BC adds essay, 10k less applicants

epooqeo
Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:29:21 +0000

[Applications rise at Harvard, MIT, and BU, but BC celebrates its decline - Metro - The Boston Globe](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/02/applications-rise-harvard-mit-and-but-celebrates-its-decline/ELfFN52MDFTmXSRiDQfZwK/story.html)

isn’t this a really bad move? i personally applied to BC because it didn’t have an essay and thought it was a reach. now the acceptance rate is going to be higher as there are less applicants. in addition, one of BC’s problems is diversity, and people from out of state are going to be less inclined to apply to a school that has a higher acceptance rate and essay. i would think this would cause BC to be less diverse and have a lower ranking over time. meanwhile, i’ve read about a big private school on the west coast accepts a huge amount of transfers in order to make less space for freshmen, and a lower, more impressive acceptance rate. they also did things like switch to the common app in order to lower their acceptance rate. although it’s shady i feel like most private schools run like a business and this is a bad business move…or am i wrong?