<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 570 M, 740 W
[ *] SAT II: 570 Literature, 560 Math I
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.74
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.19 out of 5
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 3 AP’s and over 10 Honors / GT
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 68 out of 308, top 21%
[ *] AP (4 on the English Language, not taking the other 2 tests):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Art II GT, English 12 AP, Italian 4 AP, Precalc GT, Orch. 4
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Junior All-State Orchestra freshman year and the usual honor roll mumbo jumbo.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience (5, 9): Receptionist at hair salon, receptionist at Kumon
[ *] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Barf, almost none. Negligible.
[ *] Essays (subjects and opinions): I write well but literally wrote my BU essay in about 45 minutes.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Great, I assume.
[ *] Counselor Rec: See above.
[ *] Interview: This is only my 2nd year of art and I thought my portfolio kinda sucked…
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] School Type: New public school, first graduating class to have been there all 4 years
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None. Preeeetyyy average.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: No idea.
[ *] Weaknesses: Cruddy portoflio.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Auburn, Penn State, Salisbury, Virginia Tech. Waitlisted / Spring Semester at UMiami, Rejected at UFlorida, still waiting to hear from Chapman.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] BU isn’t really high on my list of choices, but since they required a portfolio and I actually got in we might see…</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Very happy with it. Shows committment and leadership
Teacher Recs: 3 very good from what they told him
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Hook (if any): None
State or Country: New York
School Type:Public
Gender:Male </p>
<p>Got 10K Deans Scholarship.</p>
<p>Not going. Got Full Tuition from Univ of Pittsburgh. Already enrolled.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Human Physiology Major in Sargent College</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 750 Reading: 800 Writing: 800 Total: 2350
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 740 Literature: 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.38 or something like that lol
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 7 AP, most of the rest honors
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 out of like 480 (it was 500 in the beginning of the year but 20 people dropped out! Thanks guys, now I’m no longer in the top 1% :P)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang: 5 Psych: 5 Chem: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Gov, English 4 Honors, Anatomy, AP Calc AB, AP Music Theory, Jazz Band, Sound Engineering 2
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Merit Finalist, if that counts. I don’t even know what USAMO or Intel are…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Played guitar for like 5 years, composed, recorded, and produced music, Played some shows with my awesome funky band the Time Urchin, the “LHHS Jazz Combo” which is just some friends and I who get sent out as a jazz combo to do shows for the community and stuff with very short notice so it’s pretty exciting, Marching Band, Jazz Band. Basically, music lol
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Worked at an Italian Ice Factory chopping ice over the summer. 12 hours/week, gradually decreasing as our employer couldn’t afford to keep us, until eventually we (a friend and me) were let go
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Hospital volunteering
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): Really good I thought
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Idk
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Very white
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wish
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: For other schools, ECs. No leadership or anything like that
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cuz I got good grades and scores?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCF, waiting on Duke and Brown
[/ul]General Comments: Woooooooooooo</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):not good, didn’t submit
[ *] ACT:29
[ *] SAT II:750 on math2, 730 bio
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):idk
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.45
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: this year 6 ap/honors. all of high school - 16?
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):not taken yeet
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP Spanish, Marketing H, Theology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis):NHS, Spanish Honor Society (treasurer), Freshman Mentor, Red Cross Club, DECA <3 <3 <3, Jazz Choir, Concert Choir, Treble Choir
[ *] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis):Market Basket (grocery store chain) 20hr/wk
[ *] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis):NHS Can Drive, Lowell Sun Santa Fund, Cancer Walks, Volunteer at Local Library
[ *] Summer Activities:work and volunteer at library
[ *] Essays (subjects and opinions):common app- learning how to sleep over in unfamiliar places, supp- really good. 3 adj loyal stubborn optimistic all very true ahah
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:greatttt, both sciences <3
[ *] Counselor Rec: goood, explained circumstances with many deaths in my family including my fatherr
[ *] Additional Rec:nonnne
[ *] Interview:didnt have one
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):first generation!
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:work ethic, improvement, essays!
[ *] Weaknesses:gpa
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:honestly, no idea
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:accepteed- UMASS amherst and lowell, roger williams, unh, stonehill, northeastern. havent heard from quinnipiac, trinity (CT), and johns hopkins
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] YAYYYYYY, give me some more moneyyy</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR, 710M, 800W
[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II: 670 spanish, 790 literature, 760 us history
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 ish
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.8
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: i’m in IB, so the only non-ap/ib/honors/weighted classes i’ve ever taken have been electives or requirements
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 35 out of like 800
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): whap (5), art history (5), us history (4), euro history (5), english lang (5), spanish lang (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): physics sl (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: i’m in IB so it can’t get any harder
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): national merit finalist (does this count?)</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: i’m not even going to list. but i have a lot of leadership (though no student government type stuff). lots of community service (120+ hours a summer just with one program). 3 years varsity lacrosse
[ *] Job/Work Experience: sales associate @ american eagle (5-8 hours a week)
[ *] Volunteer/Community serviice: see extracurriculars section
[ *] Summer Activities: hosted two french, one spanish exchange student; lived with a spanish family for two weeks; student facilitator for a freshman orientation/school service program (it’s a big deal at our school, took up a LOT of time) 2 yrs in a row
[ *] Essays (subjects and opinions): i wrote about my “penchant for the tragic” in my common app…i don’t remember any others
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: i’m assuming they were good
[ *] Counselor Rec: probably excellent, she likes me
[ *] Additional Rec: n/a
[ *] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State: IN
[ *] School Type: public, very large and highly-regarded academically
[ *] Ethnicity: caucasian
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks: none</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: essays, test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa, class rank
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: cause i rock
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted: IU, american (honors pgrm, $27000/yr presidential scholarship), george washington. rejected: northwestern </p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
i’m getting $10,000/yr in merit, didn’t qualify for financial aid</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted College of Communication</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (740 CR/640 M/740 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 790 USH, 740 Lit, 720 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No idea out of 4.0… but 93ish/100
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 94.5/100
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 2 APs junior year, 2 APs this year, lots of honors
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank or anything
[</em>] AP: APUSH (5), AP Comp (4), AP Calc AB (not yet), AP Art History (not yet)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Art History, Government/Economics, Film Literature, Advanced Painting/Photography, Gym, Health
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Karate (4 years), School art mag (3 years), Arts stuff
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library volunteer (total of 50-100 as of now? maybe?)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering, lots of travel
[</em>] Essays: Common app was kind of artsy about coincidences, not too spectacular but I liked it, BU essay quite generic but I think fairly well written
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 excellent (I think, never read either), 1 good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, she only had 30 kids to write for and knows me well
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Very large competitive public art school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Immigrant (from Russia), bilingual, nothing else too exciting
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, scores, rigor of curriculum, maybe essay?
[<em>] Weaknesses: Few extracurriculars, no very exciting hooks, definitely other essay
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats are mainly above average, and I think I showed lots of genuine interest throughout the application
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northeastern, Syracuse, Emerson, SUNYs Buffalo/Stonybrook/Oswego/Plattsburgh, CUNY Macaulay Honors, Rejected: Northwestern[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m really really really happy I got in, it was one of my top top choices =D I got a generous scholarship but idk if it’s enough to allow me to go =/ We shall see however! Congrats and good luck to all</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (one sitting) 2090 (superscored)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): dont know
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.0/5.2
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 15
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10-12%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): ap comsci (4) ap stat (4) ap spanish, ap calc bc, ap euro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):n.a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap spanish, ap calc bc, ap euro, science elective, english 4, international business
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): n.a
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): a lot of ecs, student council vp, on a bunch of school committees, debate, model un, a bunch of volunteering, yearbook
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): internship at a leasing auditing firm last summer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): library (100 hours) religion class (300 or so hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: working, traveling
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): solid, teachers thought they were great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didnt read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: didnt have
[/list]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): nj
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: indian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: my ecs
[</em>] Weaknesses: my gpa
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: combo of everything including esays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted: umichigan, lehigh, penn state, maryland, northeastern… a few more but all safeties
[/ul]General Comments:
it was a target/safety for me so i will prolly send a letter telling them how i am prolly not going so someone who is waitlisted can go! =)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 1850
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: Lit(700), Math 2 (650)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.41
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.09
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 10?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 17%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Politics, AP Calculus, AP Literature and Composition, AP Biology, AP US Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): AP Scholar, Outstanding Participant in NHS, 3rd place Academic Decathlon, Leadership Award.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): a few clubs.
[li] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Sacramento County volunteer, library volunteer</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): I thought it was horrible! but I guess not.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: generic!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t see it
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CALIFORNIA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): U.S.
[<em>] School Type: Public, competitive.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black (more specifically: Nigerian)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): noneee!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay. I’m a good writer, but I know it wasn’t my best.
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They just loved me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected: All the UCs except Merced. UChicago, Stanford Waitlisted: UC Davis Accepted: UC Merced, Drexel, BU
[/ul]General Comments: happy! that’s all I can say I have options!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (2nd try, but 1 sitting)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: MathII (800), Lit (780), USH (770), Bio-E (760), Chem (760)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 96.5/100
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): not available
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: too many to count… taking AP English Lit, AP Comp Gov, AP Enviro., AP Chem, & AP Stats this year
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/115
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Calc BC (5), USH (5), English Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: see above
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholars Nominee…nothing really
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Varsity XC (captain), president of community service org at school, literary editor of school’s lit & arts mag, prefect (student gov’t/mentor)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): worked on a farm in the summers!
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): school’s community service org work
[<em>] Summer Activities: mostly working
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): don’t remember what I wrote about haha, but they were fine
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: bio, calc, & english teachers
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: small private prep (boarding)
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, grades, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: maybe essays? & I haven’t done anything all that unusual!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at Yale, rejected at MIT, waiting on Harvard (& Duke & Brown)
[/ul]General Comments: Even though I got into Yale SCEA, I still applied to BU because I wanted to see if I could get really good merit aid (which my other schools don’t offer) & finaid…I got a pretty good package (half-tuition scholarship), but I don’t think it’s enough to make me give up on Yale… so to those waitlistees, I will most likely be giving my spot to 1 of you! & congrats to everyone else who got in!</p>
<p>Objective: list]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.6
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: Soph Year- 1 Junior Year- 1 Senior Year- 3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 39%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): None to speak of , waitin on this years results
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Lot
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Frosh sports, insignificant
[</em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Tutor 2 yrs, 28 hrs / month , Waiter 3 yrs, 24 hrs / month
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Dunno how many hours, been playin as my church’s bassist for years
[</em>] Summer Activities: chillax at home
[<em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): my heart problem and 3 words to describe myself
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 ok one, dunno can’t be too strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: 1 good one
[</em>] Additional Rec: none
[<em>] Interview: they interview for this university?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Had a heart disease that I had problems with for a while
[<em>] Weaknesses: No extracurriculars whatsoever
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: im all around good applicant, not excellent though
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted from : U of W-Madison / Purdue / UIC Rejected at : U of I - Champaigne[/li][/ul]General Comments: Not interested in going here. Have fun other waitlisted kids</p>
<p>SAT- 1990 (710 W, 650 R, 630 M)
GPA UW- 3.4
GPA W- 3.6
from California
Also accepted to: Maryland College Park, U Wisconsin- Madison, U Illinois- Urbana Champaign, Irvine
Lots of Extra Curriculars and great essays</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1900 - 690 math 600 reading 610 writing
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] SAT II: 600 Lit 630 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): n/a
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: APUSH, AP Lang, AP Lit, & AP Calc
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Lang
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: not too bad…AP Calc, physics, & AP Lit are my only tough classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): school newspaper (2 yrs co-editor;1 yr writer), spanish club (2 yrs member), class cabinet (3 yrs member), tennis (2 yrs), & honor society (3 yrs)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): GREAT marketing apprenticeship (10 hr/week during school; 30 hrs/week summer - sept. 08 to sept. 09)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Univ. of Wash. medical center during fresh yr only ~80 hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: none besides work
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): influential fictional character (huck finn) & 3 words to describe self; writing is usually my strong point - essays were decent
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: most likely mediocre - both teachers don’t know me too well
[</em>] Counselor Rec: basic
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] School Type: Mid-sized public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (japanese/chinese)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: well-rounded; marketing apprenticeship; maybe essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: AP classes; test scores?; volunteer work
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: average in every category - no clue
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted a few in-state & rejected a few (out of my league/reach) out-of-state; waitlisted UC Davis[/li][/ul]General Comments: after all the other out-of-state rejections this was a bit of a surprise; most likely staying in-state and going to Univ. of Wash.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send.
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Math Level I – 720, Math II - 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.0 (or higher; it’s about a 98 on a scale of 100)
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: almost all my school offered (too lazy to figure out numbers)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/108
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3) , UPUSH (2) [didn’t report]
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng Lit AP Bio AP Physics AP Art History AP Macro AP Govt. AP World History
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): none MAJOR, just a couple of local/regional honors for academics and sports
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Young Actors Guild (Apprentice Trainee), School Newspaper (Editor-in-chief), FBLA (Team Captain), Key Club, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Science and Technology Entry Program,
Student Council (Representative), NYS Math League (most of the school-year ones have long-term commitment)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Intern at local supermarket (had to propose a marketing strategy, Cashier at same supermarket
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): about 44 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: RPI PREFACE, UAlbany COAP, Young Actors Guild
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): My Common App essay was about my indirect experience with Hurricane Katrina, and the Common App short answer was about my 5 years in Young Actors Guild. My BU supplement essays were three words that describe me (gregarious, creative, open-mninded).My BU short answer referenced my US History/Poli Sci/Economics teach who is a BU graduate.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Excellent. Very personal. (from a business contact that I have known since I was little)
[</em>] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Catholic high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American and Native American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s, leadership courseload, essays, GPA, rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: Volunteer experience, AP scores (listed on Common App)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know. I just felt that I was a strong applicant
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NYU, Boston College, Siena College, Northeastern, Fordham, SUNY Binghamton, RPI, Loyola MD, Syracuse (accepted to all)
[/ul]General Comments: University scholar (half tuition scholarship)! They gave me pretty good financial aid, so I’m definitely considering BU. Congrats to all who were accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 610/ CR 660/ W 710
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: French 600, Literature 600
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): N/A
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 3 APs, 2 Dual Enrollment college courses
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 11%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang & Comp (3), Lit & Comp, (?), Euro (?)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Euro, Dual Enrollment Environmental Science, Precalc/Calc, French
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Select Choir (president), French Club (president), Writing Tutor (chief-editor), other stuff…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis):
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Volunteer French Teacher, Writing Tutor
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): wrote about helping a blind person as a coming of age story
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good, nothing too outstanding
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec: yes, voice teacher who went to BU
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasion
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[<em>] Strengths: writing
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat scores, low number of aps (but at my school 4 is the max you can take/year)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i fit the stats of the average BU applicant
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Lewis & Clark and UMass amherst
[/ul]General Comments: generous financial aid package</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT: 30
[ *] SAT II: N/A
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.25
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.7ish
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US History, AP Art History, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Psychology
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, Spanish V, Honors English, AP Psychology, AP Biology
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Swimming, Softball, Yearbook Editor, Habitat for Humanity, Operation Smile
[ *] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Juvenile Diabetes Research Volunteer (300 hours), Clara Barton Camp for Diabetes Volunteer (100 hours)
[ *] Summer Activities: Volunteering/ Camp Counselor
[ *] Interview: no
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender:Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
all very true ahah