Mid-Year Updates From Colleges

Happy New Year! This is the time of year when some colleges send out a summary of their Early Action/Early Decision application numbers. In particular order, except how they are stacked in my inbox, here are some numbers for you!

Dartmouth College
1675 Early Decision Applicants (6.7% increase)
469 Admits (that is 40% of the entering class)
482 Denied
683 Deferred

Brown University
3100 Early Decision Applicants

Georgetown University
6700 Early Action Applicants
14% of the Applicants were Admitted

Duke University
3180 Early Decision Applicants (a 25% increase!)
797 Admits (nearly 47% of the incoming class)
691 Deferred

Stanford University
6948 Early Action Single Choice Applicants
748 Admits
593 Deferred

Boston College
5500 Early Action Applicants (a 4% increase)
2300 Admits

Stay tuned for more stats as they come in and for some Visi specific numbers!

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A Reminder About Early Action at Boston College

We just received a reminder from the Director of Admissions at Boston College about their Early Action policy:

Boston College respectfully requests that students applying to a binding Early Decision program not apply through our Restrictive Early Action program. They are permitted to apply to other Early Action programs, including those of Georgetown and the University of Notre Dame.

FYI, this is Georgetown's Early Action policy also. This is a good reminder that you are responsible for reading the fine print about the admissions policies at procedures at each of the schools on your list. We try to check and doublecheck each transcript request that comes in, but ultimately you need to make sure you are in compliance! If you have questions, see your college counselor.

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Mail Call

A stack of college newsletters awaited Team Fennessey after break. They are mostly updates about Early Action and Early Decision review and one important update regarding mid-year grades. Here are some highlights:

• Georgetown University received 6600 Early Action applicantions, and offered admission to 17% of the candidates. Average class rank of these admitted superstars? Top 3%. Mean SAT Critical Reading and Math 680-780 on each section. They do not consider the Writing portion of the SAT.
• Rice University received over 1,000 applications for their Early Decision program, and offered admission to only 298 students. They anticipate over 13,000 applications after the Regular Decision deadline.
• Boston College received 6200 Early Action applications (a 7% increase from last year) and admitted 43% of them. Last year, about 20% of the students who were deferred Early Action were admitted in the Regular Decision review process.
• UNC Chapel Hill received over 14,000 applicants for their first deadline. Important: If you are a UNC Chapel Hill applicant who is admitted during the first deadline or has applied for the second deadline, you are required to self report your midyear grades online. Most colleges ask us to report your grades, so this is different than what is expected from most colleges.
• Ah, Stanford. They received a record-breaking number of Restrictive Early Action applications (5929), an increase of 6% from the previous year. They admitted a whopping 754 of these applicants. Do the math - that's a 13% admit rate. Ouch! Adding insult to injury, only 9% of the students who weren't offered admission were deferred to the Regular Decision process. Everyone else was denied admission.

Good luck finishing up your applications and studying for exams!

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Katie Hartley '09 talks about how to stay warm @ BC!

Why I chose BC:
A gut feeling.

What I like about BC:
I love BC’s beautiful campus, which always makes my day. I also love the cold weather (colder than I have ever experienced!) and being surrounded by the Jesuit-Catholic atmosphere. One of my favorite things to do on campus is also to go to sports events: football, hockey, and basketball – Go Eagles!

College is better than high school because:
I can go wherever I want whenever I want!

But I miss ___________ about Visi:
Visi Theater.

Classes I am taking next semester:
Adult Health I: Lecture, Adult Health I: Clinical, Adult Health Lab, Pharmocology, Painting 101, and Modern History I. (I am a nursing major).

Favorite place on campus: Bapst Library.

Stuff to do off campus:
Shopping on Newbury Street, Red Sox games at Fenway Park, Going to the movies at Fenway or the Boston Common, going out to eat at the North End (Little Italy of Boston)—all accessible by the T (the metro), which is right next to campus.

What do you wear to class?
Now that it’s cold – jeans, a sweater, uggs, scarf (plus jacket, gloves, and earmuffs). If you are going somewhere cold, invest in some earmuffs! They are amazing!

Best and worst thing about having boys around:
Best: guys make great friends, and can be so heartwarming. Worst: Boys are stupid.

Anything else you think the girls should know or we should have asked:
I think some of the biggest factors that affect your experience at a school are size and location (size meaning big or small, location meaning in the city or not). I know that sounds pretty basic, but in my opinion, if you try and find what you like in those two options, you can be happy just about anywhere!

Thanks Katie! If you would like to be in touch with Katie, ask your college counselor for her contact information! She will be visiting campus on January 6th during lunch to meet with any juniors or seniors who are interested in Boston College.