<p>Can anybody here tell me how competitive is the admissions to WCAS? And which type of qualified applicants get accepted? Is it possible to get a very high GPA for one year at Woods College and then transfer out to the College of Liberal Arts and Science as a Sophomore?</p>
<p>Hello, can someone please answer me?</p>
<p>ive never heard of it, but scottj would probably be the only one who knows about it. </p>
<p>i would pm him.</p>
<p>edit: he hasnt been around lately, but here is his page so you can pm him</p>
<p>[College</a> Discussion](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/scottj-123757.html]College”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/scottj-123757.html)</p>
<p>Dear Seachai86442 : The Woods School is outside of my area of expertise at Boston College aside from saying that it provides a slightly alternative curriculum with a Monday-to-Thursday plus Saturday schedule in general. Apologies on this response quality, but I just have not come across students in this area of study to offer a sufficient response.</p>
<p>Dear collegebound41 : Apologies for the lack of insight - have been on-campus working through the freshman check-ins … remember, I have two at Boston College now!</p>
<p>Congrats on getting them to BC! i figured it was something related to college that was holding you up.</p>
<p>I need someone who can sufficiently respond to me on this one!!</p>
<p>Dear Seachai86442 : Can I suggest that you do some research on the Boston College, starting here :</p>
<p>[Woods</a> College of Advancing Studies - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/]Woods”>http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/)</p>
<p>Next, use the contact link on the page or visit this link :</p>
<p>[Contact</a> Us - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/about/contact.html]Contact”>http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/about/contact.html)</p>
<p>From there, you can dial the office number and ask all the needed questions. An e-mail link is also provided to help.</p>
<p>The program seems focused on delivering a Professional Studies Certificate after two years of work. There is no discussion about using this program as a one year transfer vehicle into the great Boston College community.</p>
<p>[Professional</a> Studies Certificate - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/certificate.html]Professional”>http://www.bc.edu/schools/advstudies/certificate.html)</p>
<p>But guess what, someone who graduated told me it’s definately a good tool to use to transfer in to the “great Boston College community” after a year.</p>
<p>its really hard to transfer in. and the school you’re interested in, is not a popular one. so i doubt he was referring to woods school</p>
<p>The reply is off-topic. And yes, he was referring to Woods College.</p>
<p>what are you talking about? your friend specifically said its really easy to transfer into woods? </p>
<p>read my post again. ITS HARD TO TRANSFER IN. and there is no info available so it could be impossible to transfer in.</p>
<p>edit: it appears you are/were a ■■■■■. and your academic record is not up to par with bc by scoring a 400 in two subject tests.</p>
<p>Dear collegebound41 : Here is how I have read this thread. Seachai86442 apparently likes Boston College however the SAT II subject tests in the 400 range are a leading indicator that the board scores and acedemic background are not sufficient. The candidate apparently feels that the Woods School might be a vehicle to study at the campus and a good performance in the first year at Woods would wipe away other more significant poor academic indicators.</p>
<p>In essence, as explained earlier, the candidate should pick up the phone and ask his or her questions. We have both tried to offer what help we can including providing the links. The College Confidential community tends to be highly academically focused and the likelihood of a sufficient answer about the Woods School appearing here will be small.</p>
<p>Ah… look who’s the ■■■■■ now.
Couldn’t have said it better than what scottj said above. :)</p>
<p>And dumbass, I do plan to retake my subject tests.</p>
<p>A lot of people from Woods do transfer into other schools within BC. But unlike a transfer from A&S to CSOM, where it’s considered an internal transfer, Woods is considered an external transfer. You have to compete with the greater pool of applicants.</p>
<p>My Advice:
- While enrolling in Woods, try to integrate yourself to the greater community at large. Participate in events and mingle with the student body at large. It will give you a greater feel for the BC community. This will give you a good answer to the “why do you want to transfer?” question. Most of Woods students are older adults who have other responsibilities, they don’t interact much with the students. </p>
<p>2) Retake the SAT again, aim for at least 1600+ for all three subjects. But work on the verbal the most. Writing is least important among the sections. However, if you do two years of Woods, the SAT/ACT won’t be weighted heavily. </p>
<p>Transfer Class of Fall 2008
Admission Statistics
* Total applications 1805
* Total acceptances 166 (acceptance rate “9%”)
* Total enrolled 86 (yield “52%”)
* Average college G.P.A. for accepted students: 3.65
* Average SAT for accepted students: 1301 </p>
<p>Boston College received 12 or more transfer applications from the following schools (in alphabetical order):</p>
<pre><code>* Boston University
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Fairfield University
- George Washington University
- Loyola College
- Massachusetts Bay Community College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- Penn State University
- Quinnipiac University
- SUNY colleges
- Suffolk University
- Syracuse University
- University of Connecticut
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Miami
- University of Vermont
- Villanova University
- Wake Forest University
*** Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College **
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<p>Reddune, but can I know how competitive is the admission into WCAS and what kind of people get admitted as a freshmen.
Since the Arts and Sci and Carroll are “internal transfer” (unsure by what you mean), are you saying it will be more difficult to get admitted into Liberal Arts and Sci college as an incoming sophomore transfer?
And my SAT score will be good, I just need to retake my Subject exams.</p>
<p>To answer your first questions, the people who are admitted in WCAS are usually older adults who need to finish up their degree from years back or adults who are going to college for the first time but they don’t fit the traditional 18-24 year-old model of a typical undergrad student. I don’t know how competitive WCAS is, but I am confident it’s a lot less competitive than “mainstream BC undergrad” (A&S, Carroll, Connell, and Lynch). SAT/ACT and high school GPA won’t be major factors since it has been a long time since these folks did their SAT or earned their high school GPA. Their work experience, the reason why they want to go to Woods, and their recommendations (mostly from employers) mean more than academic records decades old. </p>
<p>Internal transfer means that you are already in one of the four majors undergraduate colleges of BC: A&S, Carroll Business, Lynch Education, and Connell Nursing. Transfers between these colleges depend available spots and your undergraduate GPA from previous semesters. It doesn’t factor in SAT scores or high school GPA (since you already in “mainstream BC.”) External transfer, however, as is the case with Woods, means you are treated as if you are from a different universities applying in. You won’t be competing with the internal transfer folks, but with the people from other universities who want to transfer into BC. Because of this, your SAT/ACT and high school transcript weigh more heavily.</p>
<p>It’s a different calculus when you are weighing whether to transfer in as an incoming sophomore or incoming junior. First, if you are applying into sophomore year, the application will be due in spring and the decision will be mailed out in late spring and early summer (May/June). Chances are, you will only have your first semester grade and not your second semester. Because of this, SAT and high school GPA is weighted a lot more. If you do well during your first semester and get very good SAT scores, then your chances increase exponentially. Finally, if you can’t get in now, you still have a shot a year from now.</p>
<p>If you decide to apply for the incoming junior year, you will have had at least three semesters worth of college classes in Woods. SAT scores and high school GPA dramatically decrease in importance. You will have a stronger case to transfer (since this is your last shot and you have gotten to know BC pretty well.) </p>
<p>If you are confident you can get your SAT score to improve, then I recommend sophomore year transfer, as you are planning to do. I caution you, too, however, not to retake the SAT until you are absolutely sure you can nail it. BC has a rule of no more than three SAT1 exams for any students. If you take the SAT four times, it will look bad on you. Furthermore, since the deadline for transfer admissions is a lot later than regular admissions, take your time to master the SAT. Good luck.</p>
<p>High School and Colleges sent out report cards each semester. Lol there are two semesters in a year right? So if I transfer into the BC Arts and Science community after a year with a 3.8 GPA or higher plus a good SAT score, that means my grades from the first and second semester will show on the college graduation transcript. Honestly, I don’t see how one grade from a semester is a transfer, unless you complete a whole year, earning two grades for two semesters, which is a year.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong (I doubt it) Woods College of Advancing Studies is just another name for their own “community college” for incoming undergraduates.</p>
<p>I think calling Woods a community college is misleading. Woods is its own college that serves a different population from the traditional college student population. As I said above, it serves a much older, more professional crowd. Woods is unlike BU’s College of General Studies or Emory’s Oxford, for example, which are two-year residential colleges that serve a less competitive group of students with the intention of funneling them to the main college branch after the two years. Woods was not designed for the purpose of training less competitive students and then transfer them to the other colleges. Most people attend Woods with the intention of graduation from Woods. During graduation, students Woods graduate with the rest of the student body.</p>