Thank you very much for being so caring. Appreciate it.
Thatâs interesting. Iâm just curious about numbers. Itâs great that all these kids are getting WL or rejected when they wouldnât in prior yearsâbut kids are getting in. I donât think the admitted kids are any less qualified, right?
The schools have so much invested in yield and enrollment that I assume theyâre not going to have to dig into these waitlists.
1 Like
Thank you very much for the kind words. My best wishes to your kid. Best of luck
Son waitlisted: 3:96 UW 4.6 W, 34 ACT, 1520 SAT, lots of quality service hours, ECâs, a job, varsity in two sports. 14 APâs and a great essay. I looked but could not find CDS waitlist info. Anyone know how many came off the waitlist last year? I know itâs likely a ridiculously low number but curious all the same.
He has other great options, namely UF Honors and UConn Honors and waiting on Vandy, but he really likes BU. Thanks, friends!
6 Likes
Same, that 600 word essay wasnât a joke 
2 Likes
I am 100% sure this is yield protection. BU seems to have turned down a lot of âoverqualifiedâ applicants.
2 Likes
Oh I had no idea! Thanks. This decision was perfect timing because she was still reeling a bit from yesterdayâs USC rejection.
My S24 got accepted. We are pretty surprised. He was rejected from Williams last night (not surprised). Those are two of the three hardest schools he applied for though. Stats if youâre interested:
From public school in midwest (not sure they care)
Music major or music BA --something like that?? Accepted to fine arts
4.25 GPA
8 AP classes (hardest our school offers BC calc and AP physics)
Sent no Test scores, and his school does not do class rank
Studied abroad two summers in foreign language
Big leadership roles in NHS, German, Music groups
4 year xc runner
Great essay and recs imo
I think he is a unique candidate tho, maybe not the highest scores, but heâs a really nice kid, and his teachers think heâs kind and hardworking. Took me so long to add this because heâs been at work at the grocery store all morning and just told me on his break, lol! Heâs really happy! Congratulations to everyone and to those who got waitlisted. My son thinks waitlisted is great, he was waitlisted at two schools but still felt very accomplished that he was good enough for the waitlist at those schools, and you should too! Also makes his final choice easier with those out of the mix. Like others have experienced, there was no merit money, and prob. wonât get much FA, so might not be able to take this one. Best of luck to those that go to BU or wherever you go!
10 Likes
Accepted but for 2025. Has anyone else got the same? I donât understand why college would do sth like that.
Ditto on Vandy
S24 was given the offer for Sept 2025 Guaranteed transfer option. Not sure if we will accept this or not.
He has 3.83 UW, 4.3 W GPA and 1540 SAT.
He has some good options already but he loved Boston. He also has Northeastern London scholars where he goes to London for one year. Since both are away from Boston first year I feel his non Boston choices are better but lets see what he chooses.
Not accepted for Fall 2024
Got an option for guarantee transfer for sept 2025
3.85 UW, 4.48 GPA, 34 ACT
Does anyone know anything about the guarantee transfer system?
S24 got the same. Googling and learned a lot about what it really is. This CC thread might help: Boston University Guarantee Transfer Class of 2024
1 Like
Iâm sorry to hear about those who werenât accepted, and I understand that some of the decisions may seem like real head scratchers. However, it is frustrating to see that some of you are concluding that some of the rejections are a result of yield protection. The reality is there were almost 79,000 applications this year for just over 3,000 seats. There is a lot more to an applicantâs profile than test scores and GPA, including life experiences, adversities overcome and community engagement. BU is an excellent school, so please donât imply that an applicant didnât get in only because he/she is too good for the school. Congratulations to all who received good news and best wishes to all those who didnât. It will all work out in the end for everyone.
11 Likes
yesâŠthere is an abundance of highly qualified kids out there, and theyâre all applying to the same schools.
2 Likes
Did everyone waitlisted get âshort waitlistâ description?
4 Likes
have her look up the team. itâs called MunatBUâŠâŠamazing stuff
and congrats!
1 Like
never knew about that option
We did
1 Like
I have been following numbers for Boston schools since my first child applied to college in 2019. My 2nd applied in 2021, and my 3rd applied this application cycle. Here are some non-peer-reviewed observations.
-
Since 2019, acceptance rates at Tufts, BU, BC and Northeastern have decreased beyond what makes sense. Northeastern had 98K applications this year, but this does not mean that those applying met the schoolâs acceptance criteria. My advice - stop applying to so many schools, especially schools with notably low acceptance rates. The more applicants, the lower the acceptance rate. Itâs simple math, really, and itâs driving me bonkers. Applying to a range of 6 - 8 schools makes sense for most students.
-
ED1 & ED2 are a bit of a racket. Schools are accepting 40%, 50%, 60% of their classes during ED. Not every student can risk not being able to compare financial aid offers. This makes ED possible for some and not others which just feels wrong. We know that for many ED students, the likeliness of acceptance is greater than in RD; this leads to a blood bath during RD. The RD acceptance rates, if crunched (I did this for Tufts 3 years ago) end up being lower than the overall acceptance rate for a school. Iâm starting to wonder why anyone at all applies RD. But then I remember that most students need to be able to compare financial aid packages and that is why!
-
Iâve been reading about the algorithms that colleges use when deciding who (from the qualified applicant pool) to accept, reject, and waitlist. Colleges, businesses first and schools second, want to make their best guess when it comes to acceptances. Making a sophisticated guess results in higher yield and an overall financially healthier college. These algorithms are no joke and I believe they are significantly contributing to decisions.
This is all to say that if you did not get into BU during regular decision and you met their acceptance criteria, the decision had nothing to do with you as a human.
9 Likes