Okay so now that I have calmed down, I’ll post my stats.
Decision: Accepted
1120 SAT
3.807 weighted/3.5 (and some numbers lol) unweighted on a 5.0 scale
5 AP Classes
25 in my graduating class
I’m from a very low income household (12k a year), one of 7, and I attend the second worst school in NJ (or something like that, its definitely one of the last 5). The school district is not home to high crime rates or anything, it’s just that we are a failing school district. Mostly because there is a large immigration population (mostly from Dominican Republic) who speak very little English and are not equipped for American school standards (In DR, unless you attended a private school, your education is usually not good). This mixed with a corrupt board of ed and administration, it’s hard to meet state standards esp with the implementation of PARCC.
I’m not one to brag (and I hope it doesn’t come off as such), but I’m very involved in the community…at least I was. I was just so busy this year because I’m working (20-25 hours a week) that it was just becoming overwhelming. So I decided to relax a bit. Some clubs I’m apart of: Debate (captain 3 years), Tennis (varsity 2, captain senior year), Student Council (VP last year), Class Council (President as a freshmen, VP sophomore year), swim (varsity 2 years), National Honors Society (3 years), English Honors Society (3 years), Italian Honors Society (2 years), Big Brothers Big Sister, Youth in Action (a program about making changes in the community and we present at Rutgers, 5 years).,and those are the main ones. I did a couple of other stuff but I was not as involved tbh.
So that was basically my application and my essay I would personally give a 3/10 because I think I could have written it much better. But according to friends and my AP lang and lit teachers, it was very good (I made one of them cry apparently, tho I think she is just a bit dramatic). You are free to assume which kind of essay it is, but keep in mind that I kept it simple and did not use “advanced” vocabulary or anything like that.
My recommendations were strong:
I have 2. I had to change one last minute sub cause one flaked out (it was awful, she knew me the best being that I had her for 3 years! But she moved to a new school district and some unfortunate things happened so I can understand not having the time or really the motivation to do it in those circumstances)
In conclusion (lol) my application is average or less. And I was accepted through OTE. I read the FAQ section on the BC website but I still have a lots of questions. If anyone knows more than what the FAQ gives PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! It’s a big decision. And also if you were admitted through the program lmk!
Also, congrats to all accepted. You did awesome and I’m proud to be apart of the same class as you (ya’ll are some talented individuals). Those who were wait listed - don’t give up hope! And those rejected - there are PLENTY of other schools out there, please don’t feel bad about yourselfl.
