BC 2012-2013 Applicants Forum

[UMich11]

My app has been complete since 1/6.. Does anyone know generally how long their app was complete before it went UR? Having read through the past 5 or so pages, I feel like I'm in for a long wait

I submitted 11/28, didn't go UR til 12/21

I was over a month before going UR

Thanks lol. A long wait it is...

I think it all depends when you submit. I sent it the same date to HLS and i was complete 4 days later. But someone else submitted to HLS a day after me and didn't go complete until last week.

[mg7]

I think it all depends when you submit. I sent it the same date to HLS and i was complete 4 days later. But someone else submitted to HLS a day after me and didn't go complete until last week.

Yeah I went complete at BC about 2 days after I submitted my app, but nothing since then. Better than Cornell or UT I suppose - I applied at the beginning of the month and still haven't gone complete at either

[risa]

Just accepted via email! I went complete in mid-November. Now to start my public interest application! It's unfortunate that the scholarship committee does not see your admissions application. I feel like my personal statement basically makes my case for a public interest scholarship so I'll basically be copying and pasting it into the scholarship app.

[timeandspace11]

My app has been complete since 1/6.. Does anyone know generally how long their app was complete before it went UR? Having read through the past 5 or so pages, I feel like I'm in for a long wait

I submitted 11/28, didn't go UR til 12/21

I was over a month before going UR

Thanks lol. A long wait it is...

Yeah it is kind of a long process it seems. It took me a month to go under review and I have been under review for over a month now. I love BC so that makes me all the more anxious.

[ClaireyMary]

BC is taking a while.. I applied 11/29, UR 12/14, and still stuck at UR. I got into BU before Xmas (though I did apply there 2 weeks before BC). Arg.

[hhqq]

Just got the Congratulations email!!!!! I was expecting a rejection or at most a waitlist with my numbers. I guess we just have to have faith in ourselves.

161/3.68/Non-URM

[JayJones78]

Just got the Congratulations email!!!!! I was expecting a rejection or at most a waitlist with my numbers. I guess we just have to have faith in ourselves.

161/3.68/Non-URM

Congrats! When did you go UR?

Edit: is there a difference between complete and under review at BC or did people go complete->decision?

[skri65]

Just got the Congratulations email!!!!! I was expecting a rejection or at most a waitlist with my numbers. I guess we just have to have faith in ourselves.

161/3.68/Non-URM

Congrats! When did you go UR?

Wow, congrats! BC has been really unpredictable on both sides of the numbers spectrum this year. Seems like they're looking holistically at applicants during a year when you would least expect it out of them (a year of declining applicants).

[whatsup2b]

Agreed. I had similiar numbers and got in. Now scholarships may be a different story :/

[hhqq]

Just got the Congratulations email!!!!! I was expecting a rejection or at most a waitlist with my numbers. I guess we just have to have faith in ourselves.

161/3.68/Non-URM

Congrats! When did you go UR?

Edit: is there a difference between complete and under review at BC or did people go complete->decision?

I applied in early Nov. Yes there is a stage "Under review". I think my UR status changed three times or so. Have faith!!

[JayJones78]

Just got the Congratulations email!!!!! I was expecting a rejection or at most a waitlist with my numbers. I guess we just have to have faith in ourselves.

161/3.68/Non-URM

Congrats! When did you go UR?

Edit: is there a difference between complete and under review at BC or did people go complete->decision?

I applied in early Nov. Yes there is a stage "Under review". I think my UR status changed three times or so. Have faith!!

Thanks

[bettercallsaul91]

In!!! Yay! I didn't have my hopes up for BC ... went under review for second time yesterday, decision today. 162, 3.76, non-URM.

[bettercallsaul91]

Just accepted via email! I went complete in mid-November. Now to start my public interest application! It's unfortunate that the scholarship committee does not see your admissions application. I feel like my personal statement basically makes my case for a public interest scholarship so I'll basically be copying and pasting it into the scholarship app.

+1. I didn't expect to get in so I didn't start looking into the application yet ... thanks for the info!

[KingsCup]

Went under review today, but I think I originally was under review last week and the date update just happened today, applied back in mid-November

[JayJones78]

Went under review today, but I think I originally was under review last week and the date update just happened today, applied back in mid-November

Slow response!! I applied 12/20. Should I expect to be UR around March?

[AlanShore]

so for those held, my email said we would hear back by mid-feb. did yours? i'm hoping to go back UR soon then!

[skri65]

Alanshore, fwiw mine said mid-feb

[laura0862]

so for those held, my email said we would hear back by mid-feb. did yours? i'm hoping to go back UR soon then!

Mine said mid-Feb as well. I just started checking to see if I'll go under review again... nothing yet. They just started reviewing again on Tues though, so I guess I should just be patient

[AlanShore]

so for those held, my email said we would hear back by mid-feb. did yours? i'm hoping to go back UR soon then!

Mine said mid-Feb as well. I just started checking to see if I'll go under review again... nothing yet. They just started reviewing again on Tues though, so I guess I should just be patient

patience isn't my strength!

[skri65]

Judging by the last few years of BC Applicants threads, it's about now when people that were initially held started going back under review. My hold --> UR a couple weeks back seems to be something of an anomaly.

For those on hold, I strongly suggest visiting the school. If you live in New England and already did, do it again. I was on hold, visited the school in early January, went back under review the day after visiting and received a decision a couple days afterwords. They may very well like continued interest.

[AlanShore]

Judging by the last few years of BC Applicants threads, it's about now when people that were initially held started going back under review. My hold --> UR a couple weeks back seems to be something of an anomaly.

For those on hold, I strongly suggest visiting the school. If you live in New England and already did, do it again. I was on hold, visited the school in early January, went back under review the day after visiting and received a decision a couple days afterwords. They may very well like continued interest.

it wouldnt be weird to visit again? like i did the tour and classroom and the whole deal.

[UMich11]

Went under review today, but I think I originally was under review last week and the date update just happened today, applied back in mid-November

Slow response!! I applied 12/20. Should I expect to be UR around March?

I went complete 12/12/12, went UR 12/18. Looks like a month might be the UR timeline i just don't know how long for a decision.

[mh33]

I visited before Christmas after my file went under review and had a nice chat with one of the admissions officer. Three days later I got my acceptance letter even though I was told that the next round of decisions would probably be coming in January, so it seems like a good idea.

[skri65]

Judging by the last few years of BC Applicants threads, it's about now when people that were initially held started going back under review. My hold --> UR a couple weeks back seems to be something of an anomaly.

For those on hold, I strongly suggest visiting the school. If you live in New England and already did, do it again. I was on hold, visited the school in early January, went back under review the day after visiting and received a decision a couple days afterwords. They may very well like continued interest.

it wouldnt be weird to visit again? like i did the tour and classroom and the whole deal.

I don't want to lead you in a wrong direction so perhaps someone else could chime in, but you could always come in and ask a few questions, let them know at the end that BC is still your top choice.

[timeandspace11]

Update 1/24/12. Second update