<p>Boston College is my #1 choice school, and I think it is a match for me based on my stats. Will applying EA increase my chances, or is it harder to get into EA than RD?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have any statistics on the middle 50% of ACT scores? It’s not listed in my CB guide to colleges.</p>
<p>Early action always increases chances, even when admissions officers say it doesn't.</p>
<p>It wouldn't hurt to apply early since 1) it's your first choice college, 2) it's not binding so if you do end up deciding to go somewhere else, you could, and 3) i agree with kwijiborjt in saying that early does increase chances</p>
<p>"Early Action at Boston College is more selective than Regular Decision." I got this right from the BC website: <a href="http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/faq/#early%5B/url%5D">http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/faq/#early</a><br>
Look under FAQ's</p>
<p>we've been checking out EA options too, including Boston College...I was finding evidence that at some other colleges it usually seems to increase chances, but looks like BC is an exception.
It really seems to vary by college. Does anyone know where to get the actual statistics on this? Would it be in the common data set?
Another surprise was that my d's college advisor didn't really recommend EA in her case. She feels the extra few months will give her more time to up her test scores, and GPA, and do a good job on the apps. To re-take ACT in time for EA, she'd have to do it in Sept., which is terrible timing, and to re-take SAT subjects she'd have to do that in Oct. (She feels a little stronger on ACT, thus would re-take that, not SAT-R for EA.) Otherwise, if gong RD, she could re-take in Nov. and DEc.
I'm not sure it will help GPA to wait for RD though, as she has 2 AP's, 1 honors, and Speech and DEbate first 2 quarters : (
Not sure what to do...
the other question is how does EA affect aid, merit especially: is there more money in the pot early in the game, so they are more generous? or are they less generous, since they know you are very interested in that college?
guess that's another thread</p>
<p>There is only one merit scholarship offered at BC, a presidential scholars program for 15-20 Freshman who receive full tuition all 4 yrs. The applicant pool is significantly stronger EA due to students vying for these spots. 34% acceptance rate EA and 29% rate overall. BC is very conservative with EA applicantsm. 1/3 are deferred to regular admission. I was also hoping to apply EA but it seemingly won't help my chances. Got all this info from admissions office. If anyone can testify against, would please me to hear it.</p>
<p>"The test scores for the middle half of the class of 2010 ranged from 1900 to 2100 on the SAT I, and 27 to 31 on the ACT."
that came straight from the Boston College web site
<a href="http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/</a></p>
<p>19382.
have you decided whether to apply EA or not?</p>
<p>EA is tougher to get in as EA, but I think you could say it gives you a better chance because if you get deferred its like getting a second chance. But the students they let in EA have to be at the top of the pool, because they need to know that someone more deserving from the regular applicant pool wouldnt be losing a spot. But like I said, it can never hurt to try, and deferred doesnt mean NO.</p>
<p>Tim</p>
<p><a href="http://www.college-investor.com%5B/url%5D">www.college-investor.com</a></p>
<p>I think I'll apply EA. I just got my September ACT score (first time) and realized it won't be too much of a risk to apply EA. I'd rather know sooner than later and get everything out of the way. The challenge will just be making myself write my essays! Let's hope I can get them done in the next month (I'm a complete procrastinator). You?</p>
<p>Binding ED decisions (despite what colleges claim) typically give an applicant a slight plus because the student has made a contractual committment to attend if admitted allowing predictability by colleges in their final enrollment configuration and freeing up time for admission counselors to fill the rest of the class with the regular applicants later in the year -however (non-binding) early action programs like Boston College has - they probably don't help as much</p>
<p>However, there is really no downside per se to applying EA to Boston College</p>