<p>@cschauf1 @crowe2003 @vulpesinculta
Great points!</p>
<p>@Crowe2003 are you out of state for UNC? Because if you are, that would explain it. They take very few people out of state. NC requires 82% must be in state, so it is very hard to get in from out of state. They get a HUGE number of out of state applications, so don’t compare to average SAT. That’s for in state.</p>
<p>I was accepted to School of Management and I didn’t apply to it. Most of you have better stats than me, but it comes down to essays and ECs. I volunteered abroad and my essays were the best I’ve ever written.</p>
<p>@LBowie, yes we are OOS. I realize that my daughter’s stats are only slightly above average for OOS applicants at UNC. I was just saying that there are some people who have much lower stats than her that were accepted to UNC OOS and we are not crying “yield protection”. Heck, you can go on a thread for past years’ acceptance for Ivies and find people with perfect scores who were rejected and people with 1900’s who were accepted. I firmly believe that my daughter was waitlisted at UNC because she wasn’t what they were looking for in an OOS student. I know this is a BU thread, but I was just making a comparison. It seems that many people who have 2000 or over on the SAT feel entitled to a BU acceptance and think the only reason they didn’t get in was that they were over-qualified.</p>
<p>My daughter, too, is a superstar who applied for the honors program and, while she was admitted to CAS, got no financial aid whatsoever. What makes it laughable is that she is a National Achievement Scholar and applied there because the university’s website indicates she is eligible for a $20,000, renewable, Boston University Presidential Scholarship. (She also happens to like the school very much.) She has friends from school who got substantial money with much lower GPAs and test scores. Obviously, she will turn her attention to either Northeastern, where she has been offered full tuition as a University Scholar, or one of the top 15 national universities where she has been admitted. BU simply doesn’t want students of her caliber.</p>
<p>My daughter was rejected. She considered BU a good match school, her SAT’s/GPA were right at the mean scores. The SAT College Board site had BU in the top 3 for her as a match. Demonstrated interest? She visited the school twice, attending the information sessions and doing the campus tours both times. Her EC’s were outstanding. We weren’t expecting a full ride scholarship or anything but we were not expecting a rejection. We’re looking at the bright side, it probably would have been cost prohibitive anyway and it pushed her to decide that her top choice school was the right choice for her.</p>
<p>@CalMum: “BU simply doesn’t want students of her caliber”</p>
<p>… this thread is seriously going nowhere. Applicants are more than just TEST SCORES!! (for the 100000th time…)</p>
<p>Jeeze.</p>
<p>@br2pi5, CC needs a “like” button :)</p>
<p>Lol no one cares that BU doesn’t “want students of her caliber”. Get over yourself</p>
<p>@YankeeDad Just believe in the system. Your daughter will end up where is best for her overall (financially, academically, socially). Good luck to you guys! At least you aren’t bitter like some. Your guy’s attitude will get her far in her studies and in life. Keep your head up just like you’re doing!</p>
<p>@crowe2003: haha I know! It needed to be said…</p>
<p>I can empathize with the parent’s bitterness at this time of year, but the “caliber” statement is insulting to past, current, and future BU students.</p>
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<p>Judging by the posted stats, many highly credentialed applicants were admitted to BU. </p>
<p>College admissions are crazy and can’t be taken personally! And since your “superstar” daughter received what you consider her due at NEU, it sounds like a good fit.</p>
<p>Thank god she’s going to NEU</p>
<p>BU (and other similar level institutions such as Northeastern) simply cannot be considered “safeties” anymore, regardless of how “exceptional” or “high caliber” an applicant you are. Just because you have above average stats is not a guaranteed acceptance or scholarship, especially with more and more competitive applicants applying each year (BU received 20% more applications this year alone). You need to be truly passionate about the school, and that needs to show in your application - and even then, there’s still a certain level of chance in the entire process. I think a lot of these schools are trying to shake their reputation as being “safeties”, so if you viewed BU as a safety, it probably came through somewhat in your application.</p>
<p>Beautifully put. Thank you!</p>
<p>Who else is staying on the waitlist? What are our chances? Also could BU place someone on the waitlist for CAS in the CGS? I hope not</p>
<p>Looking back, I think it was a demonstrated interest thing for me. I honestly just wasn’t sure on how to show interest other than visiting, which I did, and that’s what got me waitlisted. I mean, my essays could have sucked. I don’t really remember if they did, but that’s a possibility.
Oh well, helped me narrow down my choices, I suppose.</p>
<p>I didn’t visit and I got in.</p>
<p>CalMom,
perhaps a touch of the snark you demonstrate came out in her application. Really??? Think before you type.</p>