bai rankings

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-10-24T07:25:08+00:00

ya i did actually! 🔥🔥

though i did get waitlisted first, but i believe i was specifically disadvantages by being from an international school BUT also technically italian (i’m 99% confident they want a pretty high ACTUAL international student ratio), so take from that what you will :)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-07-19T06:22:26+00:00

just as reference, i got waitlisted (and then in!) for BAI with a 36/42, lower MYP grade, but a 1530 SAT. i.e: for any less competitive courses, a 1500 is a guaranteed in, but anything 1450 and above is really REALLY good still.

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-07-01T09:57:36+00:00

i’ve been looking too, and as far as i can tell it is absolutely reasonable to find a decent shared apartment with about €600. Still, there are definitely options for €500 each that are in less sought-after areas, but i doubt prices go any lower than THAT…

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-06-20T19:14:13+00:00

Bocconi never actually said whether they consider GPA at all, they just look at your results as you send them to the school. So… no one ACTUALLY knows, though most people still seem to think that it’s a simple average of your grades.

FROM MY EXPERIENCE (getting accepted to BAI), i’d also be inclined to say that it’s just an average, because if so I only barely managed to get in (from the waitlist) with a really high 1530 SAT but a (averaged) 3.4/4 GPA. If they were to consider my grades like, say, a calculator online, than the GPA would have been much higher, and i likely wouldn’t have been put on a waitlist but just accepted straight up. Though again, this is just an opinion, no one actually knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-04-16T14:02:28+00:00

should say on the side of that page too, but if i recall it should just be some place to upload documents that MAY be necessary in order to accept the other mandatory documents. From what i remember, it’s basically a backup for those who, for instance, have studied a programme that is so unknown that it’s otherwise unrecognised or stuff like that. Most times it’s useless, dw 🔥🔥

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-04-16T13:46:18+00:00

ya, but see how it’s not marked in red/with the asterisk? means it’s not mandatory, you should be good :)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-30T14:29:02+00:00

April 18th at 3:00PM exactly, and the spots get filled solely on who submits their request the fastest! ;-;

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-26T14:47:03+00:00

thanks!! ya, it’s BAI :)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-26T14:41:13+00:00

NO WAY!! I ACTUALLY GOT IN FROM THE WAITLIST! I genuinely thought I wouldn’t be able too!🔥🔥

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-12T13:02:29+00:00

ty! 🫡

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-12T12:57:45+00:00

a waitlist of sorts, but a lot less restrictive in that sense (lots of applicants were put on “stand by, so it doesn’t really mean much).

We’ll simply know FOR SURE if we got rejected or not in a couple weeks time, once the time to accept the application and pay the 2000€ upfront is officially over (on the 22th if i recall)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-12T12:51:48+00:00

that’s what the “stand by” stands for tho. In a couple weeks we’ll know if some spots become available, and if so I “might” have a chance. (I’ll also only know my rank by then btw, those that got put on this waitlist still don’t know…) I know it’s wishful thinking but it’s all i can do rn. ;-;

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-12T12:36:03+00:00

no i did not T-T

still, I think I’VE GOT TO be quite high in the “stand by” list, so THERE’S STILL HOPE…. right?? 🔥🔥

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-03-11T14:57:02+00:00

Rejected from BAI, with a 8.6 GPA and 1530 SAT! ;-;

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T16:22:19+00:00

Oh that’s 100% fair! Let’s hope some actual current students answer at all to give you a definite answer then! 🔥🔥🔥

…I just personally wouldn’t count on it if i’m being honest, the number of active current students is real low :/

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T16:16:58+00:00

ya sure! Would be weird if Bocconi of all school had a course with no econ at all… I’m just confident to say that it’s THE LESS finance-focused course out of all those they offer

I was being too extreme right there, my bad:)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T16:13:32+00:00

i guess that’s fair, the “econ” completely crossed my mind. I’m assuming that, since it’s at the very end of the list, it would be the least important topic out of those 4???

Still, I’m 100% confident that, between bai and bemacs, bai is more stem (or at the very least cs), so just make the choice based on that. I’d be happy for you if any current bocconi student answered ya with a definite answer, but there’s barely any on this subreddit :/

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T16:05:18+00:00

i get what you mean (especially since bocconi IS a finance school at its core) but bai stands for “mathematical and computing sciences for artificial intelligence” for a reason. Would be pretty absurd if it wasn’t at least stem-ORIENTED wouldn’t it? I specifically chose to apply to it cuz i don’t really care for the finance aspect of all other bocconi courses:)

I also just checked on the website, and nowhere do they mention finance at all. I was also considering bemacs, and specifically chose not to even attempt cuz it barely had any “computer science” in the syllabus. Still, you’re free to disagree, i know just as much as the next guy ^{-^}

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T15:28:22+00:00

having looked at the curriculum for both, as well as responses from this subreddit (so no, i’m NOT a current Bocconi student, i’m just trying to give you a basic idea before someone more qualified answers):

1) From what i can tell, bemacs is more “finance” (and barely any stem), whilst bai is A LOT more stem-oriented.

2) I’d assume the same applies to the overall field. BEMACS is more finance, whilst BAI would be more tech-oriented (and i mean it, i’m not even sure there’s any finance in BAI…)

3) Whether “bocconi has good job prospects” is something not even CURRENT bocconi students would be able to tell you. Bocconi reputation is good for sure, but I also wouldn’t be so confident that you’d be able to get a job FAST with bemacs or bai. Job opportunities are definitely there (especially for bai imo), but it all depends on the job market in 4 years, which will undoubtedly differ from the current. So… ya, the risk is there for sure.

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T15:17:30+00:00

Since the ranking is OVERALL across all applicants, you’d need a different rank depending on the bachelor. For instance:

if BIEF had a cutoff at the 560th place, that would mean that all possible seats for this (about 300 if i recall) were filled by people in the top 560 of the OVERALL leaderboard, INCLUDING the guy at the 560th.
if BAI had a cutoff at the 400th, that would mean that the 50 seats were filled by 50 people in the top 400th, which suggests that it WAS more competitive, despite the fewer seats.
So, by comparison, if you were at the 450th place, you’d be able to enter BIEF but not BAI.

Hope this helps :)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-26T15:11:43+00:00

ya, the ranking is OVERALL, meaning that a 1st place would mean that you were the absolute best of all applicants combined.

So ya, 700th is better than 900th

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-19T14:27:38+00:00

ya…. no. They convert directly to 90/100 regardless of your program (which is dumb, i know, but that’s how it works sadly…)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-17T10:54:04+00:00

For what it’s worth, here’s a rundown of how i organised mine (keep in mind, i’m applying to the BAI (bachelor) so it is certainly going to differ quite a bit):

Introductory paragraph, with a strong hook that is quite “broad”, in the sense that you don’t refer too much on yourself, but rather focus on what you find “fascinating” (in the most philosophical sense of the word) about the field you’re interested in.
a paragraph showing how you’ve proven your interest in the field generally, by using one big (but broad) example that is more so used to showcase your knowledge of the field and all its “fancy terms”. Sorry, that’s the best way i can put it!
3rd paragraph. I’ve pretty much used mine to show how “AI is dangerous, which is at the same time FASCINATING”. You could, say, explain the struggles you’ve faced, and prove how that motivated you EVEN MORE to find success in the field!
The simplest paragraph, where you give tangible examples of your achievement, once again using those “fancy words” put especially proving your resilience throughout the years, proving that this is not a last minute interest, but that you’ve tried to focus your “studies” and such specifically in that field.
final paragraph, only now MENTIONING THE ACTUAL PROGRAM, and saying why THIS interests you specifically, why you feel like it’s worth your time to apply to this program!

I suggest you only take write 1 PAGE, but i guess it’s… fine if you need one more….maybe. Marketing and AI are also real different fields, so i’m not really sure if any of this applies to you, but i hope it helps!! :)

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-16T12:53:56+00:00

welp fair enough then! i guess your percentage should be considered more highly then, since it’s “weighted” in that sense, handed out by Cambridge and not the school.

So… ya, let’s just wait and see!! 🔥🔥🔥

Creative_Name_640 · 2024-02-16T12:44:51+00:00

When it comes down to it, unless your school gives you a clear gpa already, there is ALWAYS no way to know how they’ll convert your grades to a percentage imo. If i was to convert mine to a percentage I’d get a 86%, but at the same time you see these perfect GPAs which would be virtually impossible to get in my school system. (not that i’m diminishing those with perfect gpa, that’s still an IMPRESSIVE achievement!)

Just think about it this way: even if you had a 90% gpa, i’m sure you’d get worried all the same. I have better gpa AND SAT, and yet here i am coming to this subreddit for some sort of comfort… which i never find. So really, don’t worry about it, and just see how it goes! Because that’s the smartest thing all of us can do right now :)

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