Boston College Class of 2020 RD Results Only

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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Waitlisted[/color][/size]**

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: college of arts and sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 27C, 33E, 26M, 25R, 23S,
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71W (freshman 3.2, sophomore, 3.6, junior, 4.0, senior 4.3)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: ap english literature, ap french, ap statistics, ap psychology, honors calculus, theology iv (i go to catholic school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national french exam placed top ten sophomore and junior year

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founder and president of: diversity club, model un, committee for students with religious and racial issues integrating into my school; peer connection (freshman seminar mentor), took arabic classes at yale for two years, captain of varsity golf, model un club at yale for high school students, president of french club
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: 30 hours at a nursery
Summer Activities: n/a

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10 on struggles with race/ethnicity and how i dealt with them by creating a diversity club

Teacher Recommendation: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 8.5 maybe ?
Additional Rec: 10 (teacher that is the moderator of my diversity club)
Interview: n/a
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: econ and international relations
State (if domestic applicant): connecticut
Country (if international applicant): usa
School Type: catholic private
Ethnicity: arab - applied as black / african american (this is what my essay is about)
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): muslim, first gen american, first to attend college in america if that does anything

Accepted to: skidmore, fordham
Still waiting on: 13 other schools

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aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: arts and sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2040, CR 670, M 670, W 700
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/710
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP psych, AP calc, AP bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National honor society?

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity gymnastics all 4 years (captain), varsity track 3 years, competitive gymnastics, some clubs
Job/Work Experience: worked once over the summer for a school program
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered at church, diabetes walk, food pantry
Summer Activities: gymnastics practice? Lol

Rate out of 10
Essays: 8/10 I’d say. I feel like they really reflected my personality and really did help me get in especially since my SAT isn’t like a 2100
Teacher Recommendation: pretty good, one is from my coach who was also my teacher
Counselor Rec: generic probably
Additional Rec:
Interview: none
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: communication
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Honestly I have no idea how I got in considering how competitive the applicants were. I really think my essays and sports helped me get in. Congrats to all and good luck!

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Decision: Waitlisted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Carroll School of Management

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (superscore 800M 720R 750W)
ACT (breakdown): nada
SAT II: Chem800 Chinese800 Math(2)800 USH710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/390
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5) Macro Econ (5) Micro Econ (5) Chem (5) Apush (4) Calc AB (5) APES (4) Chinese (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): nada
Senior Year Course Load: Honors English, Calc BC, physics, Honors Chinese (after AP), Guitar, AP comp gov, Ap Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National merit finalist
DECA ICDC qualifier (6th place SCDC)
Gold presidential service award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Community project for homeless (founder), Washington Student Math Association (nonprofit) (Board Director of Finance), DECA (communications officer), psychology club (treasurer)

Job/Work Experience: paid Internship at Ameriprise Financial
Volunteer/Community service: founded my own community project for homeless, volunteered for the math association
Summer Activities:
Business week camp
Course at Brown University
social justice academy in Upenn
Rate out of 10
Essays: 8/10
Teacher Recommendation: one from Apush teacher (10/10), one from my DECA instructor I went to nationals with (10/10), one from Upenn professor (10/10)
Counselor Rec: big school so not personal (8/10)
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none

Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
Intended Major: business administration
State (if domestic applicant): WA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: public high school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female

Income Bracket: around 50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nada

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to:CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): na
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35 superscored) E30/34 R33 M36 S36 W9/36
SAT II: Chem 740 Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro(4) APUSH(5) Calc BC(5) Chem(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Latin, others are regular courses. Pretty light load
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): na

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): standard
Job/Work Experience: standard
Volunteer/Community service: standard
Summer Activities: standard

Rate out of 10
Essays:8/10
Teacher Recommendation: dunno, probably good
Counselor Rec: dunno, probably good
Additional Rec: dunno, probably good
Interview:na
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Psych/Econ
State (if domestic applicant): International student in the U.S.
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type:Top 10 boarding
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:highish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):I have a lot of anti-hooks lol. My high school’s prestige is definitely a plus.

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Arts and Science (Honors)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (730CR, 750M, 720W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Chemistry - 730, US History - 760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.15 / 4.3 (my school’s weird and counts A+ as 4.3 so idk, but i’d assume like 3.9-3.8)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4), AP Chem (4), AP Eng Lang&Comp (5), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Bio, AP Eng Lit, AP Spanish, Bioethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none whatsoever

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): film society (co-founder and co-president), GSA (co-founder), Russian language club (president), academic decathlon, young authors club,
Job/Work Experience: summer job working for a doctor
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring ~10 hours a week
Summer Activities:

Rate out of 10
Essays: 9/10 (Re-reading it and it was actually pretty terrible lol, but I guess it worked)
Teacher Recommendation:11/10 (my favorite teacher ever, told me everything he wrote)
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: 10/10 (awesome chem teacher)
Interview: n/a
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: No clue actually
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Accepted to Northeastern and waitlisted at WashU St. Louis

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): -
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36 R, 35 E, 33 M, 28 S)
SAT II: -
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 94.48/95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 41/380
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (3), Enviro (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): -
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, Anatomy, Mandarin II
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): -

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Treasurer of club dedicated to homeless youth, Student Senate (rep), canned food drive leader
Job/Work Experience: at after school program for New Americans/at-risk youth
Volunteer/Community service: mentor 1 on 1 for two years, 200 hours at local hospital, 200 hours at local library
Summer Activities: Intensive academic program for NH students (ASP @ St. Paul’s School)

Rate out of 10
Essays: 9.5 (was told to not write about ethnicity… wrote about ethnicity…)
Teacher Recommendation: 10 & 8.5
Counselor Rec: 9
Additional Rec: -
Interview: -
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): NH
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (~1600)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 31C (33E 26M 35R 30S)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86UW 4.55W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/486
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (5), English Lang (4), Art History (4),
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Physics Honors, AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP U.S. Government, and Dual Enrollment College Algebra and Calculus with a local university.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special really just AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: I frequently volunteer at my local Humane Society and work/train with injured and abused animals to get them socialized and ready for adoption. I’ve also put a lot of service hours in through NHS (blood drives, food drives, etc.) and Spanish National Honor Society (tutor younger Hispanic children and teach them English. I also help a lot of Hispanic/Latino adults who need someone to translate for them usually at hospitals and schools, I even helped a couple buy a house once.)
Summer Activities: ^^^^

Essays:

Supplement - 9/10 I picked the “Many human beings throughout history have found inspiration and joy in literature and works of art. Is there a book, play, poem, movie, painting, music selection, or photograph that has been especially meaningful to you?” prompt and wrote about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton. I wrote about how Alexander, an immigrant, experienced so many awful things early in his life, yet through hard work and determination he was able to inspire those around him to send him to the U.S to get an education. He caught the attention of GW, created a financial system despite the resistance of so many around him, etc, all through his writing.

Common App - 10/10 I chose the “Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.” prompt and wrote a very personal experience I had that completely changed me. I had to turn it into my senior English teacher for a grade (she didn’t like me very much in the beginning) and even she said that she was moved by my words.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 for both. I have a great relationship with my APUSH and AP Lang teachers, I TA for both of them now and they let me read their recommendations and I kind of teared up a little.
Counselor Rec: 8/10 Didn’t read, but she’s known me personally for a while.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): TN
Country (if international applicant): U.S
School Type: Large Public School
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <15,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation College

Reflection:
I know I have low test scores, but I really think my essays, volunteer work, recommendations, and the fact that I’m Hispanic helped me out a lot. I like Boston and I’m very grateful for the acceptance, however, I don’t think I will be attending in 2020. Nothing is set in stone until I get my financial aid package, but I hope the best for everyone else!

Decisions: Accepted - Boston College, Washington University in St. Louis, Cornell University, Baylor University
Waiting On - Tufts, Vanderbilt, Columbia, Rice, and Emory
Rejections - None so far (fingers crossed haha)

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Accepted

School of arts and sciences

SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 math, 800 CR, 720w)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: History 800, math 2 800, Bio 780, spanish 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/476
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC, History, Lit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 7 AP classes

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Decision: Deferred

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (740 R, 660 M, 740 W)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 710 (Biology-E), 740 (US History)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Us History (5), Language and Composition (5), Senior Courses-Latin, Calculus BC, Literature and Composition, Government, Microeconomics, Chemistry
Senior Year Course Load: The above classes, plus a period for soccer offseason workouts and double-scheduling for my school’s literature and arts magazine (staff writer)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Finalist, National Latim Exam medal winner (3x)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club Soccer (captain), recreational basketball (coach of 7th-12th grade girls), school soccer (captain), Scholar’s Bowl (VP), Junior Classics League (social chair and treasurer), Young Moderates member, Future Business Leaders of America member, Art Club member, member of Mu Alpha Theta, National Latin, and National Honors Societies.
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Extensive work with the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, weekly volunteering at homeless and women’s shelters (making dinner, etc) in my area, free dog and children watching when parents can’t get home from work
Summer Activities: Soccer, art classes at the local college, writing a novel

Rate out of 10
Essays: 8/10.
Teacher Recommendation: My school doesn’t let me see them, but they should be pretty good! 8/10?
Counselor Rec: The same as above, but likely less impressive. 6/10?
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
School Type: Public, but extremely competitive and intelligent area, very wealthy, essentially a private school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 60-80,000, I think? I’m not sure, sorry.

Accepted: Northeastern, Auburn, Michigan [all three Honors Colleges]
Waitlisted: BC, obviously.
Rejected: None yet. Not looking great, but keep your head up!
Waiting on: Tufts, Middlebury, Bowdoin, Duke.

Good luck!

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2240 total, 800 CR, 710 Math, 730 Writing
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite, 36 English, 31 Math, 35 Reading, 36 Science
SAT II: 740 Physics, 720 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish Lang, AP Bio, AP AB Calc, AP English Lit, Advanced Morality (via St. Mary’s College), AP Econ (Micro and Macro), Honors Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (section leader), Orienteering, Literary Magazine, Track, Econ Challenge
Job/Work Experience: Small business owner, lawnmower
Volunteer/Community service: 79 hours with True Friends, church services
Summer Activities: ND Summer Scholars, church trips, work

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10/10. I was pretty pleased with my essays. I wrote about a particular moment of intellectual growth I experienced with my middle school math teacher.
Teacher Recommendation: No clue. I think both teachers whose recommendations I asked for liked me well enough.
Counselor Rec: 10/10, I think. I haven’t read it.
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): MN
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: Doesn’t matter
Gender: Ditto
Income Bracket: $100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen.

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to:

CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send, ~2000
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 Writing, 28 Math, 34 Reading, 33 Science)
SAT II: Don’t remember if I sent these, if I did, they weren’t good.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank, probably top 10-15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 3, World 5, US 5, Lang 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Mandarin III H, AP Macro, AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Stat, World Religions (required religion)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major. NHS, regular Honors, other basic achievements.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV/V Hockey, JV/V Tennis, Club Hockey, Club Tennis, Ski Club (leadershipish), Campus Ministry (leadership), Student Ambassador (leadership), Skiing outside of school, active within youth hockey program as timekeeper for games and student-coach.
Job/Work Experience: One summer with family interior painting business, another with paint store.
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours at homeless shelter, week with Habitat for Humanity, Campus Ministry
Summer Activities: Tennis, work

Rate out of 10
Essays: I was the only one who read any of my essays. I’m a good writer, but I really had trouble coming up with the Common App essay. It was well written, but I didn’t think the subject-matter was that strong. I found my BC essay to be really good, well written and a perfect response to the prompt. Pretty unique. 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: Wasn’t allowed to read any of them
Counselor Rec: Again, not allowed to read. I would assume that it was relatively strong in comparison to the recs written for other students. She seemed to like me, and was the moderator of a club that I was helping to lead.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other: Jesuit high school, kind of a feeder for BC. Was a bit skeptical about this though, because they rejected a lot more kids from our school last year than they ever had before.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: IDK, maybe econ
State (if domestic applicant): CT (NY school)
Country (if international applicant): USAAA
School Type: Jesuit, private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):BC likely appreciated Campus Ministry, which is basically student gov. but with a religious undertone, Jesuit feeder school.

I’m not surprised that I got in, but at the same time, looking at some other kids who were rejected/waitlisted makes me question what in the world makes one kid attractive to admissions while another isn’t.

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Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to:

CAS

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send, ~2000
ACT (breakdown): 32 (33 Writing, 28 Math, 34 Reading, 33 Science)
SAT II: Don’t remember if I sent these, if I did, they weren’t good.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank, probably top 10-15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 3, World 5, US 5, Lang 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Mandarin III H, AP Macro, AP Lit, AP Physics, AP Stat, World Religions (required religion)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None major. NHS, regular Honors, AP Scholar (with honor?) other basic achievements.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV/V Hockey, JV/V Tennis, Club Hockey, Club Tennis, Ski Club (leadershipish), Campus Ministry (leadership), Student Ambassador (leadership), Skiing outside of school, active within youth hockey program as timekeeper for games and student-coach.
Job/Work Experience: One summer with family interior painting business, another with paint store.
Volunteer/Community service: 40 hours at homeless shelter, week with Habitat for Humanity, Campus Ministry
Summer Activities: Tennis, work

Rate out of 10
Essays: I was the only one who read any of my essays. I’m a good writer, but I really had trouble coming up with the Common App essay. It was well written, but I didn’t think the subject-matter was that strong. I found my BC essay to be really good, well written and a perfect response to the prompt. Pretty unique.
Teacher Recommendation: Wasn’t allowed to read any of them
Counselor Rec: Again, not allowed to read. I would assume that it was relatively strong in comparison to the recs written for other students. She seemed to like me, and was the moderator of a club that I was helping to lead.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other: Jesuit high school, kind of a feeder for BC. Was a bit skeptical about this though, because they rejected a lot more kids from our school last year than they ever had before.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: IDK, maybe econ
State (if domestic applicant): CT (NY school)
Country (if international applicant): USAAA
School Type: Jesuit, private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >250k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Extracurriculars took up a LOT of time with 4 separate teams throughout the year. BC likely appreciated Campus Ministry, which is basically student gov. but with a religious undertone, Jesuit feeder school.

I’m not surprised that I got in, but at the same time, looking at some other kids who were rejected/waitlisted makes me question what in the world makes one kid attractive to admissions while another isn’t.

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Pick one:
Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (740 CR 690 M 700 W)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: 730 Bio 730 chem 780 spanish w/ listening 760 Latin
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), US History (4), Chem, Econ, Spanish, and Lit I plan on taking this spring
IB (place score in parenthesis):

Senior Year Course Load:
Honors Calc
AP Micro and Macro Economics
AP Literature and Composition
AP Chemistry
Theo IV
AP Spanish
Video Design I
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: Camp counselor, target employee
Volunteer/Community service: 400+ hours over four years
Summer Activities: Camp Counselor

Rate out of 10
Essays: common app would be 8 or 9 supplemental probably a 6 or 7
Teacher Recommendation: 9
Counselor Rec: 7
Additional Rec: 10

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: <200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM and legacy 12 people combined have gone to BC from both sides of my family

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Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): did not submit but 2070 (800M, 590R, 680W)
ACT (breakdown): 34C (35R, 34S, 33M, 33W)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (3), Euro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
AP: physics, calc BC, macro, french, chem
Honors english & organic chem elective
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track (4 years varsity) XC & Winter Track, Student Council (Public Relations Officer), Children of the American Revolution (State & Local Chairman), more but I can’t really think right now
Job/Work Experience: Ferry Ride ticket seller
Volunteer/Community service: NHS, C.A.R.
Summer Activities:

Rate out of 10
Essays: 8
Teacher Recommendation: 9
Counselor Rec: 7
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Mathematics on pre-mad track
State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I honestly have no clue how I got in, I’m ecstatic

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Pick one:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Art & Sciences

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1990 (C:660/ M:660 / W:670)
ACT (breakdown): Did Not Take
SAT II: 690 Math I / 630 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/119
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History (4) AP World History (4) AP Spanish & LOTS of Honors classes
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Strong
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): This is what i believe got me over the top. Part of a scholarship program for URM’s teaching diversity awareness and problems facing urban areas. Did 100’s of volunteer hours and several summer institutes. Also taught inner city children to survival swim
Job/Work Experience: Spent summers work at school to pay for tuition
Volunteer/Community service: a ton of stuff
Summer Activities:see above

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10 - About a big red book that set me on a path of discovery
Teacher Recommendation: 10 - Probably really good
Counselor Rec:`10 - Said i was the most accomplished student to ever walk through the doors
Additional Rec: none
Interview: no interview
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political Science/ Pre Law
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic/Private 119 in graduating class
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Spain)
Gender:M
Income Bracket: 60,000-100,000 k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (Maybe)

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Decision: Waitlisted after Deferral

Applied (ED,EA,RD): EA

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 650/690/760/8
ACT (breakdown): 34 (34 E/35 M/32 R/33 S/8)
SAT II: 770 Math II, 590 USH, 560 Lit (only submitted Math II lol)
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86/4.30 (maxed out my schedule in difficulty, a lot of extra community college classes weren’t weighted)
Rank: 15/101 (super small, super competitive middle college high school)
AP: Haven’t taken any APs; school offers classes at community college up to 11 units, so I’ll have over 70 units done when I graduate high school.
Senior Year Course Load: Honors US Gov 1st semester, Honors Economics 2nd semester, Honors English 12 (College: 1st semester- a couple business classes and stats; Winter- 3 Gen Ed classes; Spring- Calc III, another business class, Gen Ed English class)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I got Principal’s Honor Roll but that’s like 3/4 the school; I was commended for National Merit but I don’t even know if they knew that.

Extracurriculars: ASB (Treasurer), Virtual Enterprise- a virtual business simulation class (CEO since Junior year), NHS member, played baseball since I was 5, getting an Associate’s Degree in Mathematics and a Certificate of Specialization in Finance when I graduate high school, Sports Club (founder, President, later disbanded), President of inaugural FBLA branch at my school
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: School National Honors Society got me about 100 hours cumulatively
Summer Activities: boatload of classes at the community college
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App- Honestly I have no idea, I’ll guess 8/10; it’s good not great, pretty well written IMO; I wrote about how my transition from childhood to adulthood happened when I moved

Teacher Rec #1: 8-Sophomore English teacher, probably well written
Teacher Rec #2: 9-Business professor from over summer who wrote a very professional letter; not super unique but a cool perspective to get
Counselor Rec: 8-I actually know who she is and she’s good at her job
Additional Rec:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Ohhhhh yeahhhhh
Intended Major: Economics
State: CA
School Type: Small charter middle college high school school, technically public; located on the community college campus, which is where the campus is located
Ethnicity: 100% White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 75kish
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Middle college high school is kinda but not really; didn’t seem to work as a hook for students in the past

Reflection: Considering the exact same application minus the supplemental got me into Northeastern Honors with a 20k/yr merit scholarship, I have to imagine that the risk I took on my supplemental did not pay off. I wrote about my experience with kids on the community college campus who dreamed of university and couldn’t afford it and connected it with BC offering an affordable education. Also proposed the solution of more education on loans rather than more money straight up. I should have done a better job of making it seem like BC was unique.

Strengths: ACT, business-related ECs, LORs, Common App essay kinda, strength of schedule
Weaknesses: No working, little volunteering, white middle class male
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Supplemental, got more Bs in my first semester (albeit no Cs)
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to Temple, Northeastern, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, UCSD

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Decision: Waitlisted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2040, 610 M, 710 R, 720 W
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 630 US History, 740 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lit 5, Lang 5, US History 4, World History 3 (only five APs total offered, and instead of AP Gov I took a college Gov class.)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Some required random classes to graduate such as economics and future perspectives and 4 college classes
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors?

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 Sport Athlete, NHS, a few clubs, Vice President of a club
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: NHS member, Vice President of a Volunteer club, a few other things
Summer Activities: Attended Girl’s State

Rate out of 10
Essays: 9/10 ?? It feels awkward to rank my own essay but I was pretty proud
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 for all of them
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it, assuming it was good?
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: English
State (if domestic applicant): ME
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public & tiny
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Just over 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not really

Also applied to Suffolk, Lesley, UMaine, Northeastern, Brandeis, Colby College and Tufts. Accepted to the first three (they were my safeties,) deferred and then rejected by Northeastern which was a bit of a surprise, accepted by Brandeis, waiting on Colby and Tufts.

Overall pretty sad. Probably couldn’t afford it anyways but still. And considering all the very qualified applicants who got waitlisted, I doubt I’ll get in at all soo

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Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to:
Carroll School of Management
Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (650 CR, 680 M, 770 W)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 620 US History, 650 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/135
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP Lang (4), AP Stats (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Physics 1, Spanish IV Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, nothing else major

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Treasurer and Executive Board Member), NHS (President), JV/Varsity Soccer (4 years), Varsity Swimming (4 years, Captain Senior Year), JV Track (2 years), Varsity Tennis (2 years), Math Team (3 years), Shakespeare Festival (1 year), Key Club (4 years), Freshmen Mentoring Program (3 years)
Job/Work Experience: Panera Bread (July 2014-present)
Volunteer/Community service: Over 250 hours total, Have volunteered in various Special Olympics programs such as Unified Flag Football, Unified Swimming, Unified Bocce, raised money and participated in polar plunge for Special Olympics, Participated in annual Breast Cancer Walk all 4 years, various other hours from Student Council and other school events
Summer Activities: Student Council, work

Rate out of 10
Common App Essay: 9.5/10, wrote about learning from difficult experiences
BC Supplement: 8.5/10, wrote about preparing for a career being the most important aspect of going to college, but that by doing so it would help prepare for a meaningful, happy life
Teacher Recommendation: AP Lang teacher: 10/10, said I was one of her best ever students, was impressed with maturity of my work, AP Stats Teacher: 10/10, also said I was one of her best ever students, Student Council Advisor: 9/10, talked about more personal relationship with me
Counselor Rec: 10/10, I have been very close with her since I was a freshman
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Marketing
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, about 600 students
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100,000-110,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Strong GPA, Very good essays and recommendations, Leadership in Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Test Scores?

Accepted to: St. John’s, UCONN
Waiting on: Harvard, BU, NYU, Syracuse, UMASS Amherst