**Boston College Class of 2021 RD Results Only**

[bubbles10698]

Decision: Accepted

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

SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 35 (34M, 35E, 34R, 35S)
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, 4.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis): Environmental, US Gov, BC Calc
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Recognized for among the highest 1500 standardized test scores in my state

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Lots of clubs
Volunteer/Community service: Church volunteering to help girls in Kenya get an education
Summer Activities: Brown summer program, Law internship
(filled all 10 slots on common app)

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10/10 about mental disease in my family
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10, had good relationships with my teachers

Counselor Rec: 9/10, very close with my guidance counselor
Additional Rec: Got a letter of rec from my professor at Brown and a letter from the lawyer I interned for
Interview: didn’t
Other: Got a letter of rec from a member of the jesuit community to speak on my behalf

Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant): not domestic
Country (if international applicant): Not international
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: rather not say
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation

STAY STRONG, YOU’LL END UP WHERE YOU NEED TO BE… EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON

[mmontella]

My apologies. I was accepted into Morrissey.

[bubbles10698]

Wait did anyone hear about scholarships in his/her email??

[mimimo7890]

Test scores and stats are not everything! I was accepted with a 30 ACT and a 3.75 gpa and I am shocked!

[hedgehogaethers]

Is there a groupme or facebook group for admitted students?

[silvergirl123]

Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences (Accepted into the Honors Program!!!)

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 33C (33E, 35R, 34M, 30S) 25W
SAT II: 710 Literature, 670 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0, 4.61 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP European History (4), AP English Literature (4), AP US History (3), AP Physics 1 (2) haha didn’t try on that one
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Government, Theology, AP Bio, AP Language, AP Spanish Lit, AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mainly sports and music but also student council and some clubs
Job/Work Experience: piano tutor and law office secretary
Volunteer/Community service: a lot
Summer Activities:

Rate out of 10
Essays: 8/10 wrote about passion for music and composing and how it helped me grow as a person and express myself (lol)
Teacher Recommendation: 6/10 (asked super last minute) but other 8/10 (really close with that teacher)
Counselor Rec: 7/10 (never really went in to my counselor so she probably just summarized my application but she also made sure to stress how difficult my classes were and my GPA)
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah but probably getting nothing
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): OR
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: private
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): most of my family went to BC but that’s it

Also accepted: Villanova Honors, USD, USF, Gonzaga, Santa Clara
Waiting on: (rip) Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Williams, Amherst, Pepperdine

[Green1080]

@Camaroguy01 HONESTLY, I GOT WAITLISTED FROM THERE TOO!!! Being accepted into BC makes it so much better though, I don’t like Northeastern as much.

[montyskye]

Decision: Accepted

Morrissey College of Arts and Science

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1240
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Ap Literature and Composition, AP Government and Politics, Ap Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, French Honors, Latin Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society, Community Service

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming, Aikido, Step
Job/Work Experience: NYC Lifeguard
Volunteer/Community service: Office work
Summer Activities: Lifeguarding

Rate out of 10
Essays: 7
Teacher Recommendation: 9
Counselor Rec: 8
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): New York
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

[montyskye]

Theres a Facebook group for admitted students. @hedgehogaethers

[wiscomdg]

Decision: Accepted

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

Objective:

ACT (breakdown): 35 composite
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank or provide percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Lang (5), Psych (5), APUSH (4), Euro (4)
Senior Year Course Load: APES, APGAP, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Lit, Spanish 4 (first semester only), Painting (first semester), Art Foundations (second semester)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholarship Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (state qualifier three years, nationals qualifier junior year) Model UN (won several awards) Math Team, Political Action Club (organizer), NHS, a bunch of other smaller things
Job/Work Experience: 6 months at Chick-fil-A, 18 months as a paid intern with a local financial planning firm, currently working at Old Navy and holding an unpaid internship with a state senator (first high schooler in my state to intern for a senator or assembly person of either party in my state’s legislator; all the other interns are college students)
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of hours at local art museum, assistant taught summer camps at local science museum, helped with a lot of small things in my community
Summer Activities: 10-day homestay in Peru, went to the Cebrin Goodman Teen Institute in Illinois for leadership training, lot of working

Rate out of 10
Essays: wrote my common app essay about how I run my school’s Political Action Club. My BC statement was about how I’ll grow spiritually, academically, and personally as a BC student and talked about my Catholic faith, intellectual interests/curiosities, and family ties to the Boston area and an uncle who went to BC Law.
Teacher Recommendation: Biology teacher: amazing rec, she talked about me having a genuine interest and how much I cared about learning regardless of grades and she told a story of me coming in on a Saturday to do lab work
Lang teacher: even more amazing rec, she talked about my writing abilities and how passionate i am, she ended with this grade line about how I’m destined for great things and colleges have a responsibility to challenge and grow my mind
Counselor Rec: really good but a little generic, he talked about the first time he met me (FBLA competition my freshman year, he was amazed by my presentation and knowledge of the Affordable Care Act)
Additional Rec: school’s principal, he’s never done one of these for any other students at my high school, it was very very very very generic but a really nice gesture
Interview: none

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin!
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: small/medium (<1000 students) public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): neither of my parents have bachelor’s degrees but they each have some college so some schools consider me to be a first-gen but I don’t believe BC does

Other Results:
Accepted: Wisconsin-Madison, Loyola, Boston College
Deferred EA: Harvard, UNC
Waitlisted Regular Decision: Northwestern
Have not yet heard from: Boston University (I’d way rather go to BC anyways), Brown, and Columbia

Reflection: I think that I’m a really solid fit for BC, the school really matches my personality and interests and I have some family connections to the school. I really recommend visiting the campus because my visit totally changed my perspective of the school (BC was the last school I toured and I almost didn’t apply but I absolutely fell in love).

[learner101]

Waitlisted

New Sat: 1390
Act: 28

GPA: 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.26
Class rank: top 30%, but very competitive class

There are no ap courses at my school, just duel enrollment courses.

I have taken a total of 5 college classes.

Clubs: I have done all of these for 4 or more years

Thespian Society- 5 star member
NHS
Key Club- Vp (junior), Secretary (Senior)
Plant Based Diet Club- founder and President
Recycling Club- founder and President
Student Ambassador- Appointed President
Student life assistant- like an RA or dorm counselor helper
Varsity swim team
Computer Science Club: president and founder

Awards:
Community Service Award
May 2016 Grade 11
recognized for my community service work and award was presented by The Habersham Chamber of Commerce.

Outstanding Performance
May 2016 Grade 11
recognized for my acting excellence
Student of the Semester
December 2015 Grade 11
acknowledged as the best boarding student in the Boy’s Dorm for the first semester
President’s Commendation
Grades 9,10,11
presented to students that receive no demerits throughout the school year. I have been award this every year that I have attended
Tallulah Falls School.
Presidential Scholar
Grades 8,9,10,11
recognized for having higher than a 4.0 and no demerits or missed homework throughout the school year.
Student of the Month
Grades 9,10,11
given to a student that excels in the dormitories. I have received this award every year that I have attended this school.

I got into UMass Amherst and Waitlisted for Boston College… I am a quest bridge finalist.

I am also half Indian.

[mere14]

Decision: Accepted

Name of Boston college/school you applied to: CAS

Objective:

ACT: 32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.73
AP:
-APUSH (5), Chem (3), US Gov (3), Comp. Gov (3), Spanish, Lit, Calc AB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Spanish, H Physics, Art 2, Faith Foundations, Independent Study

Subjective:

Extracurriculars: Soccer, Basketball (played 3 years, manager senior year), Swimming (senior year), Lacrosse, MUN, YIG, church involvement, class leadership
Summer Activities: mission trip, month long immersion experience, Duke TIP program, ALA Girls State

Rate out of 10
Essays: 9/10
Teacher Recommendation: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 9/10

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: communications, pre-law
State (if domestic applicant): TN
School Type: Episcopal
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >250K

[kb13579]

Decision: Accepted

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

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2120 (770, 630, 720, N/A)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36E, 34M, 32R, 33S)
SAT II (subject, score): N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9886 (only 1 B in a dual enrollment course)
Weighted GPA: 8.1886
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/valedictorian (512 students in the class)
AP (place score in parentheses): 10 total: Human Geo (4), World History (4), Biology (4), US History (5), Calc AB (5), Physics 1 (3), Physics C: Mech (N/A), Physics C: E&M (N/A), Psych (N/A), Calc BC (N/A)
IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s (Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Mechanics, Calc BC, Psych), Culinary 4, Teacher’s Assistant, 6 Dual Enrollment Courses (Developmental Psych, Abnormal Psych, Astronomy, Nutrition, Intro to Computers, and Institutional Capstone)
Number of other EA applicants in your school: unknown, possibly none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): AP Scholar w/ Distinction, principal’s honor roll (every quarter in high school)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description):
American Sign Lang Club (12th, Founder/Pres, teach ASL to classmates)
National Honor Society (10th-12th, Special Proj. Coordinator, created peer tutoring program)
Mu Alpha Theta (10th-12th, Secretary, compete in math competitions, individually and in teams- calc and precalc)
Competitive Cheerleading (7th-11th, Co-Captain, won states 3x and nationals 2x)
Science National Honor Society (11th, volunteered and/or competed at local science-related events)
Meditation Club (9th, meditated together)
Job/Work Experience: tutored middle school, high school, and college students in math, science, history, and ACT preparation (9th-12th)
Volunteer/Community Service: 131 hours
Children’s Hospital (10th and 12th, played with children to keep their minds off their ailments and handicaps, provided calming activities for developmentally delayed patients)
Main Hospital (11th-12th, updated families as to the status of post-operative patients, provided administrative support for the clinical education offices)
Concession Stands (9th-12th, worked as either a supervisor, cashier, or fry cook during my school’s home football games)
Summer Experience: I volunteered at the hospitals over the summers

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10 (I think so, at least)
Teacher Recommendation: 10 for both (taught physics and calculus - tough classes, but I excelled in them. Both teachers love me.)
Counselor Rec: 10 (she sponsors sign language club)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white/caucasian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: my parents are divorced… I don’t know what my dad makes, so I can’t answer this effectively.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): graduating with my high school diploma as well as an associates degree from the local college

[watermelon4life]

congrats!

[jpls23]

Decision: Accepted

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

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1440 on new SAT (730 CRW 710 M)
ACT (breakdown): 32C
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 5.3 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/439 top 1% of class
AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (5), World (5), Euro (5), Psych (5), Enviro (4),Calc AB (5), Lang (4), US Gov (4), Chem (3), Physics I (2 oops), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs: Calc BC, Physics C, English Lit, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Comparative Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, Outstanding Leadership Award, Outstanding Senior Leaders Nominee, Bausch & Lomb Science Award, Top 10 Honor Roll, nothing really major but mostly school awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Government (Treasurer), NAHS (Vice President), Chemistry Club (Treasurer), Asian Student Association (VP), School Newsletter (Editor), NHS
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 500+ community service hours from tutoring a middle schooler in science
Summer Activities: I attended a four-day leadership workshop last summer because my school chose me to go to represent our student government. I usually travel a lot during the summer and I wrote about it in some of my essays.

Rate out of 10
Essays:
Common App 8/10: wrote about an incident that happened to me when I was in Paris. It was definitely unique and my teachers said it was pretty funny so I guess that’s a plus.
Supplement 6/10: it was such a meme tbh I reread it and I thought it was so cliché. I chose the one about someone you know making a hard decision and I thought it was really cheesy but I guess it was well-written.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read any of them but I hope it was good
Counselor Rec: He loves me so I think it was pretty good 9/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other: I think my Common App essay helped me stand out. Definitely write about something that defines you.

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance!!
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public school (2000+ students)
Ethnicity: Asian-Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <50K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation

Strengths: essays?? extracurriculars I guess
Weaknesses: My ACT could be higher, I’m also not at all religious though I’m not sure if that counts against me
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I really think it was my essays. I worked hard on my Common App essay to make it different and while I thought my BC essay was cliché, it was written pretty well.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UCF, FSU, UF, Northeastern, Boston University, Tulane University
Waitlisted: Northwestern
Still waiting: Harvard, Brown, Duke, Emory, George Washington
Comments: I was deferred early action but it’s said to be harder to get in EA than it is through regular decision. It was definitely hard to wait three months after being deferred to finally get accepted but it was so worth it. I heard BC’s finance program is top notch so if their financial aid comes through, I’ll definitely be attending #BC2021

[respeck]

Decision: Accepted

Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences

SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT (breakdown): 33 (36,33,35,29)
SAT II: 670 Math I, 780 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 10.421 W (Don’t calculate out of 4 scale, but it’s a 3.8 UW)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: APUSH, Lang and Comp, AP Euro; 4: AP Spanish
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit and Comp, AP Calc AB, AP Macroeconomics, International Relations, Film Studies
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer team manager, Tenor II in school choir, director of stage crew at my school, actor in One-Act Festival at my school, student dean (like a student leader), leader of my school’s Business and Economics club, admissions tour guide at my school
Job/Work Experience: I have worked at my local country club for the past two summers, worked last year at a downtown bar and grill
Volunteer/Community service: I travel down to West Virginia each July to help build homes for poor residents, I am a student retreat leader
Summer Activities: I took a two-week course at the University of Notre Dame last summer
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Common App Essay: 9, Essay about one of my childhood interests (Trains) and how they have built me into the person I am today
Supplements: 8, some crossing between schools but I put in a lot of effort and I think most of them turned out well

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10, History teacher who I’ve taken multiple classes with; I have a really solid relationship with him
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10, Spanish teacher who likes me, also took two of his classes
Counselor Rec: 9/10, Probably pretty good. I have a really good relationship with my school counselors.

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Economics, History
State: NJ
School Type: Private, All-Boys Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 200,000

[respeck]

congrats to all who got in!!

[studyingtosave]

Accepted:

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

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 1390 690M 700W
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 510 LIT 570 M1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): IDK anymore for sure, but def. Top 10 maybe top 5
AP (place score in parenthesis): No AP I take all college classes to have more time for family reps. But these aren’t just community college, I attend a decent status 4 year state school as an honors student.
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Mostly College: Macroecon. Calc 1. Stellar and Galactic Astronomy. High Energy Astrophysics Research (Fundamentals) American Literature. Physical Science.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): QB college prep scholar. Then just my Uni’s dean’s list etc. But, I did compete in MIT Inspire topic in Philosophy of Physics.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Didn’t put all of these in the Activity section, but they were mostly all mentioned in my app in some way.

-Family Commitment: I am the eldest of 4, and my youngest sister has severe non-verbal autism. As my parents recently graduated college (last year) and are now starting their first careers, I take on most of the responsibility of caring for my sister. Most of my time goes here. This is why decided to do early college and online. Only having two lectures a week, I am able to remain at home the other 3.
-Currently researching a high energy X-ray binary system: Cygnus X1 (may be published)
-Assisted 2 profs from the Harvard CFA write a Hubble Space Telescope proposal to view CEN X4 and SCO X1 (later)
-Minor research in psych: Behavior correction for children with severe non-verbal autism. (will not be published)
-HOSA (only 9,10)
-Drama Club/Courses (10 to current): Didn’t talk about specifically, but I got a rec from my Drama teacher.
-NHS
-State Uni’s Honors Program
-Rotaract Club
-Assisting 2 autistic twins research in astronomy
-Graphic and web design: Small school/uni-wide projects, one state wide, and I’ve designed a few info graphics for the NASA JPL. I wrote the book cover for my uni’s English textbook I did NOT put these in supp. material. I was worried they weren’t good enough.

Job/Work Experience:
I’m a janitor during the summers at my local primary school. I don’t get payed money, but I do get food to support my sisters.

Volunteer/Community service:

Alot through my University’s Honors Program. Wrote about being a campus tour guide for adult program students.
-Initiative: Register new voters on my Uni’s campus and the surrounding community. Generally Speaking, the community is low income, young, and African American. So, unfortunately, many voices here do not reach a ballot. I visited political science classes in the spring and gave short presentations about the importance of voting and then registered
the interested to vote.
-Summer volunteer at a local primary school and their community library. I also started working a janitorial job there. I talked about how that helped us buy food when my parents got pay cuts.
-Rotaract Club: Organized several leadership conferences each year. Last year we helped make hundreds of WAPIs (Water Pasteurization Indicators) for donation to a somewhat well known charity.

Summer Activities:
Caring for severely autistic sister.
Janitorial job at primary school to feed my family.

Rate out of 10
Essays: 10 CA: Got really personal. I talked about my parents beating my sister after she used our floors for toilets (she has severe autism, fecal smearing) and how I convinced them to stop. Tied it into how it taught me why it is so important to listen and understand other people’s perspectives no matter who they are.

This was really vivid, but everyone loved it. One of the schools I applied to early action called me and my counselor to talk more about it.

Supplement: Talked about trying to calm my severely austitic sister down so she wouldn’t get beaten. How I created sensory toys, and why I want to study the philosophy of sense perception.

Teacher Recommendation: 6 Haven’t read but prob. bland
Counselor Rec: 8 Knew me and what I did well, but she had SOO many recs to write.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other: My academics are very poor, but I think they saw that I made the best of the little time and resources I had

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Philosophy or Sociology
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public. Hmm…Interesting mix between really poor students from one county and really rich from the other.
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Probably less than 40k for 6 people, but alot of our $$ goes to extra therapy and emergency med. expenses for my sister.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM. Almost first gen (I was first gen when I went to college for the first time). Low Income. Family Reps.

[studyingtosave]

Also, I saw a couple of threads earlier about late applications. So, to future applicants, being a few minutes or hours late won’t hurt your chances completely. Mine was, but it seemed fine! But, it is still best to start very early. Just don’t stress if things don’t work out as planned and you literally CAN NOT turn them in on time.

[Emsmom1]

Is it a big deal to only get three years of housing? Is it crazy expensive to get an apt close to BC for senior year?