Chance me for Boston college RD

Bill_Marsh
Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:22:02 +0000

The problem with applying to a university is not whether you’re qualified, which you obviously are, but whether you are similar to or different from the other well qualified candidates. Every year applicants are rejected who look just like other applicants who are accepted. The problem from the university’s perspective is that they just don’t have enough spots for all the well qualified applicants.

So, the question is, do you look like the other candidates which BC routinely sees? The good news is that you don’t.

First, you are from Texas. BC has a stated goal to bring in more students from outside the Northeast. Only 2% of their current students are from Texas. So you look like someone they’d love to bring in from that perspective.

Second, BC is lacking in diversity. You are Hispanic. Only 11% of the current student body is Hispanic. So, again you look different than the other applicants they typically see.

Third, you’re female. That doesn’t help when 5100 of the current undergrads are women and 4500 are men. So, I would try to turn this in your favor by applying to the Business School, which has more males than females. The Big Chef is right that CSOM is statistically a tougher admission. But in your case, I would take a chance and apply to that school precisely because you are a young woman and there are not quite enough students who look like you in CSOM while there are in Arts & Sciences.

In all honesty, none of us knows how good your chances are because we don’t sit on the Admissions Committee and BC is a difficult school to get admitted to. So, I’m just offering my 2 cents. Best of luck.