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The Class of 2008
The average SAT score of incoming freshmen at Boston College has reached a new high with the enrollment of the Class of 2008. The class's average combined math and verbal score of 1,317 represents a three-point increase over last year, and a 25-point increase in four years. Since 1996, the mid-range average SAT scores of freshmen entering BC have risen from 1200–1340 to 1250–1400.
This year's freshman class totals 2,309 students, which is 101 more than last year's class, but in line with the University's average enrollment over the past 10 years. The College of Arts & Sciences welcomed 1,621 freshmen; the Carroll School of Management, 403; the Lynch School of Education, 198; and the Connell School of Nursing, 87. The University received 22,451 applications in all (also a record) and accepted 32 percent of applicants, with 35 percent of the freshmen enrolling through BC's nonbinding early action program—a figure comparable to that of the previous year.
BC's newest class represents 43 U.S. states (not represented were Alabama, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, and West Virginia), the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and 29 countries. Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey contributed a combined 52 percent of the class. AHANA students—African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American—account for an unprecedented 25.3 percent of the incoming class, including a record 153 African-American and 218 Hispanic students. Freshman international students total 66 and make up 2.8 percent of the class. This is down from 3.3 percent the previous year—a decline comparable to what other U.S. universities and colleges are reporting.
Among BC's freshmen, women constitute a slim majority, at 52.8 percent. In the business school, the men of 2008 hold a 68 percent majority, while the women are represented in nursing and education, respectively, at rates of 94.3 and 84.3 percent. Men and women are enrolled in A&S in statistically equal measure.
Paul Voosen
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