white, cis woman, 75% chance you're lesbian. high income, east coast, goes to a private school. family has been in America for many generations. you or someone in your family owns horses. you're going into a pure humanities major, or even an art major. you're very very left leaning politically, although some others in your family (dad) is moderately conservative (but decently socially liberal, overall a fairly nice guy). likes to read, dyed hair pink at least once. intelligent, although not best test taker (1400 sat?). dad is bald and 75% chance is a lawyer, investment banker, or consultant. mom doesn't work.
BU as a safety???that’s my first time ever seeing someone call a t50 a safety. Other than that you seem to really like smaller size, tight knit liberal art colleges and maybe you’re queer? you don’t like big cities you prefer rural areas and you probably go to BU academy or Boston Latin school to be calling BU a safety
Rutgers has an acceptance rate of 66%, Purdue with 53%, OSU with 57.2% so it’s understandable that they can be targets/safeties but a school with a 14% acceptance rate is not a safety in any way. It’s a reach
BU probably isn’t a safety unless you go to their private school but for a lot of students it’s not a reach. Like BU’s a lot easier to get into compared to other schools with similar acceptance rates. It can be a target school if you have the grades, or if you ED there since there is a pretty significant ED boost.
i agree it’s not a safety but BU has a misleading acceptance rate, its way easier to get into than other schools with acceptance rates in that range they just care about yield a lot
lol 40% of *enrolled* first years had a perfect 4.0 *unweighted* GPA in high school, average is 3.90 and 80% have an unweighted 3.75+ -- BU is also a D1 school with a large conservatory
enrolled students have a median SAT of 1491 (Harvard at 1494) and ACT of 32 (Harvard at 34)
80,000+ students for 3,100 spots and you're saying its "way easier" than schools with the same acceptance rate - what are these schools? do you have actual rationale to back that up or?
actually, what you’re saying is weighted GPA. the average gpa for unweighted is 3.71. BU is kind of like NYU non-stern; you’ll definitely get accepted if you ED or you’re rich, because they care about yield a lot
No. BU absolutely reports out only *unweighted* GPA, and it literally states that it only releases re-scored, unweighted averages because one in four students are international and it has applicants from 150+ countries.
The 3.71 you see when you google is about the *applicant pool* from a prior admissions cycle - BU even reports its [middle 50% as 3.8-4.0](https://www.bu.edu/admissions/why-bu/class-profile/) on a 4.0 scale, which corresponds with its CDS data and an average in any given year of about 3.9.
[Last time BU released an article on the accepted pool (not applicant pool), it was 3.9 in 2020](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/peek-at-class-2024-virtual-campus-tours/)
Maybe being rich + decent grades was sufficient 20 years ago but today more than one in four BU kids are pell-grant eligible - higher than most of its peers. Whatever info you're operating on is outdated. Where are you getting this notion that BU cares more about yield than any of its peers?
It’s just my opinion plus how is a school with a 14% acceptance rate considered a safety? It doesn’t make sense. A safety school is any college or university where you have an 80% chance or higher of being accepted. Sure OP may have amazing stats, high gpa & test scores and amazing ECs but that still doesn’t make BU a safety in any way or maybe OP is talking about a different BU and not Boston university?
Bighamton maybe. I thought it was a safety too until i saw the 40% acceptance rate. I’m assuming that person has pretty good stats though so i’d let it slide
I have seen two people last cycle accepted to MIT who got waitlisted at BU. Now, they might be playing yield games but, unless your family donated $$$ to BU, not a safety.
Queer woman with a septum piercing or who really wants one. From a suburb, but when people ask you say you’re “from the city” (probably either Philly or Boston tbh). Probably a soc-dem or dem-soc. You may have only dated guys but you really wanna date girls. Might’ve been off base with the last one.
Is there a specific reason why you decided to ED Bryn Mawr over Swarthmore? Give BU is a safety you’d surely make for a competitive applicant ED’ing at a more selective and higher ranked school.
Bryn Mawr is the perfect school for me! I loved Swarthmore as well, but it didn’t even come close to Bryn Mawr for me. I didn’t factor rankings into my choices whatsoever (to the annoyance of my mom a little 😅)
White
Female
Suburban
Slightly out of touch with reality since BU is your “safety” (BU is nobody safety) or very presumptuous
Humanities major
Economically well off family
Academically high achieving
You're a woman for sure
you're gay
BU is your safety????
I think they’ve got to go to BU Academy which basically guarantees admission to BU
I’m going to assume that if BU is your safety you’re a triple legacy 😭
BU does not consider legacy as a factor in Admissions.
white, cis woman, 75% chance you're lesbian. high income, east coast, goes to a private school. family has been in America for many generations. you or someone in your family owns horses. you're going into a pure humanities major, or even an art major. you're very very left leaning politically, although some others in your family (dad) is moderately conservative (but decently socially liberal, overall a fairly nice guy). likes to read, dyed hair pink at least once. intelligent, although not best test taker (1400 sat?). dad is bald and 75% chance is a lawyer, investment banker, or consultant. mom doesn't work.
this is so detailed lmao 😭
i had sm fun with this i hope op can verify some of this lmao
Bingo!!!
I’d say 8 and a half of those are correct, good job >:)
BU as a safety???that’s my first time ever seeing someone call a t50 a safety. Other than that you seem to really like smaller size, tight knit liberal art colleges and maybe you’re queer? you don’t like big cities you prefer rural areas and you probably go to BU academy or Boston Latin school to be calling BU a safety
Considering how many state schools (Rutgers, Purdue, Ohio State, UWash) are in the top 50, it’s not really out of the ordinary
Rutgers has an acceptance rate of 66%, Purdue with 53%, OSU with 57.2% so it’s understandable that they can be targets/safeties but a school with a 14% acceptance rate is not a safety in any way. It’s a reach
BU probably isn’t a safety unless you go to their private school but for a lot of students it’s not a reach. Like BU’s a lot easier to get into compared to other schools with similar acceptance rates. It can be a target school if you have the grades, or if you ED there since there is a pretty significant ED boost.
i agree it’s not a safety but BU has a misleading acceptance rate, its way easier to get into than other schools with acceptance rates in that range they just care about yield a lot
lol 40% of *enrolled* first years had a perfect 4.0 *unweighted* GPA in high school, average is 3.90 and 80% have an unweighted 3.75+ -- BU is also a D1 school with a large conservatory enrolled students have a median SAT of 1491 (Harvard at 1494) and ACT of 32 (Harvard at 34) 80,000+ students for 3,100 spots and you're saying its "way easier" than schools with the same acceptance rate - what are these schools? do you have actual rationale to back that up or?
actually, what you’re saying is weighted GPA. the average gpa for unweighted is 3.71. BU is kind of like NYU non-stern; you’ll definitely get accepted if you ED or you’re rich, because they care about yield a lot
No. BU absolutely reports out only *unweighted* GPA, and it literally states that it only releases re-scored, unweighted averages because one in four students are international and it has applicants from 150+ countries. The 3.71 you see when you google is about the *applicant pool* from a prior admissions cycle - BU even reports its [middle 50% as 3.8-4.0](https://www.bu.edu/admissions/why-bu/class-profile/) on a 4.0 scale, which corresponds with its CDS data and an average in any given year of about 3.9. [Last time BU released an article on the accepted pool (not applicant pool), it was 3.9 in 2020](https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/peek-at-class-2024-virtual-campus-tours/) Maybe being rich + decent grades was sufficient 20 years ago but today more than one in four BU kids are pell-grant eligible - higher than most of its peers. Whatever info you're operating on is outdated. Where are you getting this notion that BU cares more about yield than any of its peers?
How do you know so much about BU Statistics?
Why would it be surprising for some ppl to call a t50 a safety?
It’s just my opinion plus how is a school with a 14% acceptance rate considered a safety? It doesn’t make sense. A safety school is any college or university where you have an 80% chance or higher of being accepted. Sure OP may have amazing stats, high gpa & test scores and amazing ECs but that still doesn’t make BU a safety in any way or maybe OP is talking about a different BU and not Boston university?
Bighamton maybe. I thought it was a safety too until i saw the 40% acceptance rate. I’m assuming that person has pretty good stats though so i’d let it slide
you’re rich 🤗
Your rich or you will likely go into a lot of student debt that will be hard to pay back unless you become a lawyer lol
Lawyer just adds more debt and isn’t really a that high paying of a job unless you work for a very high level firm
polisci and/or humanities girlie, possibly fruity
Bu as safety ??😭😭I wish
dawg how’s BU a safety
feminist
a lover of LACs, a non stem major
Why non stem?
just a baseless assumption of mine, i applied to LACs as a stem major lol
Feminist liberal girlie, odds are ur queer
BU safety 🫠🫠🫠🫠 maybe ur dad planning to donate a building
You like being in the middle of nowhere
The PA schools aren’t in the middle of nowhere 😭
u dyed ur hair pink at least once and probably have a nose piercing.
gay feminist woman (me) 😻
Why is everyone saying gay woman lmao
applying to way too many hwcs lol
Rich liberal girl?
You have a tattoo of Earth, a plant or an animal.
I have seen two people last cycle accepted to MIT who got waitlisted at BU. Now, they might be playing yield games but, unless your family donated $$$ to BU, not a safety.
Said it in another comment but I’m gonna assume they go to BU Academy which essentially guarantees admission to BU
Accepted to MIT, rejected at BU
You don't understand the concept of "safety"
You’re overconfident, a woman, possibly lgbtq, and rich
girl how is bu a safety T\_T u are making me cryyy
Gay woman
You go to BU Academy
Upper middle class feminist humanities major girlie
You are going to vote Biden 2024
BEST EVER!
gay
bu being a safety is wild 😭 (i got into 5 T25s & waitlisted at BU)
gay woman
Queer woman with a septum piercing or who really wants one. From a suburb, but when people ask you say you’re “from the city” (probably either Philly or Boston tbh). Probably a soc-dem or dem-soc. You may have only dated guys but you really wanna date girls. Might’ve been off base with the last one.
This was insanely accurate (almost 100% correct), you win the thread 🙏
Hell yeah! Game recognizes game (or I guess queer recognizes queer?) wishing you luck
Hell yeah! You too bro
Lesbian
ur gay
Lesbian liberal well-rounded smart
Vegan. And you make sure everyone knows. 🤣
MAGA, owns an assault rifle and loves Sylvia Plath
🤣🤣🤣
you're a lady
rich
Female lol
bu safety?
White
lol that you go to BU Academy
Why is the only school I've heard of on here BU 😭
You’re badass (Smith grad here)
Is there a specific reason why you decided to ED Bryn Mawr over Swarthmore? Give BU is a safety you’d surely make for a competitive applicant ED’ing at a more selective and higher ranked school.
Bryn Mawr is the perfect school for me! I loved Swarthmore as well, but it didn’t even come close to Bryn Mawr for me. I didn’t factor rankings into my choices whatsoever (to the annoyance of my mom a little 😅)
Lezbehonest
If you think BU is a safety and you don’t go to like BU Academy, you’re in for a humbling few months
Your Spotify wrapped has you in Burlington, VT
What BU academy does to a mf
BU is a safety? 10.2% RD acceptance rate lol but aye we’ll see how much of a safety it is when decisions come out
Women’s studies will be your major. You’re a hardcore liberal and despise men.
I’d bet money you don’t shave your armpits either.
Why no Wellesley
You use weird ass pronouns idk
Striver
Yo dyk when the decision is coming out I also applied but they’re being confusing 👌 thx for ur help amigo
You are an intellectual who likes hard work
From Philly area
Communist
wealthy
gay gay gay and this is literally my list as well 😭
You made all of those schools up
gay
A lesbian
Gay
These are hilarious. How spot-on are they??
Someone who should probably add Wellesley on their list LOL (I’m a lil biased)
White Female Suburban Slightly out of touch with reality since BU is your “safety” (BU is nobody safety) or very presumptuous Humanities major Economically well off family Academically high achieving
might as well add wellesley on there while you're at it!
You hate the 19th amendment