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Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA - BC
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Official Admissions Statistics 2008 - 2009

Admission Overview

Applicants 30,845
Admitted 8,093
Acceptance rate 26.2%
Yield rate 26.8%

Acceptance Rate by Gender

Boston College Acceptances by Gender

25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students

Boston College's Average SAT Scores

This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Boston College.

Boston College's average SAT scores fall between:

  • Verbal: 610 and 700
  • Math: 640 and 730
  • Writing: 620 and 710
 

Degree Completions

View All This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics

Parchment Members' Admissions Results

Applied 7746
Reported Results 1166
Accepted 749 (64%) 64,36
Rejected 417
Attending 63
Yield Rate 8%


Admitted Members' Score Range
25th 50th 75th Percentile
GPA 3.70 3.82 3.96
SAT I 2031 2139 2241
Selectivity Index™ 737 816 902


Rejected Members' Score Range
25th 50th 75th Percentile
GPA 2.81 3.50 3.75
SAT I 1581 1950 2070
Selectivity Index™ 446 677 774


Stats last calculated: Yesterday (May 16, 2012)
Newest applicant: 0 days, 6 hours, and 7 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2008 - 2009 academic year.
Peer Colleges

17.0,83.0 17% Boston University

15.9,84.1 16% Georgetown University

13.9,86.1 14% New York University

12.3,87.7 13% Tufts University

12.3,87.7 13% University of Notre Dame

12.0,88.0 12% Cornell University

11.9,88.1 12% Northeastern University

11.7,88.3 12% Villanova University

11.5,88.5 12% University of Pennsylvania

11.4,88.6 12% Brown University