ED to Boston University or Northeastern, Boston campus...higher chance?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know which is statistically gives you a better chance?

I know the ED admission rates for BU is about 37% and 60% of its class is admitted early.

For Northeastern, it's 38% acceptance rate, and it fills less about half its class ED.

However, how many are athletic recruits, etc?

So basically which gives you the best chance? No interest in a non-Boston campus.

[Anonymous]

The difference isn’t enough to base a decision on and they are very different campuses so if base it off which appeals more.

[Anonymous]

Our child did ED to NEU and planned to ED 2 to BU, but got in to NEU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The difference isn’t enough to base a decision on and they are very different campuses so if base it off which appeals more.

+1. ED1 to the one your kid likes more.

[Anonymous]

Ed whatever program he likes more. I don’t like the weird games NEU plays but I do like the co-op, so I’d prefer BU as long as you’re kid is motivated to find a job, but they’re basically equivalent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know which is statistically gives you a better chance?

I know the ED admission rates for BU is about 37% and 60% of its class is admitted early.

For Northeastern, it's 38% acceptance rate, and it fills less about half its class ED.

However, how many are athletic recruits, etc?

So basically which gives you the best chance? No interest in a non-Boston campus.

DC will do EA to Northeastern instead.

With 100k applications, it's a crapshoot either way.

[Anonymous]

They’re both not too hard to get into in ED. I would just pick the better school (psst…it’s BU).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know which is statistically gives you a better chance?

I know the ED admission rates for BU is about 37% and 60% of its class is admitted early.

For Northeastern, it's 38% acceptance rate, and it fills less about half its class ED.

However, how many are athletic recruits, etc?

So basically which gives you the best chance? No interest in a non-Boston campus.

The Class of 2028 for BU has an ED1 rate of 34% and an ED2 rate of 20%.

1,307 accepted in ED1, I also wonder how many were athlete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re both not too hard to get into in ED. I would just pick the better school (psst…it’s BU).

So BU is easy to get into? A B average student with SAT of 1300 can get in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re both not too hard to get into in ED. I would just pick the better school (psst…it’s BU).

So BU is easy to get into? A B average student with SAT of 1300 can get in?

The average GPA for accepted students for ED1 was 3.87.
Of the students accepted, 35% submitted standardized test scores. The average SAT score was 1454 and the average ACT score was 32.

I assume ED2 will be higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know which is statistically gives you a better chance?

I know the ED admission rates for BU is about 37% and 60% of its class is admitted early.

For Northeastern, it's 38% acceptance rate, and it fills less about half its class ED.

However, how many are athletic recruits, etc?

So basically which gives you the best chance? No interest in a non-Boston campus.

The Class of 2028 for BU has an ED1 rate of 34% and an ED2 rate of 20%.

1,307 accepted in ED1, I also wonder how many were athlete.

According to the school's 2023 CDS, 62 first time Freshmen received non-need athletic scholarships. That obviously won't account for all, but this isn't a SLAC where 40% of the class are varsity athletes. They don't have football or baseball, two of the largest sports.

[Anonymous]

There's not much difference and it's unpredictable.

Apply ED1 to the school you like more, and then if failed, ED2 to the other one.

[Anonymous]

Visit and the choice will be clear - one has more of a campus feel (in the city) and the other is more city feel

[Anonymous]

Both schools historically did not receive too many ED applications. In the past decade their ED applications have soared.

BU got 6,850 early decision applications in 2023. In 2016, there were only 3,300 early decision applicants.

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/applications-for-bu-class-of-2028/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both schools historically did not receive too many ED applications. In the past decade their ED applications have soared.

BU got 6,850 early decision applications in 2023. In 2016, there were only 3,300 early decision applicants.

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/applications-for-bu-class-of-2028/

People are getting sick of the games and holistic BS by so called elite schools.
High stat kids, especially those who are non-ALDC and don't have fancy ECs, are opting to go ED to these semi-elite/2nd tier schools.