Class of 2024 College

The Class of 2024 began its association with Boston College in the shadow of COVID-19. But the pandemic should not be the lens through which to view this year’s group of first-year students, according to University administrators, who say the class demonstrates the academic strength as well as geographical and ethnic diversity that have become hallmarks of BC undergraduate enrollment.

“While this past year has been unprecedented in many ways,” said Director of Undergraduate Admission Grant Gosselin, “we have been able to recruit another outstanding class of students who want the unique educational experience Boston College offers.”

The 2,408 members of the Class of 2024 were selected from 29,382 applicants, an acceptance rate of 26 percent that is in line with classes of recent years, including 2023 (27 percent) and 2022 (28 percent). The average SAT score for the class, 1397, is the second-highest in University history after last year’s (1412), said Gosselin, while the average ACT score, 32, equals that for the Class of 2023. On average, members of the Class of 2024 achieved an unweighted GPA of A/A-, and roughly 80 percent were in the top 10 percent of their high school class.

The current first-year students, 53.7 percent of whom are female and 34 percent AHANA, represent 1,283 high schools: 49 percent are from public schools, 26 percent Catholic/Jesuit, and 25 percent private/ independent schools. Two hundred and 29 members of the Class of 2024 are the first in their family to attend college; 296 are Pell Grant recipients with demonstrated high financial need.

The Class of 2024 comes from 44 states: 31 percent of first-year students are from New England, 31 percent from Mid-Atlantic states, 12 percent from the West, nine percent from the South/Southwest, and eight percent from the Midwest. The top five feeder states are Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, California, and Connecticut.

Eight percent of first-year students are international students, representing 42 countries—the top five are China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates.

Sixty-six percent of the class is enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences; 25 percent in the Carroll School of Management; five percent in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development, and four percent in the Connell School of Nursing.

When we talk about BC’s high graduation rates, and the success our recent alumni have achieved after graduation, students see that a BC education has long-lasting value.

Forty percent of first-year students applied via early decision; the 2020-2021 academic year was the first for which BC offered the option, with the choice of submitting by November 1 or January 1.

“We were very happy with the results from early decision,” said Gosselin. “It seemed to set a tone for the energy that this class has displayed; in conversations with colleagues, we’ve remarked on how incredibly engaged the students were, all the way through the process. It was a real benefit for BC to have that foundation to build on.”

The pandemic forced cancellation of in-person events during the spring, Gosselin said, but Admission, in collaboration with other offices and departments, was able to hold more than 70 virtual information sessions for admitted students considering enrollment at BC.

“The feedback we received from students and their families was very positive,” he said. “People felt the sessions really shined a light on what BC is all about. We were able to showcase the creativity among our faculty, the opportunities for undergraduate research, the emphasis on formation to prepare students for living meaningful lives—something that separates BC from the rest.

“When we talk about BC’s high graduation rates, and the success our recent alumni have achieved after graduation, students see that a BC education has long-lasting value.”

Sean Smith | University Communications | October 2020

Change. Change is and will be the action word in your life now and for the next few academic years. Easy for the rest of us to say, and so hard for you and your family to hear, imagine, and figure out. There is change from the colleges every day about what to do with their freshman class of 2024.

You will have heard of online classes for next year, new registration dates, change in prices, students on or not on campus and in or not in residence halls. Classes for on-campus students for one-semester, followed by a semester online.

Priority given to freshman and seniors who plan to graduate in May. Half of the freshmen on campus for first semester, and the other half starting on campus in second semester, alternating with on-campus and on-line off-campus.

How to figure it all out? Check first your choices with the college where you have sent your deposit. Think about you, as a first year away from home student with new classmates in those on-campus and on-line residential plans offered for 2020.

What Can I Do If College is Not Right For Me, Right Now?

There are also countless opportunities for taking a year off from college. Here are a few ideas to consider, realizing that these options can change momentarily. Check them out for ideas that you can adapt to suit your preferences:

  1. Take a year off before your freshman year. Think of something that you can safely do, that will be OK with you and your parents. There are many fee-required programs, under the heading of "GAP YEAR." There are also internships and service programs all over American that are organized especially for this pandemic year. Go online and see what you can find.
    • For example, Team Rubicon offers a list of different community service opportunities that revolve around alleviating the strain of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. Look for teen service opportunities, such as community outreach or food delivery for at-risk individuals.
  3. Search online for more high school graduate opportunities” for jobs or sports or arts or whatever type of activity that interests you.
  4. Create your own idea after reading some of the above ideas. Someone else doesn't have to organize your time if you can think of how to spend next year within your family or with a few friends who are also looking to take a college year off.
  5. Home college online. If you want to stay at home and take college credit courses next fall, then check out the plan at your deposited college. Also check with non-credit courses you would like to take at other colleges without enrolling in the college. It might be a physics or philosophy or arts course that you don't intend to study when you get on campus, but a great opportunity to find out what it's all about.

No matter your choice of going to college in fall semester or to wait a year, you will have plenty of company among other high school graduates either way. Every day the colleges are working tirelessly to find the safest way to handle their particular campus and create solutions to help their students and faculty to the best education they can provide.

How Are Colleges Approaching the Fall 2020 School Year?

At this moment, about 61% of the colleges have decided to have students on campus. Usually that means freshman, at least half of them for the first semester, and the other half on campus for the second semester, so that you can meet your new classmates, get to know your school and the level of academic work expected from you.

Some state universities - UC universities, for example - have decided that they are too big to safely have undergraduates on campus in 2020. Other state universities are accepting a modified enrollment of students, with a mixed program of in-class and on-line learning, such as UVM (University of Vermont). Take a look at their website to get an idea of how UVM and other state universities may organize freshman year.

A typical U.S. liberal arts residential college (1,500 to 2,000 students) such as Amherst College in Western (rural) Massachusetts has spelled out how they are going to manage their freshman class. If your college hasn’t yet sent you their solution for freshman on campus this fall, then take a look at how Amherst is planning in order to have an idea of a liberal arts solution for on-campus students in 2020.

Use these two examples to give you ideas of questions to ask your college (how many in a dorm room, are meals provided in distanced seating, will there be in-class instruction, sports, music and arts activities) and whatever else is on your mind.

Leaving for College or Staying for College: It Is Always Up to You

Parents, teachers and friends of teenagers: think back to your high school graduation and looking forward to leaving home with your classmates for college. Can you possibly imagine being persuaded to stay home another year because of a national health factor? Can you imagine waiting to find out if classes will be in the classroom or a mix of online and in the classroom?

Can you imagine giving up being in a dormitory, even if everyone is in a single room, and meals are served by pick-up meals around the campus with various outdoor and distanced dining areas for a whole year?

Thinking back to 17- or 18- years old, it all sounds wonderful to me, “If I can just get on that campus and be in college!” Wait! A friend who graduated years and years ago, just told me that there is no way he would take that risk if he could get those credits online at home.

There you are... it's your choice according to who you are and what your opportunities are. Living with this global pandemic with your classmates or with your family or both will be your choice. Ahhh college. Ready or not, but still, "The Class of 2024 marches on!"

What year is 2024 graduate?

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Graduation Year
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2023
11
2024
10
2025
9
2026
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What class is the class of 2025?

Sophomore Year It's your 10th grade year! Time to be sure you know what you need for graduation and make sure that you're on track to graduate in 2030. By maintaining a good GPA you will open yourself up to more opportunity for scholarships, choices of colleges, and other options for after high school.

What class is the class of 2023?

You are now beginning to wrap up your sophomore year .. You are the Class of 2023! 10th grader it is very important that you continue to build the right GPA and the right attitude. You are setting a precedent for the remainder of the time that you are in high school.

How many freshmen does Boston College accept?

The Class of 2022 had 31,084 applicants, the third highest number in BC's history, a pool from which 8,669 (28 percent) were admitted.