Last year it was Thurs 12/14/17. However, according to the email from admissions quoted in post #10, the decision date will be some time during the week of Dec 17. An email will be sent this coming week (week of Dec 10) announcing the decision date.
Stats:
I plan to major in BioChem or Neuroscience; Maybe do a Pre-Med track, just in case.
Race: Indian, born in India
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Unweighted GPA: 3.8-3.9
SAT: 1540(superscored)
SAT II:
Bio- 740
Math- 780
Lit- 750
APs: APBio, APES, APUSH, APpsych, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Music Theory (highest courseload possible at school)
I’ve been taking Dual-Enrollment classes in junior and senior year with some other AP’s listed above.
ECs:
Captain of Robotics Team (participation all 4 years)
Student Treasurer of School’s robotics club: writing grants to sponsors, organizing fundraisers, budgeting
Intern at a Children’s Museum for their robotics camp( two years)
Secretary of HOSA: Organized the district event participation, assisted new members, organized several service projects (participation all 4 years)
VP of Speech and Debate Team: Local competitions for congressional debate, led meetings and trained new members
Treasurer for school tutoring club: tutor at local middle schools (all four years)
TA for summer camp at local university: assisted in Technology camp for middle school students (two years)
Research Assistant at an ecological biology lab (11-12)
National Honor Society (10-12)
Singer and Violinist in Church Youth Group (all four years)
Church Outreach Volunteer (all four years)
Competitive Dancer of Indian folk dancing, modern, and tap (4th-12th grade)
over 250 hours of service: tutoring, church
Awards:
Robotics: Dean’s list Semi-Finalist
Robotics team: State Finalist, 3rd place Inspire award, participated in State Championships all three years
Superintendent’s Award (11th grade)
AP Scholar with distinction
HOSA state awards (top 3 in an individual event for two years in a row)
HOSA international competition participation
Local dance awards
About Me:
Sex: F
From: Private Catholic High School in New Jersey
Race: Caucasian
Stats:
SAT: 1510
Subject Tests: Lit - 750, Math 1 - 720
Rank: my school doesn’t rank lol, I’m not valedictorian but I like to think I’m relatively high up
GPA: 3.81 UW, 4.2 W
AP Scores: AP Lang: 5, APES: 4
Classes:
- Senior Year Courses: 6 AP’s total (2 JY, 4 SY) but my school doesn’t offer that many AP’s. You can only take them starting junior year and I think I only took one less AP than possible in my schedule
- Mostly A’s and one or two B’s
Extracurriculars:
- Model UN
- Mock Trial
- Business Club
- Student Council
- School Ambassador (basically chosen by the school to give tours to prospective students)
- Peer Mentor (I got a group of freshmen at the beginning of the year and I meet with them every other week and mentor them)
- Peer Minister (Church Youth Group)
- Junior Statesmen of America - Student Assembly Representative
- Mock Trial
- Go Green Club - Treasurer
- NHS - Department Liason (basically just organize tutoring between NHS members and people that request tutors)
- An anchor on my school’s news show
Honors/Awards
- Honor roll all 4 years
- Presidential Service Award
- Merit scholarship award recipient for the Sage Colleges
- Silver Award for Girl Scouts
Employment:
- Full-time babysitting a 7 and 10-year old for about a year now
Volunteering:
- 300+ Service Hours during HS career
About Me:
Sex: M
From: Public HS in New York
Race: Caucasian
Stats:
SAT: 1490
Subject Tests: Bio - 700
Rank: School doesn’t rank
GPA: 3.86 UW, 4.12 W (A+ = 4.0, A = 3.8, A- = 3.6, etc)
AP Scores: Euro: 5, Lang: 4, APUSH: 4, Bio: 4, Psych: 4
Classes:
- 10 AP’s total (1 SY, 4 JY, 5 SY). School doesn’t have honors. Accelerated in math and science
- Straight A’s in high school (one A-, mostly A’s, a few A+’s)
Extracurriculars:
- 2 Varsity sports
- Marching band
- VP of Language Honor Society
- Diversity club
- Member of National Honor Society
- A lot of volunteer work (church, little league baseball umpire, nursing home)
- Paid work over the summer
Honors/Awards
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- National Honor Society
Employment:
- Worked for my school over the summer
That is what it stated in my son’s email also…guess we will be waiting for another week to officially hear in reply to #20
I’m a female from a big public high school in Oregon!
3.98 uw GPA, 1460 SAT, 5 AP classes, 3 Honors
Like a hundred extracurriculars, but some main ones:
Counselor at Christian summer camp
Captain of speech and debate team
Founder of creative writing club
15 years of ballet
Violinist
I absolutely love BC and am very eagerly and nervously awaiting my admissions decision! Good luck to all of you!
I didn’t get that email. Do you know if there’s some reason why some EA applicants got it and others didn’t?
It was an auto reply from admissions that came in November 20 (see below)
I suggest you search your emails
The subject was Your Application is Complete
"Thank you for applying to Boston College through our Early Action program. Your completed application is presently under review, and you may be assured of our thoughtful consideration of your credentials within the context of this year’s talented pool of candidates.
Early Action decisions will be emailed during the week of December 17; the specific date on which we will release decisions will be shared with you via email during the week of December 10, so please check your email at that time.
If you have applied to a binding Early Decision program at another institution and are admitted there in the days ahead, we remind you of your responsibility to withdraw your Boston College application immediately upon receipt of that news. Failure to do so may jeopardize your status at both institutions.
For additional news and updates, follow BC Admission on Twitter. And as always, please contact our office at 617-552-3100 with any questions.
Best wishes to you and your family for a happy Thanksgiving!
Sincerely,
Office of Undergraduate Admission
Boston College"
Following @BC_Admission on Twitter is a good idea.
Set a Twitter alert for when @BC_Admission posts an update:
https://www.howtogeek.com/317630/how-to-get-notified-when-a-certain-account-tweets/
From #1 high school in Wisconsin
GPA: Weighted - 3.7 Unweighted - 3.6
AP Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, AP Gov, AP US History, AP Human Geography, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Computer Science Principles
ACT: 33
EC: Started and president of Asset Management Group at school with $100,000 under management. 3 years Varsity Hockey, and two years Varsity Football. 100+ community service hours.
2 very Strong letters of rec from math and economics teacher.
1 very strong letter of rec from the college guidance counselor.
What are my odds?
Your GPA is a little on the low side. Average GPA = 3.97 UW. Your ACT put in you in average range. Hockey and football are a big plus. Geographically desirable. Depends on the school you are applying to. CSOM is tough.
I like your odds.
Female
School: private Catholic school
From: Illinois
Race: caucasian
Stats:
ACT: 32 (36 E, 31 M, 33 R, 26 S)
Subject Tests: None
Rank: School doesn’t rank, but probably in the top 3 people
UW: 3.9 (ish, calculated it myself)
W: 4.49
AP Scores: AP Lang- 4, APUSH- 3, AP Latin- 3
Classes:
Senior Year: AP Lit, AP Music Theory, Government (S1), Honors Choir, AP Physics, Theology (required all four years), AP Calculus, Consumer Economics (S2)
Extracurriculars:
- Class president all four years
- Drama productions (leads sophomore through senior year) 9-12
- Voice training (plus 7 hrs/week of practice) 10-12
- Academic competitions in physics and math (11-12)
- Peer Leader (11)
- Latin Club (10-11)
- Kairos Catholic Retreat Leader
Community Service:
- Cantoring at masses for my school (9-12)
- Overnight Camp Counselor (11)
Honors:
- National Honor Society (11-12)
- National English Honor Society (10-12)
- National Latin Honor Society (11)
- Tri-M Music Honor Society (10-12) Treasurer in 11, President in 12
- Illinois State Scholar
- AP Scholar
- Latin Magna Cum Laude Award (9)
Essays:
- Common app was very strong (teacher said that it’s the best one she’s ever seen)
- Supplemental was strong
Letters of Rec:
- Math teacher and Music teacher, both very strong
- Counselor rec probably very good
So, next Thur 12/20 is the magic day! Any idea on time of email release?
Around 5:20 like last year… i called
wait how do u know it comes out next Thursday
pm?
@rokkogirl Just curious, how did you hear that next Thursday is release day? Did you receive an email already this week that stated that?
@andrewna and @namenamegrace I believe for the past 2 years, the decisions have been a rolling release beginning at approx 5:40pm, starting with rejections and followed by the acceptances and deferrals together. You never know if they will keep the same pattern, but that’s how they’ve been doing it recently. Good luck. ??
Could someone paste the email that went out on here? BC (like most colleges haha) doesn’t have great computer programs so the emails don’t get to everyone. At least that’s what I think is happening, I’ll be calling the school to see what’s going on with the emails
I did not receive an email. I called and they told me that the OFFICIAL date is December 19t around 5:30 pm. Best of luck to everyone 