Actual 2006 results

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>since everyone is posting chances threads, I figured Id help a little by posting my stats and decisions from last year, so people can see what actually happens</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 94.6 UW/97.9 W at the end of 11th grade (school doesnt recalculate rank)
Rank: 38/449
SAT: 2180 (790 M, 710 CR, 680 W)
AP: Chem- 5, World History- 5, USH- 4
IB: Math Methods SL- 6</p>

<p>to go into more depth with my courses and GPA</p>

<p>Course Schedules
7th Grade
Math 7 Acc- 91 </p>

<p>8th Grade
Math 8 Acc- 90
Acc. Earth Science 8R- 94
Spanish 1 7-8- 95 </p>

<p>Freshman
English 9- 96
Math 9 Honors- 89
Biology- 92
Spanish 2R- 88
Keyboarding- 97
Music Composition (graduation requirement)- 92
Global History I- 100 </p>

<p>Cum GPA 94.15- 87th of 457 </p>

<p>Sophomore
English 10- 94
Math 10 Honors/Pre-IB- 94
Chemistry- 93
Spanish 3R- 93
Sports Marketing- 99
Academy of Finance Basic Accounting- 100
AP World History- 94 </p>

<p>10th Grade GPA- 98.14- 33rd/440
Cum. 95.57- 64th/440 </p>

<p>Junior
AP American History- 94
American Lit- 94
Math 11 Honors/IB-SL- 90
AP Chemistry- 100
Honors Physics- 98
Academy of Finance College Accounting- 100
Academy of Finance Economics/Banking and Credit- 100 </p>

<p>11th Grade GPA- 103.71- 15th of 434
Cum- 97.90- 38th of 449</p>

<p>Senior year first semester
AP Government- 98
AP Stats- 96
AP Calc BC- 96
AP Physics B- 97
Syracuse Project Advance English WRT 105- 90
Academy of Finance- 100
Health- 94</p>

<p>school doesnt recalculate rank after first semester</p>

<p>AP Tests taken senior year- AP Calc BC, Physics B, Government, Stats, English Language, European History (self study)</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Varsity Bowling- 4 years- All County 2004-05, been to national tournaments (finished 3rd in states this year but that wasnt on my app)
Academy of Finance- 10th-12th- 3 year program in business that includes summer internship (worked 133 hours between junior and senior years) and presentation of internship to employers in powerpoint presentation- I was an officer
DECA- 10th and 12th- 2004 State qualifier (2006 also but not on app)
Mathletes- 4 years
JV Golf- 9th and 10th, Varsity 11th, plan to try out for varsity lacrosse in 12th grade
Quiz Bowl- 9th-12th, co captain this year- was a main organizer of hosted tournament 10/29 which had 32 teams. Reached 3rd round of Long Island Challenge televised HS quiz show
Honor Society- Member 11th and 12th
Tutoring student in 10A math this year- 2-3 hrs per week </p>

<p>Summers
2003- People to People Sports Ambassador for bowling in England and Wales- 11 day trip including international tournament and 40 hours of community service with special olympics
2005- Academy internship at small company doing accounts receivable </p>

<p>Awards
All County Bowling
AP Scholar
AOF School Awards
DECA state qualifier</p>

<p>Teacher Recs- They were anywhere from above average to extremely good
Essays- some better than others, but on a whole id rate them an 8 out of 10</p>

<p>and.... my decisions</p>

<p>Duke, Early Decision- deferred, then rejected
MIT- rejected
Princeton- rejected
Harvard- rejected
Chicago- waitlisted (not taken off)
Notre Dame- waitlisted (not taken off)
WashU- waitlisted (not taken off)
Cornell (CAS)- waitlisted (not taken off)
Johns Hopkins- accepted
Boston College- accepted (attending)
Wake Forest- accepted
SUNY Stony Brook- accepted (presidential scholar)
Penn State- accepted (rolling)</p>

<p>and by the way I am a white male from Long Island, NY, requiring no financial aid</p>

<p>I hope this helps some people who are looking for something to compare their stats against. if anyone has any questions, PM or IM me.</p>

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<p>I'm more interested in, why'd you choose Boston College over JHU?</p>

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<p>what were your senior grades like?</p>

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<p>Pretty scary. I would have predicted that one or more of the four that waitlisted you would have accepted you. Were you happy with the five choices open to you at the end? BC is pretty competitive- did you do anything special in that application?</p>

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<p>The first semester senior grades are on the original post</p>

<p>I chose BC for a few reasons:
1. I got into the Honors program, which is the top 5% of applicants (140 students per class)
2. When I visited JHU the 2nd time, I just didnt have that feeling that it was where I should be for the next four years. BC gave me that feeling more when I was there for accepted students day.
3. I felt that BC cares more about undergrads (since their grad schools are not big other than their law school) and I liked the smaller physics department at BC.<br>
4. Location
5. D1 Sports</p>

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<p>to Onemom</p>

<p>I wasnt thrilled with my five choices, but I realize it could have been much worse. JHU was never really that high on my list, I just originally applied because I knew something about it from CTY. My top choice was always Duke, as well as MIT and Princeton but those werent realistic. I would have gone to Notre Dame, Chicago, or Cornell over BC and JHU. Also, my BC app I would say was pretty normal, I only listed what was on the original post and they dont even have a supplemental essay. I sent my app in October but didnt apply EA, so some of that stuff might not even have been updated.</p>

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<p>wow....i thought you could have gotten into cornell</p>

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<p>Cornell seemed to dislike my school this year, we only had 1 acceptance out of 21 applicants. I will never really understand these things</p>

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<p>My school was the opposite. Six people got into Cornell this year, and that never happens</p>

<p>BC seems like a great school, but I'm not a Boston person. I will be applying to Duke and Wake next year though</p>

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<p>At my school one cornell...one columbia and... one penn....those were the only Ivys ut of a school of about 200 in the senior class. the two at cornell and columbia were URMs and the one at penn was an athlete</p>

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<p>oo I forgot my school stats</p>

<p>We have an average SAT of somewhere in the 1100-1150 range, and our college matriculation this year includes </p>

<p>Harvard- 3
Columbia-2
Cornell-1
Johns Hopkins-2
UChicago-2
Brown-3
Emory-1
CMU-1
Georgetown-2
Lehigh- 3
Brandeis-2
Ga. Tech- 1
NYU- 4 or 5
BC- 4</p>

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<p>Thanks OP for the info. While it is scary that someone with your credentials was rejected at some of the schools that seemed matches, this again confirms that a good part of college admissions is simply chance. So we should just apply to more number of match and safety Univs, and hope for the best.<br>
Other seniors please post your stats and actual results. Your juniors will be grateful!</p>

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<p>Yes we will....and if any URMs might want to post some stats also</p>

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<p>no problem posting the stats, the idea is just to help the class of 2007 in getting an idea what to expect. Mine is only one example, so it would be helpful if seniors from different parts of the country and different backgrounds and ethnicities also posted their stats and decisions. Though I know most seniors are glad to never see this forum again after applications are over.</p>

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<p>ckmets13,</p>

<p>Congratulations on your admission into the honors program at Boston College. I'm sure you'll do well there. I think it is probably now, as you are about to begin your college experience, that you may understand why we adults maintain that it is a long journey. Getting into college (any college) is just the beginning. What you make of the opportunities provided to you will be more important now. I also commend you on knowing yourself well enough and making a comparison of colleges based not strictly on "rankings/prestige" but where you know you will best fit in. That's a subjective factor that will yield a different result for each individual.</p>

<p>Your posting also gives a good idea of what one person went through in the admissions process. I'm sure many prospective applicants will find it to be useful. Good luck to you at BC!</p>

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<p>what about SATIIs? Am I lost?</p>

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<p>wow I did forget SAT IIs</p>

<p>Chem- 760
Physics- 760
US History- 760
MathIIC- 740
World History- 680</p>

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<p>BC Honors sounds great. I agree that BC is a much better place to be than Hopkins (I live in the Balt. area- it is not real popular around here.) Your story is a cautionary tale, but I'm glad that you ended up with a good school to go to, and honors program, too. It does sound like a great fit for you. But, still, I'm shocked with all the waitlists, etc. Your scores are really good, and really consistent. It's just surprising that they would let a good, consistent student like you go. The only weakness someone could point to would be lack of a really flashy EC. Best of luck. It's perfectly possible for BC to end up being a better experience than those other places. (I went to Chicago, and it was so-so for me.)</p>

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<p>thanks onemom</p>

<p>i also thought it could have been my freshman grades, which were very low in comparison to my other years. Starting out ranked 87th really killed me, I think people really underrate the importance of being at least in the top 5% of your class for the top tier schools.
A question for you. What didnt you like about chicago? I am thinking of applying there for a transfer next year, along with a few of the other schools that I was waitlisted or rejected by.</p>

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<p>Some of my complaints about Chicago are really about myself. I expected too much of it. Came from a very low income background, was a long way from home, had not fit in that well in high school (high achiever, but not living near or having the same lifestyle as the other high achievers-not that they were wealthy or anything. They were basically lower middle/middle class and I wasn't.). At one point, I wanted to investigate engineering, but there is no program there. A general comment, that has been argued in CC quite a bit, is that they overstate the students' enthusiasm about learning and discussion. I found it to be overstated. It's probably about the same as at any good school, which is not bad. But I didn't find it to be more than that. There was social life, but I found that at Chicago and Ivy League grad school, people either have no money to spend on entertainment (I did- had a job), and will not commit the time. Maybe I needed more social life. What I liked- the dorms. The dorm-run activities were usually highly successful and fun, and the dorms are nice. The campus is really nice. Yes, classes are small, you do get to know professors well. Everyone there seemed to want to be there- no Ivy reject syndrome. Well, one girl wanted to go to Smith, but her mom made her go to Chicago, but that was about it. It really wasn't that hard to get good grades and go into good grad schools from there. The food was good. I had a good time mingling with grad students- was in classes with them all the time by third year, and even in second year, and was socializing with them. Common Core- I didn't mind it, it was OK, but overblown. Aside from your first year Humanities and Social Science course (and of course the famous Western Civ, if you take it), there is nothing that special about it. The Hum/Soc thing first year is unique though. So, I actually liked a lot about it. Might have done better staying on the east coast though. Guess I needed more of a social support system. I also needed to be someplace that stressed career development and planning (very few schools do). There, everybody assumed they were going to med school, law school, or getting a PhD and everything would be fine.</p>