Sun.Oct 13, 2024

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Deferred Early Decision by Boston University (BU) 2024-2025

The Koppelman Group

BU has become crazy competitive in the last few years – for the 2024 admissions cycle, they had an 11% acceptance rate. They, like many other schools, have kept their test-optional policy, which in turn has increased the number of students applying. Their ED acceptance is a little higher, at 26%, but that still left a little over 5k students with either a deferral or a rejection.

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Fix the Damn FAFSA!

The Thoughtful College Search

Several weeks ago my sister happened to visit friends in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, a small town 20 miles from Asheville. From the cabin where she was staying she could look down on Chimney Rock’s charming main street, and on Wednesday she spent the afternoon exploring a number of its shops. Two days later downtown Chimney Rock no longer existed, the only remnants a debris field that had been washed into Lake Lure by raging storm waters from Hurricane Helene.