@jennyh16 nice to see other ASP people acccepted!
Decision: Accepted to Morrissey
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890 (570 CR, 720 M, 600 W)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 R, 31 M, 34 S, 32 W)
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 AP European History, 3 AP Language, 4 AP Chemistry
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, Government, Politics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP scholar, National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
High School Volleyball Team (9 Freshman, 10 JV, 11 varsity)
Club Volleyball (9, 10)
Piano (11 years)
Freshman Mentoring (11, 12)
Social Media coordinator for a nonprofit organization (11, 12)
Selected as a member of the school district’s student and board of education relations committee (12)
Feminist Club Vice President and initiating member (11, 12)
Chemistry Club Member (12)
Job/Work Experience: Work at American Eagle
Volunteer/Community service: over 400 hours through freshman mentoring
Summer Activities: attended Brown University summer program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9, discussed my childhood as a Kenyan-American and how that impacted me
BC Supplement essay: 8, pretty average to be honest, I talked about how I would improve education opportunities in Kenya in order to make a difference
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Didn’t read, she likes me a lot, 9
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t read, she’s fond of me though, 8
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, don’t know her well but she likes me, 9
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: International Relations
State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
Country (if international applicant): United States
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black, East African
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $75,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Black, female
Reflection
Strengths: standardized test scores, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: AP scores, no EC’s were done for all 4 years
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea
Accepted to: University of Southern California (presidential scholarship finalist), Northeastern, Ohio State University, obviously Boston College
Waiting on: University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, GWU, American
General Comments :
Please don’t spend too much time on this website comparing yourself to other students. Not a single person here will be able to determine your acceptance, deferral, or rejection from a school, and the process truly is holistic. Unfortunately all you can do is submit your best application and wait until decisions come out, doing anything else will only stress you, and I know this from being a student who used to panic over reading the stats of other applicants.
I am excited to have been accepted and I can’t wait to see what other options will appear in the next few months.
Please use this format:
Pick one:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]**
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS as environmental major
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1930 (620R 680M 630W)
ACT (breakdown): 30 (32G 31M 28R 27S)
SAT II: Biology E-720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1(i know it’s bad but I have a super upwards grade trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 7%
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t report but I’ll have 14 AP’s completed once high school is over
IB (place score in parenthesis):none
Senior Year Course Load: AP stats, AP gov, AP enviro, AP calc AB, AP Physics 2, English 4 hon, AP Comp Gov
Online this year: Anatomy Honors, AP Macroeconomics
:
Awards: Florida academic scholar, 3rd place at district drone championship, service project awards
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 600 service hours. Founder of a large environmental service project, Co-founder and Vice president of tech club, and Keyclub representative
Job/Work Experience:none
Volunteer/Community service: hospital ER and front desk, International Game fish association
Summer Activities:
Essays: probably my weakest. about a 6.5/10
Teacher Recommendation: 7/10, 8/10
Counselor Rec: 6/10
Additional Rec:
Interview:none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Environmental science
State (if domestic applicant): FL
School Type: public
Ethnicity: asian
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
Overall I was pretty disappointed but it was expected since my unweighted GPA is low and my essays were probably not the most sparkly. However, i did think that my unique major and my accomplishments in that field alongside my huge improvements would get me in but I guess not 
But they were pretty polite in the rejection letter so I don’t hate the school in any way
Accepted to: Florida State, UCF, FIU, USF, UMinnesota Twin Cities
Rejected from: Georgia tech
Waitlisted: Tulane
Awaiting decision from: Emory, BostonU, NYU, Baylor, UMiami, Fordham, Vanderbilt (I know I should stop dreaming but whatever)
Decision: Accepted
Name of school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences (accepted to Honours Program)
Objective:
SAT I and/or ACT (breakdown): 800 W 800 CR 670 M
SAT II (place score in parentheses): 720 M1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Rank/Percentile: N/A
AP (place score in parentheses):N/A
IB (place score in parentheses): 41 predicted
Senior Year Course Load: HL History, English Lit, Psychology, SL Math, Chem, Spanish A Lang and Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar? Not sure if that counts
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Played tennis for about 10 years + varsity tennis at my old school, Second City improv, volunteered at Article 19 (freedom of speech organization) CREA (helping underprivileged female microentrepeneurs in Mexico) editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, founded, edited and wrote satirical newsletter, philosophy club, read a lot
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community Service: Article 19 (6 hours a week, two years), CREA (hard to say)
Summer Activities: Went to a seminar on youth leadership, volunteered at a refuge for south american immigrants, went to ghana for a service trip
Essays: Pretty good. Tried to find a general theme for most of my colleges and just apply it (talked about reading - passionate, genuine, etc. 9/10). Common app talked about moving back to Mexico City after my parents’ divorce - pretty heartfelt, hope they were able to see that. 8.5/10
Teacher Recommendations: Great. Haven’t known them for very long (large turnover rate at my school) but one talked about how I genuinely like to learn and about our various philosophical conversations (9/10), the other about how I am an abstract thinker 8/10.
Counselor Rec: Amazing (I think). He really likes me, we have lots of conversations about current events and literature. 10/10
Additional Rec: College couselor called it “a pearl of a letter” (he’s kind of unpredictable, so I’m just crossing my fingers that it was all right). Written by an administrator who’s known my family for a long time. 10/10
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? N/A
Projected Concentration: Philosophy/political science
State/Country: International (Mexico)
School Type: British international
Ethnicity: Latino with american citizenship (but as white as sliced bread)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Not sure
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Reflection
Strengths: Good test scores (relatively), good essays, extracurriculars, recommendations. Tried to project myself as a high-impact writer, probably helped to specialize myself
Weaknesses: GPA dropped when I moved, but picked it back up again in 11 and 12
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The coin landed on tails
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Waiting on Middlebury, Pomona, Williams, Amherst, Yale, Princeton, Brown, a couple of safeties
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Pick your schools well, don’t waste your time writing essays, make sure you demonstrate a lot of interest (finish your essays early, then request an interview before they’re at capacity - it can only help). BC was a safety for me, but I still put moderate effort into the essays - you don’t want to get rejected because your essay was terrible, particularly from a safety.
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Carroll School of Management
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): I didn’t take the SAT
ACT: 32, 33 superscore
SAT II: Math II: 730, US History: 660
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Ten people out of 471 seniors ~top 2.1% (my school doesn’t officially rank but I could be ranked between 1st and 10th)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5) Calc AB (5) Euro (4) US History (3) Physics 1 (2, lol i didn’t report this)
IB (place score in parenthesis): not offered at my school
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lang, AP Calc BC, AP US Gov, AP Stats, Religion (required at my school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, other minor awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swim team, water polo (freshman & sophomore year), Student government (Ambassador), NHS, CSF, minor clubs
Job/Work Experience: swim coach for 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered as a swim coach one summer and volunteered at church
Summer Activities: coaching job
Rate out of 10
Essays: 8, My first essay was really good but the supplemental essay was ok
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9, this recommendation is from my english teacher and I know she spent a lot of time on it so it’s probably really detailed. She helped me with my application essay and she was probably really positive
Teacher Rec #2: 10, my math teacher wrote this LOR and I know she really likes me, especially since I got a 5 on the AP test, and it was probably glowing
Counselor Rec: 10, my counselor said she put in a lot of effort on this and it was probably glowing
Additional Rec: I requested a letter of rec from my boss but he never sent it and I had to delete the request on common app, idk if this had an negative impact on not hearing back about the honors program
Interview: N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics (CSOM)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: private Catholic
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
accepted at: WashU (Olin), Brandeis, University of San Diego
deferred at: Princeton
waiting on: 14 other schools haha but i narrowed down my list since WashU and Boston College are higher on my list
Congratulations to everyone who got in! If you weren’t accepted please know that this is not any type of reflection of your self worth and just the fact that you are on College Confidential and applied to a good school like Boston College shows that you are smart and worthy of a great school. 
Decision: Accepted
Morrissey CAS
(Honors Program!)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (800W 780 CR 800M)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 750 US History, 750 World History, 780 Math II, 790 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does not provide. weighted is 4.50
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/240
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), World History (4), Chemistry (5), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics SL, IB History II HL, Computer Programming, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school orchestra (president/principal cello), marching band (drum major), school newspaper (assistant editor-in-chief), theater art crew (crew head)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: nothing really significant
Summer Activities: 2 weeks at music camp for two years, 5-week art school program with full scholarship this past summer
Rate out of 10
Essays: Common App 9/10. BC supplement 7/10.
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10?
Counselor Rec: 6/10 lol
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: public (~1000 students)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: well-rounded, lots of leadership, good scores, good GPA
Weaknesses: No prestigious awards. too well-rounded, not skilled enough at any one extracurricular
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: test scores and rank
Where else you are applying or have already applied:
Accepted: only BC right now
Rejected: MIT
Waitlist: none right now
Waiting on: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Tulane, Cornell, UPenn, Rice, Columbia, JHU, Brown (oh god i look like so Ivy-obsessed)
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to:
CAS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):–
ACT (breakdown): 30C
SAT II:–
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7UW 4.0W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):–
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), AP US(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):–
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Chinese, hon physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just school awards and csf
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research leader w caltech
Job/Work Experience: 2 internships
Volunteer/Community service: decent hours at local arboretum
Summer Activities: internships
Rate out of 10
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation:10/10 10/10
Counselor Rec:10/10
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Environmental science
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: All girls catholic
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Decision: Waitlisted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CSOM
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 30C, 29M, 25S, 31E, 33R
SAT II: 680 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.73, 4.13 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 6%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chinese (4), AP Calculus (3), AP Biology (3), AP English (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Economics, AP Statistics, Environmental Science, Journalism, Psychology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Honor (?)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf Cptn, fundraising director for national youth program, work for school newspaper
Job/Work Experience: paid intern for a Fortune 500 tech company (ongoing)
Volunteer/Community service: worked w/ underprivileged youth and taught golf-volunteer golf coach, hospital volunteer
Summer Activities: USC summer program
Rate out of 10
Essays: 10
Teacher Recommendation: 10
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: no
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Undeclared
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Please use this format:
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrisey College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1900: 640CR 620M 640W
SAT II: 640 Bio-E 670 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/297
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) Lang & Comp (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: dual enrollment cc classes: Bio 1, Bio 2, Algebraic Concepts, Accelerated PreCalc, Basic Psychology, English 2, Structured Programming (C++), (gym for a graduating req)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): some awards but nothing major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (Captain), NHS, Cheerleading, Blogging,
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service:Volunteering at a Hospital, Volunteering at a school for disabled children, math tutoring, Special Olympics Young Athletes volunteer, Food Bank of South Jersey
Summer Activities: NJSP
Rate out of 10
Essays: 7
Teacher Recommendation:7
Counselor Rec:7
Additional Rec:7
Interview: none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Vocational
Ethnicity: Haitian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: ~ 80k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS, HONORS PROGRAM
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown): 34C
SAT II: 790 USH, 770 M2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No official rank, but Valedictorian
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro 5, AP Psych 5, AP French 5, AP Spanish 5, APUSH 3
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs, 1 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Prize Book Award, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Good, but not great ECs
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Year of volunteering at pediatric hospital
Summer Activities: Intenship at veterinary office
Rate out of 10
Essays: 10
Teacher Recommendation: 8
Counselor Rec: 10
Additional Rec:
Interview: None
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Bio
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Jesuit
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Decision: Waitlisted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Carrol School of Management
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (620 R, 740 M, 690 W)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 720 Math1, 760 Math2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.3W (through junior year) 4.4W (through senior)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Applied originally as second decile, made it to top decile mid year
AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4) Apush (5) Stats (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP BC Calc, Gym, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Comp Sci, English H, AP Physics, Accounting II H
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, National Honors Society, AP scholar, National Latin Honors Society, National Spanish Honors Society, National History Honors Society
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (treasurer), FBLA (president), Math League (Captain), Spanish Club, Teacher of Religious Eduation, Youth Group leader, Tennis
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Tax return preparer for families with low incomes thorugh United Way
Summer Activities: Brown Summer School, Harvard Summer School, Building Houses in New Orleans
Rate out of 10
Essays: Common App- 4/10, BC Supplement- 7.5/10
Teacher Recommendation: no clue
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: N/A
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Public, 267 in class
Ethnicity: While
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: $100 - $140 (I think)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (790W, 710V, 640M)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (35R, 35E, 31S, 29M)
SAT II: 770 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school does out of 100… 93.2% (VeRy strong upward trend)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), Chem (3)-didn’t submit
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs: Calc AB, Psych, English Lit, French; Honors Physics; 2 visual arts electives
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, a humanities award from URochester, some school awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of two clubs, both service based. technical/producing theater, lacrosse, other clubs
Job/Work Experience: worked as camp counselor last summer, work as receptionist at local shop during year
Volunteer/Community service: community service trip the past summer; tons more in school
Summer Activities: ^^^
Rate out of 10
Essays: common app (7); BC supplement (10)- it was actually my favorite supp I submitted to any school.
Teacher Recommendation: one was probably amazing (9 or 10), the other probably sucked (5 or 6)
Counselor Rec: probably mediocre (7)
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: english
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: don’t qualify for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (780 reading, 770 writing, 680 math)
ACT (breakdown): did not submit
SAT II: did not take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71, weighted 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): currently in AP Psych and AP Spanish
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych/Spanish and honors Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
- honor roll
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-varsity field hockey plus sportsmanship award
-varsity gymnastics
-varsity tennis
-theatre
-community teens club (treasurer)
-relay for life club (founding member)
-USTA tennis team
-dance
-National Honor Society
-Spanish Honor Society - received Above and Beyond award
-religious education teacher
-assistant gymnastics instructor
-assistant at local autism center
-peer tutor for elementary school students
Job/Work Experience: summer internship noted below
Volunteer/Community service: all noted above in extracurriculars (a lot through Community Teens)
Summer Activities: theatre camp counselor for children
Rate out of 10
Essays: 8/10, essay was personal but risky and I guess they liked it
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small yet rigorous - very highly ranked in MA
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: betweeen 100k and 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
Please use this format:
Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit (2120 cumulative just an FYI)
ACT (breakdown): 33 (E: 33 R: 32 S: 32 M:36)
SAT II: Chemistry- 770 and Biology (Molecular)- 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.734 (Our school is weird with GPA)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/340
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Anatomy and Physiology Honors, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP English, AP Spanish, and AP Calculus AB (Self-studying BC because school does not offer BC)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Little awards here and there but I did win 2nd in Chemagination 2014
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Science League, Officer of Physics Club, Treasurer of Future Doctors of America, Track and Field, Amnesty International Club, Academic Club, and Animal Club.
Job/Work Experience: Usually 30 hrs a week at my parents’ restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity, Blood Drives, and over 300 hours of volunteering at a dental clinic
Summer Activities: I volunteer a lot in the summer. Mostly at the dental clinic
Rate out of 10
Essays: I would say 9/10. I thought they were very well-written since I spent a whole month constantly changing the essays.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 for one of them and 9/10 for the other. Both were great but the other one was written by my physics teacher who could not really write a cohesive and grammatically correct essay. The content was all there though.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it but probably really generic. 5/10
Additional Rec: I asked for two more, one from my biology teacher and one from my chemistry teacher. I hated the bio one and would give it a 2/10 and didn’t read the chemistry one.
Interview: N/A/
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Definitely
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
Good Luck.
Decision: Waitlisted
It was copied from another thread, just in case it looks different
Applied to CSOM
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 34, 33 W, 34 M, 36 R, 33 S
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School sends weighted out of 100 so 98/100
Rank/Percentile: N/A
AP (place score in parentheses): AP Us History (5), AP Physics B (5), Ap Bio (4), AP Spanish (4), AP Comp Sci (4), Ap Writing 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Econ (w/ Macro and Micro), AP Gov, AP Stats, Afro Studies, and then other required courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Merit Scholar Finalist, and AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Varsity Soccer (Captain), Held my own soccer camp for two summers, Interned at asset management in India, Interned at private equity in India, NHS, Tutor for Comp Sci and Math, Held a (kind of) business where I bought soccer jerseys from my aunt in Tanzania and sold them in the US
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer at hospital for one summer
Essays: My BC one was among the best I wrote (9.5/10)
Teacher Recommendations: From AP Gov teacher (who loves me, 9.5/10) and AP writing teacher (10/10)
Counselor Rec: She also loves me, but can’t say how good the rec was
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
Applied for Financial Aid? Yea, just to get some loans lol
Projected Concentration: Finance
State/Country: NJ
School Type: Public (top 50 in country)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Bottom of “top 1%”
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Reflection
Strengths: ACT score, essays
Weaknesses: Midyear report/junior year grades, not a lot of leadership, and part of a difficult demographic
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Check the weaknesses
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Accepted: Rutgers NB Honors College, UMich
Waitlisted: BC, UChicago Rejected: Northwestern, waiting on 4 Ivies, UVA, Villanova, Georgetown, and Duke
General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: This one knocked me off of my feet. I thought I was gonna get in, and so not getting in has left me with no confidence for other schools. I learned not to assume things I guess, good luck to those homies who got in!
Deferred then ACCEPTED!!! College of Arts and Sciences
Hi, I am 17, W, From NY
Scores:
Ranked top 10 in my class out of 500
710 SAT 2 Chem
740 SAT 2 USH
ACT: 32
34 W
35 R
28 M
29 S
98 GPA
AP Course taken: AP World history 5 (98 class)
AP US History 100 Class
AP Lang 98 Class
AP Chem 88 Class (only class i’ve ever gotten low 90’s/80’s in)–
Everything else high 90’s on
Essay: very good, my teachers were “beyond impressed” (their words, not mine-LOL)
Common app: how I overcame my struggle of being the only female firefighter in my explorer’s troop
Recommendations: awesome (teachers pet lol)
Senior Course Load—receiving all high 90’s so far
AP Macro
AP Gov
AP Lit
AP Environmental
Resume:
EDUCATION
National, English, Spanish and Art Honor Societies.
National Honor Society.
High Honor Roll every marking period.
CLUBS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Senior Class Vice President 2016
-20,000$ + raised for class
-Elected by my peers to help lead the graduating class of 2016.
-Planning the Senior Prom, the “Senior Follies” (an annual student-run faculty parody), Fall and Winter Blood Drives and the -Senior Banquet.
-Overseeing Spirit Week and the creation of the Senior Class Float.
Class Secretary (Sophomore and Junior Classes) 2013-present
-Created class floats, designed and sold class t-shirts, ran the annual “Kiss a Senior Goodbye” (chocolate kisses delivery service) and “Candy Gram” (Christmas candy-cane delivery service) fundraisers which resulted in over $1000 in cumulative sales.
=Planned, organized 2015 Junior Prom which generated over $2000 in sales.
Vice President, Girls Leaders Organization 2014-Present
-Organized the annual Girls Sports Night fundraiser competition. Planned and participated in Breast Cancer, Cheesecake and Yankee Candle Fundraisers. Promoted female leadership school-wide.
Creator, High School Halloween Drive 2013-Present
-Created and implemented a Halloween Drive for children who are unable to afford costumes.
-Made announcements, sent out letters to the local PTA and asked friends and family for donations using social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
-Collected over one hundred and twenty (120) costumes which were donated to Elementary directly for distribution.
Junior Facilitator and Senior Coordinator, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (“RYLA”) 2013-Present
-One (1) of (two) 2 students chosen from a field of Four Hundred and Eighty (480) to join RYLA…
Attended “Spring RYLA” and “Summer RYLA” in 2014 where I learned the fundamentals of leadership and attended sessions on effective communication and relationships.
-During Spring RYLA 2015, served as a “Facilitator” in charge of supervising a group of eight (8) Sophomores entering the program. Chosen to organize and run the program as a Senior Facilitator
Planning state-wide community service project.
CREATOR AND FOUNDER INTERACT CLUB
Partnered with Rotary International to create an Interact Club at. Partnered with ______ to provide undergarments to the _______ homeless veteran population. 1,000 undergarments collected.
Currently working to send letters to soldiers abroad.
Was a keynote speaker for Interact and at the Rotary Annual District Conference.
ATHLETICS
Varsity Track and Field
Shotput and Discus. Active member since Freshman year.
Received the “Scholar Athlete” Award in every season.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 2010-PRESENT
Captain, Juniors’ Explorer Post
Learned how to treat patients in the prehospital setting and provide community service at department events and fundraisers. Create agendas, lead meetings and training sessions
Dedicated over one hundred and fifty (150) hours of community service through the program.
Certified by the American Heart Association in First Aid and as an American Heart Association First aid CPR provider.
Junior Volunteer
Intensive Care Unit Volunteer and Pharmaceuticals Unit Volunteer.
Provide patients with any necessary accommodations to make their stay as comfortable as possible.
In charge of distribution of medicine throughout the hospital.
Deliver food, read and talk to patients. 200+ hours community service
NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence REcipient
WORK EXPERIENCE
Intern Pediatricians Office
“Shadowed” Pediatricians and Nurses in the practice during patient examinations.
Scribed copies of medical records and welcomed incoming patients.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Photography (I run a photography blog) mentioned on common app and submitted an art portfolio
PLEASE NOTE: WHERE YOU GO YOU WILL DO AMAZING DON’T READ THESE POSTS AND GET OVERWHELMED WITH STATS ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! About 14 people from my school apply every year and 1 gets in so anything can happen just have faith in yourself!
Accepted: Quinnipiac, Loyola Maryland, Binghamton, Boston University, Tulane University, hunter college (full ride)
Denied: Nowhere
Waiting: Yale, Upenn, Barnard college of Columbia university, university of rich, college of William and mary
[asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected[/color][/size]
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9; 4.25 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/300
AP (place score in parenthesis): (school offers very few); Euro: 3; APUSH: 3; Lang: 4; Chem: 2
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov, Economics, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir; Speech and Debate (secretary); Yearbook
(head writer); School Spirit Club (leader); NHS (president); Beta (VP); Student Representatives (pres)
Job/Work Experience: Krispy Kreme; Sweet Peppers Deli
Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity; local animal shelters; Rotary Club; Prom Committee; Chamber of Commerce Volunteer
Summer Activities: Volunteering; job
Rate out of 10
Essays: 6-7/10
Teacher Recommendation:?? never saw
Counselor Rec: never saw, presume good
Additional Rec: none
Interview: none
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
Intended Major: Poly Sci
State (if domestic applicant): MS
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small town public-- it sucks
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: $40k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income, single parent, first gen 4 year college
Honestly, I’m confused and disappointed by my rejection. Maybe it was my essays or recs? IDK…
Pick one:
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to:
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1880 (600 W, 610 M, 670 CR)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: 630 chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP English, AP Psych, Statistics and Ethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Ambassador for the Girl Scouts (13 years)
Achieved Gold Award
Designed a program for children with various activities and events to reduce the amount of stress they have. requires 100+ hours of work
Job/Work Experience: 2 years at the library
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours at local hospitals, 50 hours of volunteering at physical therapy center
Summer Activities: Rec Swim team, club swim team
Rate out of 10
Essays: 9
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read, but both teachers were very fond of me
Counselor Rec: I didn’t read
Additional Rec: I had my supervisor write about the program I created for thew kids
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Currently undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: private Catholic all girl school
Ethnicity: Hispanic/white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: n/a
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
Pick one:
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted[/color][/size]**
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Carroll School of Management
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (690R 800M 740W)
ACT (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 720 Lit, 780 Math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/750
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: USH, Lang, HUG
4’s: Spanish 4
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish 5, AP English Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
MOWW Leader of the Year
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CEO/ Founder of NPO, Interact Rotary Club (President), Varsity Swim (Captain), Boys State, MOWW Leadership Conference, HOBY, Teen Leadership Organization, Stocks and Investing Club, Business Insider Club, and other typical ones.
Job/Work Experience: Referee for soccer and math tutor
Volunteer/Community service: Ministries through Church and my clubs.
Summer Activities:Counselor at camp in the mountains and leadership seminars
Rate out of 10
Essays: 7
Teacher Recommendation: 7
Counselor Rec:9
Additional Rec:10
Interview: nope
Other: Really did not reach out to the school that much
Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Publiv
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: about 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
Decision: Accepted
Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (750: CR, 690: M, 630: W)
ACT (breakdown): 30 (didn’t send)
SAT II: U.S. History (650), Literature (610)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/862
AP (place score in parenthesis): Global History (4), U.S. History (4), English Language (5), English Literature, U.S. Government, Psychology.
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP U.S. Government, AP Psychology, Honors Precalculus, Emergency Medical Training.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar…?
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
National Honor Society (Vice President)
Community Service Club (Vice President)
Girls Varsity Tennis (Co-Captain)
American Sign Language Club.
Job/Work Experience: Babysitting
Volunteer/Community service: Soup Kitchen Work, Park Clean Ups, Food Drives, Clothing Drives.
Summer Activities: Community Service.
Rate out of 10
Essays: 9
Teacher Recommendation: 10 (knowing the teacher, but I didn’t actually read it)
Counselor Rec: 10 (knowing the counselor, but I didn’t actually read it)
Additional Rec: 8 (knowing the teacher, but I didn’t actually read it)
Interview: N/A
Other: N/A
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes. (but I didn’t get nearly as much as I needed)
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): New York.
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public, big, and urban.
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <60,000.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College.
Reflection:
I loved the school more than words can describe, but I probably won’t end up going because it’s just too expensive and the financial aid they gave me covers about 1/3 of it.
Oh well.