Transfer Class of Fall 2009
Admission Statistics
- Total applications 1542
- Total acceptances 329 (acceptance rate "21%")
- Total enrolled 146 (yield "44%")
- Average college G.P.A. for accepted students: 3.58
- Average SAT for accepted students: 1937 (2400 point scale)
- Average ACT for accepted students: 28
Boston College received 8 or more transfer applications from the following schools (in alphabetical order):
- American University
- Bentley College
- Boston University
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Elon College
- Fairfield University
- George Washington University
- Miami Dade Community College
- New York University
- Northeastern University
- Penn State University
- Providence College
- Quinnipiac University
- Santa Monica College
- SUNY colleges
- Suffolk University
- Trinity College
- University of Connecticut
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Miami
- University of Vermont
- Villanova University
- Wake Forest University
- Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College
The 146 transfer students enrolled in the following undergraduate divisions:
- 121 into The College of Arts and Sciences
- 16 into the Carroll School of Management
- 5 into the Lynch School of Education
- 4 into the Connell School of Nursing
Transfer Class of January 2009**
Admission Statistics
- Total applications 277
- Total acceptances 114 (acceptance rate "41%")
- Total enrolled 78 (yield "68%")
- Average college G.P.A. for accepted students: 3.53
- Average SAT for accepted students: 1767 (2400 point scale)
- Average ACT for accepted students: 26
The 78 transfer students enrolled in the following undergraduate divisions:
- 43 into The College of Arts and Sciences
- 24 into the Carroll School of Management
- 4 into the Lynch School of Education
- 7 into the Connell School of Nursing
**Then entereing class for January 2009 was an unusually large enrolling class for Boston College and should be considered an anomaly. The statistics for the Class of the Fall of 2009 are a more accurate reflection of the selectivity in the transfer admission process at Boston College.