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Harold Said:

A few questions about Junior colleges?

We Answered:

This list makes me think this is not a junior college, but rather a trade school or a carer training school.

A junior college, or also called a community college, will have all the traditional subjects, math, science, English, etc. These classes will then transfer credit to the college of your choice. If you want to major in chemistry, then you need to take chemistry your two years at community college.

Sherry Said:

Is it harder to get into Boston University than it is to get into Northeastern?

We Answered:

Selective means that a school is more difficult for admission than one that is competitive. However, in close cases the use of one term or the other is a subjective value judgment.

The percentages are confusing as the number of people who apply is not given. If proportionately more people apply to NU than NU accepts, than apply to BU etc., the NU acceptance rate will be lower.

The collegeboard website lists under admission how importantly each school rates factors such as GPA, SAT, etc., but these are generalities and private universities do not need to apply them equally to all applicants.

BU may also admit a higher percentage of applicants because it may have found that more of its admitted applicants decline the offers than NU has found decline its offers, for example.

These are just some of the possibilities in the very subjective and unscientific topic of admissions to private universities.

A "super genius" who has some extracurricular interests will probably be admitted.

A well rounded applicant will have to compete with the other well rounded applicants.

Everyone who is not in a special category at most private universities has to compete with legacies, "underrepresented minorities", athletes, international students, etc. Sometimes these special categories can account for over two-thirds or even three-quarters of the admitted students.

I do not have information on the PT/AT program at BU or elsewhere.

Although colleges and universities use the unweighted GPA for GPA consideration, most of the competitive and selective ones also use the rigor of the academic record, which they determine by looking a what honors, AP and IB classes were taken and what grades were earned in them.

BU and NU are so close to each other in the US News rankings that each ranks more highly in various categories. There is no significant difference between the schools for undergraduate programs overall.

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