Questions about BUA

Prep School Admissions
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  1. What are the PE requirements at BUA (is it once or twice a week for 9th/10th grade?)
  2. I know that BUA doesn’t offer AP courses, but do they host AP exams?
  3. Also, how large are the typical BU classes that BUA students attend in 11th/12th grade?
  4. Finally, can students get permission to enroll in a BU class early, in 9th or 10th grade?
    Thank you!
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These will be very fast answers from their admissions office if you email.

But my understanding as someone whose kid applied:

  1. I believe it is 2x (but may vary depending on the offering you select). I also believe you can get exemptions if you are very competitive in some outside athletic pursuit.
  2. Not sure, I think they might for kids taking equivalent of Calc AB and BC (course descriptions do reference the tests, but not 100%). I’d be curious about 11th US history, but I bet they don’t as they don’t want to teach to the test.
  3. I believe this will vary depending on the course. If you are taking an advanced literature in Japanese it will be different than Econ 101 (or whatever). I do know BUA has staff to help guide students to specific BU classes. I have a friend whose kids go there and she said the person is fantastic and leads you to excellent BU professors and courses. the BU website may have averages!
  4. I believe so, but only in rare occasions if you are placed out of the math or latin/greek offered at BUA (maybe science). I also don’t think you can add extra classes, if that is what you meant.
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Thank you! Is your kid going?

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Not decided yet, but probably.

And you? sounds like you are deciding?

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Is your child attending BUA?

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just saw this… Yes! Can’t say enough good things about it.

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And reading my old answers…

The PE thing is only 1x a week not 2x like I had said…

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Great to hear! We are still waiting for BUA acceptance decisions. March 10th can’t come soon enough:) we are keeping our fingers crossed….

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:crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers: :crossed_fingers:

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Is your kid participating in any sports at BUA?

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Hi there! I would rather not say if they participate or not as grades are so small and try to be anonymous on here.

I highly recommend you ask admission to set you up with a parent of a kid (or kid!) who participates in the sport you are interested in…

Also, if you haven’t looked they have bizarrely good social media at BUA.

I think there are more!

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Also congrats! Sounds like someone got in:)? And with record breaking applicant pool too!

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Thank you for the links, highly appreciated!
Not sure how big the applicant pool was…seems it has been increasing in recent years at every good private high school…

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I don’t know # of applicants, or even ballpark. The keep that pretty secret, I think. I tried pretty hard last year to find a good number and didn’t.

I did find a data point that applications increased by 1/3 a few years back, and think they have just kept climbing year after year. Also, as yield has risen, too, I am sure it is a much much lower rate than it was 5+ years ago. But that is 100% conjecture, truly.