Accepted Students - What should I aim for?

<p>*For all of you out there who were accepted to Bucknell University, class of 2010, what were your stats? Especially SAT scores, so I can know what to aim for. It’s my #1 or 2 choice right now, so I really want my stats to be a good match…</p>

<p>I got accepted...
Math:780 Verbal: 650 Writing: 580 (1430/2010)
Math II: 720 Biology Molec: 750
GPA: about 95 (weighted)
Activities: Var soccer-capt, ice hockey, tennis-capt, NJ Boys State, NHS, community service, other stuff</p>

<p>S accepted as Dean Scholar
800 Math 700 Verbal 690 writing
AP Chem 5
Class Rank #4 out of 110
NJ Bloustein Scholar
Activities: Var Chess Team-1st Board, League Champions, Var Volleyball-community service involved chess activities-teacher in summer program and at former elem school.</p>

<p>My sister got accepted w/
-4.21 GPA
-1210</p>

<p>Accepted with--
Verbal:740/Math:570 (I know, I stink)/Writing:720 (Total:2030)
ACT: 28 (math and science brought me down again)
GPA:3.8 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
Activities: varsity cross country and crew, camp counselor two summers, 3rd grade volleyball coach, animal shelter volunteer, CSF, horseback riding, and your number of generic clubs.</p>

<p>sugardonkey 88 - Did you receive any financial aid; i.e., scholarships/grants? You're stats are impressive. (Math's not bad!) Good luck to you! My d is interested in Bucknell, but it's very costly to attend. I'd hate to see any student graduate with a boatload of loans.</p>

<p>I got accepted with:</p>

<p>SATI: 790 M, 690 V, 700 W
SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 760 Math I
AP Chemistry 5, AP Statistics 5
GPA 4.2 Weighted
Varsity football, Varsity track, Editor-in-chief school yearbook, class vice president, NHS, Volunteer youth sports coach, other stuff</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

<p>what should you shoot for? a 1350 (2000+) would make it a match assuming you have decent activities and are around the top tenth of your class. recruited athletes make up a good percentage of the bottom quarter of enrolled students based on sat scores, so its a bit more difficult to get in than admissions statistics suggest (same for other small d1 schools: lafayette, colgate, et cetera). dont take that to mean that our athletes are unintelligent; we have a national merit finalist on our basketball team. its just much easier to get in with a 1200 if a coach really wants you. but i digress.</p>

<p>anyway, just to give you an idea, the enrolled 25-75 range for the class of 2010 should be 1230-1410 (600-690 verbal, 630-720 math). for admitted students, the range is 1270-1460 (620-720 verbal, 650-740 math). </p>

<p>that said, i know two non-athletes who got in with sub 1200s (old version). both were in the top 10 of their classes, scored in the 1180 range and had amazing ecs. one was a legacy who got in ed. the other made it in off the waitlist.</p>

<p>Thank you for the information! I'm pretty close to that, but I'm retaking the SAT in June to bring my score up into the 1400's, hopefully. I really want to go to this school...</p>

<p>Does Bucknell take AP test scores into consideration when evaluating applications?</p>

<p>I have a 2350, but a B average. Do I have a good shot? ECs are pretty much in line with what most people seem to have.</p>

<p>knaufy-</p>

<p>i have NO idea how much ap scores are taken into consideration in the admissions process. it would be a good question to ask [url=<a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/Admissions_Aid/Undergraduate_Students/Applying_to_Bucknell/Contact_Admissions.html%5Dadmissions%5B/url"&gt;http://www.bucknell.edu/Admissions_Aid/Undergraduate_Students/Applying_to_Bucknell/Contact_Admissions.html]admissions[/url&lt;/a&gt;], though! if you find anything out, let us know.</p>

<p>have you considered applying early decision? 58% of ed applicants were admitted for the class of 2009 compared with about 32% rd. the rd acceptance rate this year was around 28%.</p>

<p>koolcrud-</p>

<p>id be very surprised if you didnt get in. my stats were somewhat similar to yours (gpa a bit better, but at a pretty bad public high school; sats slightly lower, but still well above the 75th percentile) and i got in everywhere i applied, including cornell.</p>