<p>Althought this applies to BC, BU, and Notre Dame, I decided to ask here since it seems to be a little more populated right now than the others.</p>
<p>If someone went to BU Academy and applied to BU, (or BCHS -> BC, NDA -> ND) would they have any advantage at all? A slight one or a considerate one?</p>
<p>Obviously they would. There’s a lot of “notre dame” high schools tho lol</p>
<p>But how much of an advantage would it be?</p>
<p>I meant Notre Dame Academy btw.</p>
<p>There are quite a few Notre Dame Academies according to teh Googles.</p>
<p>I think your academy guidance counselor may have preference information, if any. It appears BC gives preference to graduates of a few prep schools, but I don’t know which ones.</p>
<p>BC and BCHS started out with a single administration, but they parted ways a long, long time ago. However, they are both still run by the Jesuits, so I would suspect that well-qualified graduates of BCHS would get the same slight preference that well-qualified grads of any other Jesuit high schools get (just because the Admissions Office is so familiar with these schools and their standards).</p>
<p>As for BUA, there is indeed a direct connection between the high school and the university, so being a BUA student would very likely give you a little boost in admissions at BU.</p>
<p>But I’m not aware of any “Notre Dame Academy” that has a direct connection to the University of Notre Dame. Certainly the name “Notre Dame” is used by dozens (if not hundreds!) of Catholic schools across the country so that alone will not give you any boost in college admissions. Are you referring to some specific NDA that is affiilated with the college?</p>
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<p>BCHS applicants are the only people who get interviews at BC. </p>
<p>I don’t know about the other schools, but on a similar note Georgetown Prep does not get any advantage with Georgetown University.</p>
<p>There is a strong Jesuit connection among all of the Jesuit universities with Jesuit high schools. This is the same with some of the “feeder schools” in the midwest and a few Order of the Holy Cross academies/prep schools with ND.</p>
<p>This is mostly because they are familiar with what type of students are there, the teaching style, and administration. However, it will not make an applicant outstanding because they go to a school like that, and overall does not effect a large part of the admission process as grades, SATs, and ECs are still the most important.</p>
<p>2012 guy-sidenote: did you go to bc high? …if you did does every1 get in(like 50%)?</p>
<p>We just returned from a visit to BC. We asked the counselor if going to a catholic high school helped with admission, and he replied, ‘only if it was a jesuit school’.</p>
<p>The Jesuits do seem to take care of their own. I recall a lot of kids from Jesuit high schools from NY/NJ, Boston and Ohio/Chicago/Detroit at College of the Holy Cross.</p>
<p>I didn’t go to BC high but know some people that did. In my year I think 35 kids came from there. I don’t know the exact admissions numbers but I don’t think it is as high as 50%.</p>
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<p>That sucks. I wish Notre Dame did that with Holy Cross High Schools.</p>
<p>BU will admit any BUA student who has maintained a 3.0 average in his/her Boston University courses, which would be taken in junior/senior years.</p>
<p>The numbers of students admitted to BC from BCHS varies from year to year. It is a little under 50% acceptance. </p>
<p>Class Apply Admit Enroll
2010 97 41 0
2009 96 49 28
2008 128 60 32
2007 97 40 19
2006 97 38 13
2005 106 48 25</p>