Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Boston College admitted 5,632 of 34,779 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (16.2%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Boston College
Three things Boston College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Early Decision admitted 33.4%. The regular round admitted 13.8%.
2.4×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
1,434 of 4,288 early applicants were admitted, against 4,198 of 30,491 in the regular round. Early Decision is binding, and you can only use it at one school, which is exactly why the gap is worth knowing before you choose where to spend it.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
2.4×
the regular-round rate
A ratio between two rates the school published. Not a change in anyone’s odds.
Boston College files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 30% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The admit rate fell from 28% to 16% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
16.2%
5,632 admitted of 34,779 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1460–1520
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
33–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
30%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
15%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at Boston College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 28% to 16%.
What Boston College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
2.4× the rateEarly Decision admitted 33.4% (1,434 of 4,288), against 13.8% in the regular round.
4,198 of 30,491 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 7,444
- Accepted the place
- 4,139
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 352
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $41,704 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $4,284
- $30k–$48k
- $7,304
- $48k–$75k
- $13,112
- $75k–$110k
- $19,999
- Over $110k
- $60,308
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
5 essay prompts on the application: 4 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Boston College applicants
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Massachusetts
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
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