Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 00:22     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:AO’s lie, a lot. Don’t believe anything they say.


This. Data speaks louder than their words
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 23:02     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:DD is in! Private catholic school in the SF Bay area. GPA 3.7 Unweighted, strong rigor in humanities, lots of service hours, test optional (she got a 1400 super score but chose not to submit).


Congrats! Hope your daughter gets a chance to have a long visit so she can see what a special place BC is.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 21:42     Subject: Re:Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like we were misled. My kid said that on a video call for applicants the admissions team strongly encouraged submitting scores and even implied not submitting if you took the test would read as dishonest.

So my kid with scores near the 25th percentile submitted.

Yet Im seeing lots of test optional acceptances.

I wish there were clearer rules.


Was your child accepted ED?


No. Deferred with 1440, but from a magnet public not a Catholic school.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 21:20     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
AO’s lie, a lot. Don’t believe anything they say.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 20:58     Subject: Re:Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I feel like we were misled. My kid said that on a video call for applicants the admissions team strongly encouraged submitting scores and even implied not submitting if you took the test would read as dishonest.

So my kid with scores near the 25th percentile submitted.

Yet Im seeing lots of test optional acceptances.

I wish there were clearer rules.


"near 25th percentile" isn't going to cut it.

Should have applied TO.


if it was around the 25%, this wouldn't have hurt and wouldnt have helped.

IOW the test scores were not the deciding factor
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 20:54     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We visited last year, so 18 months ago, and AO was very clear that BC didn’t want to see scores below 1450. Maybe changed some since then.


We toured this summer and heard the same thing. They were actively saying not to submit test scores unless they were at least 1450. Below that, they said to please apply test optional. Seemed like they were trying to maintain a certain average SAT score IMO.


I went this fall and the AO didn’t say that at all. She stressed the importance of submitting scores and how they were strongly encouraged.


56% of enrolled students were TO in last year’s
CDS. How did she explain that part?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 20:54     Subject: Re:Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:I feel like we were misled. My kid said that on a video call for applicants the admissions team strongly encouraged submitting scores and even implied not submitting if you took the test would read as dishonest.

So my kid with scores near the 25th percentile submitted.

Yet Im seeing lots of test optional acceptances.

I wish there were clearer rules.


"near 25th percentile" isn't going to cut it.

Should have applied TO.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 20:51     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:Full pay will help cross the finish line at a school like BC. Same at Tulane, Wake etc.


Is it a lie when they say they are need blind for US students?
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 20:49     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We visited last year, so 18 months ago, and AO was very clear that BC didn’t want to see scores below 1450. Maybe changed some since then.


We toured this summer and heard the same thing. They were actively saying not to submit test scores unless they were at least 1450. Below that, they said to please apply test optional. Seemed like they were trying to maintain a certain average SAT score IMO.


I went this fall and the AO didn’t say that at all. She stressed the importance of submitting scores and how they were strongly encouraged.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:57     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
1450 is their 25% though. So that would be pretty standard advice from a lot of schools.


25/50/75
SAT Composite 1450 1490 1520
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and
Writing 710 730 760
SAT Math 720 760 780

funny how 25 for EBR and math are 710 and 720 but composite is 1450. But I dont know how math works
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:51     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:We visited last year, so 18 months ago, and AO was very clear that BC didn’t want to see scores below 1450. Maybe changed some since then.


We toured this summer and heard the same thing. They were actively saying not to submit test scores unless they were at least 1450. Below that, they said to please apply test optional. Seemed like they were trying to maintain a certain average SAT score IMO.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:50     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Full pay will help cross the finish line at a school like BC. Same at Tulane, Wake etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:26     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
We visited last year, so 18 months ago, and AO was very clear that BC didn’t want to see scores below 1450. Maybe changed some since then.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:23     Subject: Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD is in! Private catholic school in the SF Bay area. GPA 3.7 Unweighted, strong rigor in humanities, lots of service hours, test optional (she got a 1400 super score but chose not to submit).

This one is harder to believe.


Why? If it's Convent or Stuart Hall in SF this would track. Very rigorous high schools and not your average catholic private. Closer to St. Albans or Cathedral in terms of quality to put it into DC terms.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 13:02     Subject: Re:Boston College ED1 Decisions tomorrow night?
Anonymous wrote:I feel like we were misled. My kid said that on a video call for applicants the admissions team strongly encouraged submitting scores and even implied not submitting if you took the test would read as dishonest.

So my kid with scores near the 25th percentile submitted.

Yet Im seeing lots of test optional acceptances.

I wish there were clearer rules.


that was the correct move. if they didn't get in or were deferred, it wasn't about test scores. those helped.

from our school, service moves the needle. especially if you can tie it to professional goals - ie EMT with interest in medicine, designed grey water system on mission trip to costa rica with interest in engineering.