<p>Do you guys know or have an opinion about which has a better, or more respected, undergrad business program (for IBanking especially)? I know BC has the Carroll School of Management and BU also has a School of Management.</p>
<p>"Most of these answers are dodging the question: in terms of admissions..."</p>
<p>And admissions statistics are, of course, a great way to measure program quality...Especially when one is much much larger and has a College of General Studies :/</p>
<p>"Same with SATs, GPA, % in top 10%, etc ... BC applicants are far much more accomplished than BU applicants. There's really not much comparaison. "</p>
<p>Can you cite a source that shows a significant difference? I'm having trouble finding one...BC's SAT scores may be higher, but not by a considerable amount.</p>
<p>"BC applicants are far much more accomplished than BU applicants. There's really not much comparaison."</p>
<p>Now you'r ejust getting ridiculous.</p>
<p>I was thinking of goin to BU and BC, but have decided on Pepperdine University in California and University of Southern California. Here is a quick comparison</p>
<p>BU SAT Range: 1210-1390
BC SAT Range: 1240-1410</p>
<p>BU Acceptance Percentage: 55%
BC Acceptance Percentage: 32%</p>
<p>BU National Universities Ranking: 60
BC National Universities Ranking: 40</p>
<p>BU freshman in top 10% of high school class: 60%
BC freshamn in top 10% of high school class: 74%</p>
<p>BU retention rate: 89%
BC retention rate: 95%</p>
<p>BU alumni giving rate: 8%
BC alumni giving rate: 25% (BU has how many more alumni?)</p>
<p>BU graduation rate: 75% difference from expected graduation rate = -7%
BC grauation rate: 89% difference from expected graduation rate = +5%</p>
<p>BU business program rank: 40
BC business program rank: 30</p>
<p>I think this does address some questions....</p>
<p>Othe things to consider are: size of student body (BC has about 9,000 undergrad, BU far more than that), BC has guaranteed housing for at least 3 years (with Junior year being the year that students are off campus or abroad, seniors almost always live on campus because the options are excellent, and it is much more convenient and cheaper), BC has just joined the ACC althletic conference and overall has a better athletic program, not to mention lots of excitement generated by the sports teams (and highly-praised graduation rates for their athletes!!), BC's library is considered to be truly excellent (don't know much about BU's) and the location makes it easy to get into Boston, without actually being right smack in the middle of the city--beautiful campus!!</p>
<p>BC is not really that politically conservative. They have a good cross-section of diversity with regard to politics, and are increasing their overall diversity each year.</p>
<p>A visit to both would help you make the comparison and the choice. Most students have a clear preference for one or the other--not very many apply to both.</p>
<p>Good luck with the process.</p>
<p>my sisters bfs sister(and a friend of mine) got in to BU UNDER ed w/ a 1450!</p>
<p>Many students applying to Ivies and other New England schools use BU as a safety. I think BU's 55% acceptance rate is related to this fact. Every university has statistics on yield: that is, what percentage of admiited students will matriculate. If BU has 28,000 freshman applicants, it accepts 15,400 of them, or 55%, to fill a freshman class of 4100, for a 26% yield. Contrast that figure with Harvard and Yale, for example, with yields about 70-80% (don't know exact figures).</p>
<p>BU is definetely getting a lot better. I think in the future its diversity will go a long way in helping it crack the top 50. Currently BC probably has the edge in terms of selectivity but honestlty one student should not be deciding between both schools as they are extremely different in terms of location, types of students, number of students, background of students and a variety of other factors.</p>
<p>Currently BC has the academic advantage but BU is getting much more selective as time goes on and eventually that gap seems like it will shrink</p>