 </p>
<p>Essay: Fabulous </p>
<p>Recommendations- aside from my GC spelling my my name wrong, really good. </p>
<p>ECs- Sportsnite song & cheer captain, Women’s CHoir Section Leader, Metropolitan YOuth Orchestra, INternship at Covenant House international, held job all throughout HS</p>
<p>that’s pretty much it,
sucks i got waitlisted—personally think it’s a little ridiculous after seeing the kids who got into BC from my school</p>
<p>Dear cornellchris : Generally speaking, the application pool over the last two years has numbered approximately 31,000. I have not seen any numbers as yet from the admissions department that suggest anything is radically different this year. This number includes all of the early decision applications. The total number of acceptance letters issued generally hovers in the 6,500 to 7,500 range making the yield around the 30% mark in getting to the class of 2,250 students.</p>
<p>Now, there are several points to note here regarding waitlists. First, many accepted students are going to be culled from the accepted list once the sticker shock of $50,000 per year hits and the financial aid calculations point to an effective family contribution that exceeds that total. Remember that Boston College does not provide merit scholarships and to that end, many top end students will find the price tag beyond their means.</p>
<p>Second, the top dozen schools that admitted students have as their other choices are also very competitive; hence, there is some attrition related to that aspect. Although this is not what a waitlisted applicant will want to hear, it is possible that more spots than usual were offered this year with an expectation of decreased yield, in part due to national economics. These final numbers will only come clear sometime during May.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted after being deferred from EA.</p>
<p>1400/2070 SAT
Top 5%
Pretty good essay
Great Recs
Endless amounts of ECs
100+ hrs of volunteer work
coming from a small catholic school in nj
caucasian male</p>
<p>I am going to put my name on the wait list.</p>
This year is so competitive and many students who applied us BC as a backup for Ivy League schools
$50,000 + bad economy + financial aid that isn’t so generous = lower number of those capable of actually affording tuition (this could be negated if in fact BC did accept more students than in the past)</p>