<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 750 M 720 R 640 W (1470/2110)
[</em>] SAT IIs:Matt IIC: 740, BIO M 700, Chem 700
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] APs: Calc AB, Calc BC, Chem, USH, EURO, Gov, Econ, Engl. Lit, Engl Lang.
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.91
[<em>] Rank: idk
[</em>] Other stats:9000 HP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: JV:Volleyball, Baseball, soccer; V: Volleyball and Fencing, Stock market club, volunteer at library and senior center, Youth leadership forum
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:dhsaoias[d
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App: Pretty good I guess. Other as topic. About my varied interests in school and turned my undecidedness into a positive. My “Why BU?” Essay was a little about both Boston and BU. Very well written (style and grammatically) so it showed interest.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One from Calc AB and BC teacher. Tough teacher, keeps it real. She likes me. Other was from Architecture teacher. kind of empty.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Met with her for like 10 hours. About my connection to Mexico and my fam there.
[</em>] Applied on: RD, 12/23
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM, tex-mex
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, very rich white, has gotten 25+ so far this year into top privates/ivies and still waiting on tuesday. Could get 50+ kids into top 50 schools in a class of 250. best class in school history.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White, mexican-irish-spanish
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Awesome. Honors college makes me very interested. need like 15 grand more and id be VERY interested. to appeal tomorrow.
Congrats to accepts.
kepp heads up high rej.</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 660 M: 800 W: 700
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math1: 700 Physics: 700 Chem: 620… forgot math II grade
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] APs: taking 4 this year, none before : BC calc, Environmental Science, Stat, Literature
[<em>] IBs: ----
[</em>] GPA: 3.25 uw
[<em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteering at Community house+ elementary school, robotics team, brown university summer program for credit
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I really BSed the supplement, my Common app I head was good though
[<em>] Teacher Recs: dont know
[</em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[<em>] Applied on: dont know?
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m short? First gen? I’m brown?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York, New york
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): stats are good, 20th best public HS in nation
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to all that got accepted, you really deserved it (though it was a crapshoot for me). To those who got waitlisted, don’t feel bad. Seriously, they let ME in… probably use a roulette wheel to see who gets in. Waitlistees, you can do it, just go the extra mile. My really dumb friend send a college a pamphlet telling them why they should accept him… it worked. DO IT! Idk if I’m going to go. Can anyone tell me what the Campus is like? i heard a lot of people don’t like it</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 610 (cr), 650 (math), 650 (w)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 610 (spanish), 640 (molecular bio), 640 (math II)
[<em>] ACT: 30 composite
[</em>] APs: 5 (english lang), n/a (biology this spring)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.91
[<em>] Rank: 17 out of 174
[</em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: ASB historian, class treasurer (2 yrs), frosh homeroom president, frosh orientation leader, community service, varsity track &field, ballet (13 yrs)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): my common app essay was for an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity… i wrote about going to catholic school for all of my life and how being a member of a student ambassadorial program to europe (with all public school kids, different religions, etc.) affected me. for what influenced me to apply to bu, i strayed away from loving the city of boston and focused on the programs that would specifically help me and my major.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: i don’t know. probably good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same.
[</em>] Applied on: 12/1/08
[<em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: california
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): all girls, private catholic school
[</em>] Ethnicity: filipino
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i didn’t get the mlk scholarship that i was hoping for /: i’m really glad i got in, but i might not be able to afford bu. regardless, congrats to all admits!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 760 CR, 780 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Literature, 760 Chemistry, 780 Math Level 2
[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] APs: 5 - Chem, 5 - Stats, 5 - English Language, 4 - English Lit, 3 - Calc BC (AB:5), 3 - Computer Science A
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.45 UW/ 3.75 W
[<em>] Rank: 66/522
[</em>] Other stats: Meh
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Computer programming, tutoring, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common App - great, Supplement - great
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Generically good.
[</em>] Applied on: 1/1/09
[<em>] Hook (if any): None?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NH, USA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public school; 1500 SAT avg
[</em>] Ethnicity: Egyptian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Pretty psyched, I gotta say!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 630 CR 740 M 710 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 MathII 670 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs:No tests taken, but 3 AP classes senior year
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: ~3.5 UW
[<em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Piano, tech stuff, community service, etc…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Music, and interest in BU
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Applied on: December 08 (is that what this is asking?)
[<em>] Hook (if any): Legacy
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: PA
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Public, Sends many to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to all who got in!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 2200; 750 CR, 770 Math, 680 Writing<br>
SAT IIs: 800 Math I; 790 Literature; 780 Physics
ACT:<br>
APs: AP European History, AP Us History; AP World History
GPA: 4.0 (weighted 4.8)
Rank: top 5%
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: National Honor Society, National Science Honor Society, Merit Scholar Commendation; Maryland Distringuished Scholar Semifinalist; Junior Hockey
Essays (subject and responses): Don’t remember
Teacher Recs: don’t know
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Applied on: Before Christmas
Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
State or Country: MD
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, lots of students
Ethnicity: Jewish
Gender: Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>My friend was just accepted into the Accelerated Medical Program! </p>
<p>SAT of 2330 superscored, 800/800/780 subj. tests (Math IIC/Chem/Bio M), GPA of 4.0, rank 8 weighted (4.69), some research, volunteering, etc. He is SOOOOO happy… and I’m excited for him!!!</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College of General Studies</p>
<p>Stats:[ /b][ list]
SAT I (by section): 1330/1940 670-CR 660-M 610-W
SAT IIs:None
ACT:28
APs:AP Biology
GPA:3.6
Rank:School doesn’t rank
Subjective
ECs listed on app:lots of band stuff, shadowed an optometrist, school plays, clubs, etc
Job/Work Experience:football scorer 3 years, stock person for year and a half
Essays (subject and responses):Overcoming Family troubles to come out on top
Teacher Recs:Good
Counselor Rec:Good
Applied on:11/17
Hook (if any): H.S. is #22 in America, Overcome family problems, Shadowed an optometrist
Location/Person
State or Country: NY, US
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):Specialized public school, #22 in US
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Gender:Male
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Im ecstatic about making BU, and I’d consider it more heavily if it werent 50k a year!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): R 650/ M 710/ W 730
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II - 780, Physics - 650
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs: None
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 3.6-ish (can’t find most recent grades to calculate)
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: 14 Honors/4 AP classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: leadership positions in Computer Club, Spanish Club. Also member of Electronics Club, Earth Club, NHS, Swim Team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1st day of school in America
[</em>] Teacher Recs: both very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Applied on: December
[<em>] Hook (if any): 1st gen college student
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!</p>
<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 700 CR, 770 M, 720 W, 1470/2190
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 690 US, 770 Chem
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs:US History, Chem, and English Language, all 4s (taking calc, world, and literature this year)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.88 UW
[<em>] Rank: 2/158
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Varsity Tennis 4 years, Varsity XC 4 years, concert band, two leadership groups, invisible children fund raising, class secretary
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 20 hrs/week at a grocery store
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Making a patio with my mom last summer, sounds weird but it actually said a lot about me
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Outstanding
[<em>] Applied on:12/20
[</em>] Hook (if any): nope
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Okay public school, usually get one or two to BU every year but haven’t had any go to an ivy for the past probably 10 years
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I got really good financial, but I also got good aid from Bentley so I have to check both of them out to see which one I’d prefer because the no campus thing of BU kind of makes me nervous. I’m also waiting on my a couple other schools and if I get into my first choice I’ll there without a doubt.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 770 (CR)/ 640 (M)/ 640 (Writing) = 1410/2050
ACT: nada that
SAT II: 750 US History, 730 Lit, 590 Bio (lol)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 ~ 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/287
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US Hist (3), taking AP Brit Lit, AP Bio, and AP Gov’t this year
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Brit Lit, AP Bio, Honors Calc, Int’l Relations, American Government, and Internship at a local paper
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): (If this counts) Coca Cola Scholar, Free Spirit Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Founder/Editor-in-Chief of independent newspaper
Girl Scout Gold & Silver Award
Student Council Executive Board (School Committee Representative)
Drama Club (Assistant Director, Secretary, Lead roles)
Dance Team (Backstage Manager)
Internship at two local newspapers
Harvard Summer Journalism Academy
Job/Work Experience: Cashier first two years of high school, promoted to POS Officer last two years.
Volunteer/Community service: over 300 at an adoption agency, town haunted house, Special Olympics, and local hospital.
Summer Activities: Last summer, raised over $1,000 in art supplies for orphanage in which I was born; delivered them, made a film, etc for my Gold Award. Also marched in a freedom march, which was pretty cool.
Essays: Short answers were rather silly, I think I wrote my club about starting a snack club, cause I love to snack. Essay was about my trip back to my homeland.
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing rec from English Teacher, pretty darn good one from Latin one.
Counselor Rec: Surprisingly nice; I thought he hated me.
Additional Rec: Nada that.
Interview: Samesies.
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Colombian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Lower middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: My hooks lol! And I guess my short little essays and ECs.
Weaknesses: GPA, SATs…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ideekay
</code></pre>
<p>[ b]General Comments:** I got a half tuition scholarship for being a National Hispanic Scholar, so yay.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **
College of Communications</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 630 CR, 800 W, 680 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit: 730, Math II: 610, US Hist: 520 (LOL, oops…)
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] APs: Calc AB, Environmental Science (but a load of Honors throughout high school)
[<em>] IBs: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.43/3.71
[li] Rank: [school doesn’t rank][/li][li] Other stats: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Staff writer for school paper for 2 years, editor-in-chief of school paper this year, two local newspaper internships, radio internship, miramonte high school (my school) california scholarship federation chapter class of '09 representative, volleyball freshman year, girl scout throughout high school,
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: (internships listed above)
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): wrote about how music influenced me to become vegetarian, and how i support animal rights, etc.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: she is a BU alum.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: i’m pretty sure she wrote a relatively generic letter…don’t have much of a relationship with her at all.
[</em>] Applied on: RD
[<em>] Hook (if any): i don’t really know what this means. probably just all my experience in communications.
[/ul]**Location/Person: **[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: california
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public; district ranked #1 in the state by the california education board in 2008
[</em>] Ethnicity: white/caucasian
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: i’m excited, but i’ve never visited…i’ve lived in california my whole life, so it will be quite a change if i end up at BU! congrats to everyone! we should def do a cc meet-up once we all get there…that would be cool haha</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 650m, 650 cr, 610w
[</em>] SAT IIs: chem660, mthII630
[<em>] ACT: comp 30
[</em>] APs:English Language, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Physics, Spanish
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 W, 3.7 UW
[<em>] Rank: 4/120
[</em>] Other stats: Was at Stanford Summer College last summer…</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Recycling Club (2 years), Spanish Club 4 years (president senior year), Varsity Basketball (3 years)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor 5 students in my spare time…more of a volunteering thing
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): umm…common app one was about my experience at Stanford last summer and overcoming racial stereotypes…the BU one, I wrote about the study abroad program, being in boston and undergraduate research
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one good, the other excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: okay…she had to write 120 so she didn’t really personalize them much
[</em>] Applied on:RD
[li] Hook (if any): First Generation, Kuwait?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Kuwait
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private…my school sends a lot of people to BU…my counselor knows the admissions people really well
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian/Pakistani
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone who got in!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 680 CR, 670 M, 650 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Bio, 710 Spanish, 670 MII
[<em>] ACT: 30, did not submit.
[</em>] APs: 5 Bio; 5 Lang; 5 Spanish; taking AB Calc, Lit, and Chem this year.
[<em>] IBs: none.
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank, but I’m 2/287.
[</em>] Other stats: Ha, I dunno.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: President and Founder of County Volunteer Club, LOTS of volunteering, Acapella Group, NHS, EHS, SHS.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Medical Billing at a Chiropractor since 2006, Pharmacy since 2008.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): My Boston one was about a girl who inspired me to come to BU, and my Common App, heh. It was about hiking the Appalachian Trail.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Goooooood stuff.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Niiice.
[</em>] Applied on: Like, December 7th.
[<em>] Hook (if any): First generation?!
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jerrrrrsey.
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, eh, it’s okay. We started as a farming school, heh.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[li] Gender: Female.[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to all who got in! I won’t be going here because I got into Colgate today :D, and got much more money from 'Gate.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): didn’t use
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math I:620 Math II:600 Lit: 500
[<em>] ACT: 27
[</em>] APs: English Literature, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Statistics (took all honors courses in high school in addition)
[<em>] IBs:none
[</em>] GPA: 3.33
[<em>] Rank: Top 25%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app:i was a member of 14 clubs. Specifically I was Treasurer of Amnesty International, Vice President of Key Club, Found/President of Habitat for Humanity and Editor of the school paper. I ran indoor track and outdoor track 9th and 10th grade.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a very upscale restaurant for a year and a half, hosted at another high end and award winning restaurant for a year and a half and I currently am employed by Best Buy as a Computer Specialist (since 10/08)
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): My general CommonApp one was about my mother falling ill and subsequently ending up in a coma. I wrote about how it motivated me and how her 100% recovery affects my daily life. My ‘why BU’ essay was a big metaphor comparing BU to a diamond and my COM essay was about my experience/stress on my first day of being on the newspaper staff. My CommonApp essay was REALLY good, to be honest.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: A chemistry and American History teacher, two classes I worked my ass off and those teachers knew it!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: my counselor was one of my biggest fans
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top 10 high school outside of Philadelphia (in the 'burbs). Very competitive with many students going to Ivys.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: great job everyone! I can’t wait to visit next week!</p>
