BC tonight!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3.98, 1570, 15 APs by grad, applied for English and rejected. He's very bummed, but we're ready to kick back into the next college.

Wow. Amazing that he got rejected with these stats. Public or private?
Good luck for ED2 or RD!

Great stats!

Hope he didn't get hosed on the recommendations.

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Anonymous wrote:We're just assuming BC wasn't a good fit.

DC's extracurriculars were creating a club on campus that teaches poetry workshops at 3 elementary and middle schools, on the city youth council, writing-based summer internship with a major newspaper, hosted two school-based banned book symposiums, math tutor, and leader of the philosophy club. He has a few national and state writing awards.

Based on this and the academic profile shared earlier, he'll likely end up at a T25.

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Anonymous wrote:BC is a relatively easy ED admit for the median applicant. Your child exceeds the average. I would make discrete inquiry into your LOR and see if a pivot is in order.

Wrong. It is not easy for ED or any admit. You have no idea what you are talking about.

My kid also has great stats and all of the checks ie: social, involved, school leadership, athletic, Catholic etc... and was deferred while a few from their school were admitted that are not very involved in the school but definitely cross off the diversity box - not sure if they are even Catholic. Disappointing on so many levels.

Sour grapes noted, but don't blame diversity for a school that's relatively homogeneous for a Catholic school.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a freshman at BC now (ED1 admit). After meeting/hearing about 15 or so other freshmen, the one thing that really came across to me was the absolute diversity at every level: majority of the kids are white, but from all over the map literally (country and world), very different socio economic backgrounds, different religions, only one is "very catholic," all in a variety of majors. Basically, no 2 kids seemed the "same". Other threads have touched on the issue that so many of our kids look the same on paper. Just from DS's large circle, it seems to me there's little overlap among them (aside from assuming that they all have course rigor in their high schools). Just my observation from a small sample.

70% of BC students are Catholic. Not just Christian, but Catholic. There are very few Jewish, Muslim, etc. students at BC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3.98, 1570, 15 APs by grad, applied for English and rejected. He's very bummed, but we're ready to kick back into the next college.

How did you fit in 15 APs? And how did he host 2 symposiums on banned books? I’m going to call this not real. Or maybe some exaggeration, which may account for the head scratching. Of this is real- I am guessing it is the recommendations. Because the ecs listed dont seem right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're just assuming BC wasn't a good fit.

DC's extracurriculars were creating a club on campus that teaches poetry workshops at 3 elementary and middle schools, on the city youth council, writing-based summer internship with a major newspaper, hosted two school-based banned book symposiums, math tutor, and leader of the philosophy club. He has a few national and state writing awards.

What so you mean he created a club on campus, what campus? Is this child ithe leader of the philosophy club, and the city council and the poetry workshop club?

[Anonymous]

Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're just assuming BC wasn't a good fit.

DC's extracurriculars were creating a club on campus that teaches poetry workshops at 3 elementary and middle schools, on the city youth council, writing-based summer internship with a major newspaper, hosted two school-based banned book symposiums, math tutor, and leader of the philosophy club. He has a few national and state writing awards.

Based on this and the academic profile shared earlier, he'll likely end up at a T25.

But please find safety and likely schools that he will want to attend. This is important and often harder than picking amongst T25 options (I say this as general advice that everyone should follow).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

I was thinking the same. Maybe any type of protesting is a detractor these days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

I was thinking the same. Maybe any type of protesting is a detractor these days.

I doubt that would be an issue at a Jesuit school like BC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS is a freshman at BC now (ED1 admit). After meeting/hearing about 15 or so other freshmen, the one thing that really came across to me was the absolute diversity at every level: majority of the kids are white, but from all over the map literally (country and world), very different socio economic backgrounds, different religions, only one is "very catholic," all in a variety of majors. Basically, no 2 kids seemed the "same". Other threads have touched on the issue that so many of our kids look the same on paper. Just from DS's large circle, it seems to me there's little overlap among them (aside from assuming that they all have course rigor in their high schools). Just my observation from a small sample.

70% of BC students are Catholic. Not just Christian, but Catholic. There are very few Jewish, Muslim, etc. students at BC.

ok. Do your personal observations differ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

I was thinking the same. Maybe any type of protesting is a detractor these days.

One of essay prompts was to choose a book for the class to read and invite the author to speak. DD wrote her essay recommending the "banned" book. I thought the essay was a standout from the rest of her (solid but around-here-common, not exceptional) application. So I think they encourage books, reading, opinion, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

I was thinking the same. Maybe any type of protesting is a detractor these days.

I doubt that would be an issue at a Jesuit school like BC.

Although - I will say that BC is not really a school where there are student protests.....they just don't roll that way. They tend to be active in "participating in good" but not so active in "political/topic protesting". This isn't to say they think banning books is a good thing (or other topics to protest about).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe symposium on banned books...what were the banned books? Or were the books just moved from age-denominated sections? In this day and age, maybe BC didn't want a potential troublemaker.

This was actually my thought as well.

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Anonymous wrote:3.98, 1570, 15 APs by grad, applied for English and rejected. He's very bummed, but we're ready to kick back into the next college.

Those are good stats, I wonder if this is yield protection

It’s ED so yield protection does not come into play.

I’m surprised by a flat out rejection not a deferral. Could a recommender not be as good as you think? Sorry! That stings.