office of undergraduate admission

BC Admits Record-Low 12.6 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2029

Annika Engelbrecht • March 27, 2025

Boston College admitted just 12.6% of applicants to the Class of 2029, marking its most selective admissions cycle to date.

BC Admits 14.7 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2028

Lucy Freeman • April 12, 2024

Boston College admitted 14.7 percent of applicants to the Class of 2028, according to a University release, down slightly from last year’s acceptance rate of 15 percent.

Changed Admissions Policy Leads to Surge in Applications

Jack Miller • January 21, 2019

change in Boston College Early Admissions policy led to a significant increase in the number of applicants for the class of 2023. The Office of Undergraduate Admission received 15,862 Early Action applications, a surge of 50 percent from last year’s applicant pool.

Lost Articles: Backstage with BC Admission

Kaylie Ramirez • September 9, 2018

Pete Caruso and David Weber have dedicated their professional careers to guiding prospective BC students through the many stages of the admission process, but find a unique shared passion on a different stage with their band Lost Articles.

New Undergrad Admission Director Gosselin Focuses on Diversity, Yield

Charlie Power • September 2, 2018

“Some of those schools I think we fare very well against … and there are others where we have our work cut out for us to be positioned in the minds of students if they have that choice,” Grant Gosselin, director of undergraduate admissions, said.

BC Accepts 27 Percent of 2022 Applicants

Cole Dady • March 26, 2018

The Office of Undergraduate Admission will spend the month of April ensuring that it enrolls the highest quality Class of 2022 and attains its goal yield.