The BU Class of 2025 Begins to Take Shape
When members of the Class of 2025 arrive in the fall, it will be the first time many of them set foot on campus. Photo by Adele Bertschy Admissions
Only 18.3 percent of applicants were accepted from record-breaking pool of nearly 76,000
March 31, 2021 Twitter Facebook
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring, colleges across the country had no idea what its impact would be on class of 2025 admissions. Like many schools, BU was forced to move all interviews and in-person campus tours online. Standardized tests also became optional since so many high schoolers couldn’t access the SAT and ACT tests. And then there was the economic fallout from the pandemic, leading to the largest unemployment since the Depression.