worrywart63

My daughter has several friends who were admitted to BC last year that did not have the stats usually required for BC. What did they all have in common ? They all applied as education majors. Is this an easy way to get in?

XX55XX

It is no secret that LSOE has the highest acceptance rate of all the undergraduate schools at BC.

If you are that desperate to get into BC no matter what, then yes, applying to the LSOE is the easiest way to get into BC. However, they do say that internal transfers to CSOM in particular are very difficult. I am not sure about A&S or CSON.

Dogwood

Younger D graduated from LSOE this spring and while I agree that it is probably easier to get into BC thru LSOE, I would be cautious doing so. She had several friends that applied the LSOE way and they did not get accepted and they had better grades and higher SAT scores than she did. She was very nervous that they would take her "spot" and that they were just trying to get into BC any way possible, while she had a genuine interest in education and Lynch. She did show, thru her application, high school courses and after school activities that she was indeed interested in pursuing a degree in education, while the other applicants did not, so my guess is that those that make the decisions on acceptances are wise to those who apply the LSOE route, if you are not really interested in a career in education and human development. I agree with XX55XX that it is very hard to transfer into CSOM, but several of her friends were able to transer into A&S without problems.

scottj

Dear worrywart63 : Playing the "choose the school" game within the context of Boston College admissions process just to attend BC is a huge mistake. The transfer process between schools comes with significant difficulty and if you think you son/daughter can "game" the system by transferring after one semester, a very expensive lesson will soon be learned. First, the transfer will not be successful (expensive on time) and second, by the time you reach your second year in LSOE, many courses will not easily transfer into other majors (expensive on cost).

The difference in acceptance rate from the overall pool differs by approximately 1% for LSOE and the difference between CSOM and CAS is less than that. If those types of odds are your cup of tea, by all means chase the difference. Should that fine line even matter in your child's case, you would be well served to have several alternative colleges selected.

Craft your child's application to get into the school at BC that best fits his/her intended passions.

LizzyB2013

It is definately true that school of education is an easy way in, I had two friends get in last year both with 28 ACT and their GPA"s were 93 and 90 . One really wanted the business school and realised she had little chance of transfering in so she enrolled at Northeastern. The other thinks she fooled the system and can transfer to any school within BC she wants to, I will be interested to see if this true.

bluebayou

To address your title: Put your name on a building -- there are several dorms looking for benefactors, and ~seven figures will definitely get their attention.

But gaming the system is a big risk at any college. Applying to the less selective college only works if one has the resume for it. If the resume screams 'premed', for example, the Educ school will not be too impressed, but the Nursing school might have interest.

Unlike Cornell which makes it somewhat simple to transfer among its colleges (assuming a B+ average), it ain't so easy at BC and many other colleges.

And scottj makes an excellent point: some of the first year courses are different, and not necessarily transferable.