Boston U RD Decisions - Class of 2014

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101

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 660 W 530 M
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 700 World Hist., 650 Lit, 600 US Hist.
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.46
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.13
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 5 APs total, all honors classes (for math, science, English, foreign language, history)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): (N/A)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4), AP World History (3)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology (double period), AP Literature, Ceramics, AP Statistics, Honors Calculus, Sociology.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): NAACP Youth Council (06/09-present) (VP), Cross Country/Track (8/06-12/09), Debate and Forensics Team (09/06-present) (Captain of both), Science National Honors Society, National Honors Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
[ *] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Beverage Place (worked 15-20 hrs a week during the summer)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Tutoring
[ *] Essays (subjects and opinions): Um…one was about my family. :slight_smile: It was personal, deep, loving.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them
[ *] Counselor Rec: I’m not sure again, but it seemed good.
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ *] Interview: N/A
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[ *] Country (if international applicant): —
[ *] School Type: Public, large
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, being amazing. :wink:
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essay, diversity
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Awesome schools know awesome people. :wink: I’m pretty genuine, and I think I had a solid application.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to drexel university. waiting for everything else.
[ /list][ b]General Comments: I’m really happy I was accepted! This is my realistic first choice. However, I’m not completely sure how I’ll pay for it (if I go), financial aid is really the deciding factor.[ /b]</p>

102

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 27 (29 superscored)
[</em>] SAT II: 640 Bio M (didn’t send it in)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 (very strong upward trend)
[</em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.0
[<em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 12 IB + 2 AP + 9 Honors
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB + 1 AP
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: 3 leadership positions (Vice President / Treasurer / Secretary) + something unique
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 250
[</em>] Essays: Very nice.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Excellent + 1 Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Crap. Sent in a better one with mid-year report
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] School Type: Public (apparently competitive)
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First-generation, low-income, diverse background (possibly URM?)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays. Strong upward trend. Better GPA in more rigorous classes. Strong ECs. Hooks
[</em>] Weaknesses: Crappy frosh/soph GPA. 5 Ds on transcript during frosh/soph.
[li] Why you think you were waitlisted: Because of crappy GPA during frosh/soph year. Although I tried to compensate for this by retaking classes and doing alot better, it wasn’t enough[/li][/ul]General Comments: Hope this works out well. According to last year’s statistics (70% accepted from waitlist), the odds are in my favor. But I’m also gonna need some financial aid, which probably won’t happen.</p>

103

<p>Decision: Accepted, CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 – 770W, 760M, 710CR
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Physics, 740 Math
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.79
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.71
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: At least 16
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 11%, around 41/390 or something like that
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (5), AP Physics B (4), AP Euro (2), Five more this year (see below)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Not offered
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP Stat, Honors English IV, Honors Latin III, AP Latin: Vergil
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Varsity Wrestling (Captain, 4 Years), Varsity Tennis (Conference Champions, 2 Years), Schools Computer Services and Information Club (Vice President, 3 Years) Environmental Concerns Organization (2 Years), Junior Classical League (2 Years)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Summer Camp Counselor @ Video Game Design Camp at local middle school
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Junior Volunteer (100+ Hours) at local hospital sophomore year
[<em>] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor (Sophomore Summer), Study Abroad in Genetics at Cambridge University (Junior Summer)
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): Wrote about Bumper Stickers on my car and supporting good science education. Probably fairly strong, I rewrote them several times and had a number of people look them over before submitting
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Probably fairly excellent, had a teacher in my intended major (Physics) write one, and I heard he’s got a good record lol
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty positive, although we weren’t very close at all
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None (BU probably doesn’t interview down here)
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US of A
[<em>] School Type: Public, best in my area, one of the best in NC from what I hear
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good test scores, strong essays and recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Low class rank, lack of major awards/recognition
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably just statistics, I had higher stats than the avg at BU (safety school)
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: NYU, Hamilton, UNC, UVM; waiting on Brown, Yale, Tufts and Duke
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone else who got in! Good luck everywhere else, for those who didn’t!</p>

104

<p>Decision: Accepted - CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): W 680; CR 590; M 540 (ouch…)
[</em>] ACT: 25
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.76
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 3 Honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Regional Science Fair?
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Varsity Soccer (Captain 12th grade, 4 yrs.; SADD, 4 yrs.; Environmental VP in 12th, 3 yrs.; um…)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis):
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Well over 150 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: Martial Arts, piano all year, and working at animal shelter.
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): Don’t remember
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Couldn’t read ‘em
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Couldn’t read it
[<em>] Additional Rec: Couldn’t read it
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hope they saw somethin’ good. :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: 7 acceptances, 1 waitlist, 2 rejections.
[/ul]General Comments: YEAAAAAH BU BU BU BU!! Can’t afford it, so… I will not be attending.</p>

105

<p>Decision: Accepted Biomedical Engineering/Pre-Med </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 1840 (600R, 560W, 680M)</li>
<li>ACT: 29</li>
<li>SAT II: 690 Math II</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85</li>
<li>Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.17</li>
<li>Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 15</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (3), Calculus (4)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (Statistics, English Lit, Biology, German Language), 1 honors class (honors political science), 1 regular Grade 12 (economics), 3 electives (Yearbook–editor in chief, Peer Counseling, Associated Student Body Leadership)</li>
<li>Major Awards: Girl Scout Bronze, Silver, & Gold Awards, Regional Youth Inspire Award</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (school leadership, yearbook, peer counseling, theatre, girl scouts, church activities, lots of volunteer work)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (school-15hours per week, summer–40 hours per week)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Built a library for the childrens recieving home, organized many cannedfood drives, organized baby and childrens clothes drives</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Traveled Europe with school (Summer 2008), taught kids how to swim and lifeguarded (summers 2006-2010), Took class at Brown University (Summer 2009)</li>
<li>Essays (subjects and opinions): Pretty good, Comman App–Getting my black belt</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: GREAT!</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Great - very personalized</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Recomendation from my work for suplemental (REALLY good!)</li>
<li>Interview: N/A</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): California</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasion</li>
<li>Gender: Femals</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Built a library from scratch (wrote about it on comman app essay for elaborating on one extra curricular)</li>
</ul>

<p>Reflection</p>

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Lots of extra curriculars and actually being very involved in all of them, also strong recomendations</li>
<li>Weaknesses: SAT/ACT scores</li>
<li>Why do you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good recomendations and essays :)</li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted–UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, Sacramento State, Monterey Bay State, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Quinnipaic, Boston University, Texas Christian University; Waitlisted–Cal Poly, UCLA; Rejected: Stanford, USC, Washington University in Saint Louis, Brown University</li>
</ul>

<p>General Comments: Hopefully will be able to attend with the financial aid I got, might appeal to see if I can get any more.</p>

106

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] SAT I (breakdown): 630 (cr), 680 (m), 650 (w)[/li][li] ACT: 28 (but wasn’t submitted)[/li][li] SAT II: 650 (bio), 620 (math iic)[/li][li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, but weighted is 3.839[/li][li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30%[/li][li] AP (place score in parenthesis): lang/comp (4)[/li][li] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a[/li][li] Senior Year Course Load: 2 ap’s, 1 honors[/li][li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing major, just national honor society and lacrosse varsity letter[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): art club, christian club, ski club, lacrosse, tennis, ems club[/li][li] Job/Work Experience: tutor/babysitting[/li][li] Volunteer/Community service: way too many to list[/li][li] Summer Activities: EMT classes/training[/li][li] Essays: very strong[/li][li] Teacher Recommendation: very very strong[/li][li] Counselor Rec: very very strong[/li][li] Additional Rec: didn’t do[/li][li] Interview:didn’t do[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<pre><code>[li] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, got 18800 (i think merit is included though)[/li][li] Intended Major: undecided[/li][li] State (if domestic applicant): new jersey, usa[/li][li] School Type: public, ranked top school and blue ribbon school (whatever that means)[/li][li] Ethnicity: korean (but born/raised in new jersey)[/li][li] Gender: female[/li][li] Income Bracket: 170k (mom+dad)[/li][li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]</code></pre>

<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essay, recommendation and grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat ii’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Only did early schools and got accepted to all of them (Villanova, Northeastern, Pennstate, Rutgers and BU)
[/ul]</p>

107

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2060

  • ACT: )
  • SAT II: 650 Math II 720 Math I
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
  • Weighted GPA (using your school’s system):
  • Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 6
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 ap world, 4 ap lang
  • IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
  • Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs, 1 honors
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Lots =/

  • work with a florist for 4 years, hired by yale and my city to play trumpet
  • Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): A bunch
  • Summer Activities: took classes, traveled…
  • Essays (subjects and opinions): Great
  • Teacher Recommendation: Great
  • Counselor Rec: Great
  • Additional Rec: N/A
  • Interview: N/A
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): CT

  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: W
  • Gender: Male
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m awesome
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<p>i got a lot of aid from them, put them back on my list now…</p>

108

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS - International Relations</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 650M, 780 CR, 780 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:700 Math I, 800 Spanish w/ Listenting, 730 Literature, 750 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): GPA: 3.9
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system):
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 10
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank. within the top 10 for sure.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (5), AP Spanish Language (5), AP US History (5), AP English Language (4), AP US & Comparative Government (2 tests, to be taken in May), AP English Literature (TBA), AP Spanish Literature (TBA), AP Calculus AB (TBA), AP Environmental Science (TBA)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Most difficult, 6 AP
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, Nat’l Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): ModelUN - I am an officer in the club and have won three awards, one of which was a “Best Delegation” award in a crisis committee at an Ivy League Conference. This is the highest level of award possible. I won a “Verbal Commendation” at The University of Virginia MUN 2007 and an “Honorable Mention” at Boston University MUN 2009.</p>

<p>DECA - I am Vice President of Competitive Events. Some of the awards I’ve won in the DECA circuit are: 1st place at the District Competition in an Individual Role play 2008, Top 10 at the State competition in a written event 2009, Top 15 at the International competition in a written event 2009, 1st place in an Individual Role play 2009.</p>

<p>Indoor and Outdoor Track - Promising Runner Freshman and Sophmore year. Over 24 hours per week for around 30 weeks a year. My career as a runner ended after a serious injury in late spring 2008.</p>

<p>National Honor Society - I’ve completed more than 40 hours of community service for NHS in a year and a half.</p>

<p>KEY Club - I’ve completed over 50 hours of community service for KEY Club in 3 years.</p>

<p>American Red Cross Club - I’ve been on the Finance Committee and on the Blood Drive Organization Committee.</p>

<p>Debate Team </p>

<p>Student Ambassadors - I am on the board of officers for this club</p>

<p>Piano - I have played the piano since I was 7 and have won the Student of the Year award at my conservatory 5 years in a row. I generally play more than 12 hours a week.</p>

<p>[li] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): I have a part time job during the year (20 hours a week ish), I’ve also volunteered at Pan American Health Organization (DC nonprofit) during the summers </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): 100+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Work + Volunteer
[<em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): My common app essay was really phenomenal. if I tried to explain it here it would make no sense, but it was great. For my BU essay, the three words that described me are: Dynamic, Focused, and Resilient
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Although I didn’t see them, I know they were exceptional.
[li] Counselor Rec:My counselor doesn’t hate me per se, but I doubt he had anything exceptional to say. We don’t really know eachother very well, but I’m sure it was fine. </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): virginia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Medium to Large public high school (2500 students or so), affluent area just outside Washington DC.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, Immigrant, and a very extensive medical record.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, Extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: …none?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My essay was really unique.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UVA - A, University of Miami -A, Virginia Tech honors - A, George Mason honors - A, Wake Forest - A, Carnegie Mellon -A, University of Chicago - Waitlisted, Tulane honors - A
[/ul]General Comments: Stoked.</p>

109

<p>Decision: Accepted
CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: N/A, should have taken lol
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5-3.6 ish
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): N/A
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 3 AP, 6 Honors
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Biology and Spanish this year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Spanish 5, IB Precalculus, Literature and Film, American Government, Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): National Spanish Exam (Gold:10, Silver: 9,11)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Community’s antidrug coalition (Co-President, 11th and 12th grade), Spanish Club (VP, 9,10), Photography Club (11), SADD Club (12)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): various community service projects mostly with my coalition
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer in the City community service
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): Pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Said it was really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I think good
[<em>] Additional Rec: One additional recommendation from my coalition president
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive private
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Arab American)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing really, maybe being Arabic
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT is kinda good and some rigor in my courses
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not sure…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Cause I’m qualified idk haha
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UMiami, Case Western, MSU, Albion. Deferred: Michigan (top choice)
[/ul]General Comments: Glad I got in! Great school… but probably won’t attend (OOS)</p>

110

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS - biochemistry</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740 M, 710 W, 610 CR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Biology M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): N/A
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: N/A
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: N/A
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): singapore (australian citizen)
[<em>] School Type: junior college
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays? no idea…
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: carleton college (waitlisted)
[/ul]General Comments: pretty sure i’m attending unless i’m offered a place at carleton. but i prefer the boston area…kinda undecided…any opinions??</p>

111

<p>**Decision: Accepted CAS Honors Program/Boston Scholar **
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 670 CR 750 MT 650 WR
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Japanese 800 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 4.05
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 5 APs Spanish, US Hist, Calc BC, Stat, Bio & All honors classes (chem, english, etc)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish (4) AP US Hist (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Stat, AP Bio, Chem Honors, Facing History, English 12
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): NLE - Maxima Cum Laude
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): ATASK (Youth leader, 2009 - present), Projekt (President, 2009 - present), JV Tennis (1st singles 2007 - 2009), ASIA (2004 - present), Wolfpack Volunteers (2005 - Present)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): ATASK (120/8), HAP (2/week cont.)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Harvard Med School Research Lab assistant
[<em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): About working at ATASK
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: Boston High School Scholarship
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): —
[</em>] School Type: Public, exam school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, human rights advocate
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essay, leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think it’s because I do human rights work.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted BC, MCPHS, UMass Amherst, Northeastern, waitlisted Brandeis[/li][/ul]General Comments: I’m just happy I got the scholarship to go here.</p>

112

<p>Went to the NYC reception: There were 38,250 applicants this year if you’re curious.</p>

113

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS!</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2100 M: 720, CR: 680, WR: 700
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Weighted GPA : 5.3
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: ~9 (including this year)
[<em>] Rank: 79/587
[</em>] AP : Chem 5 English3 4 UShist 3 :frowning: and taking 4 this year!
[<em>] IB :
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio II, AP Human Geo, AP Calc BC, AP English 4, Sports Med
[<em>] Major Awards: Texas Academic All State trainer
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Sports Med (head trainer 4yrs); Latin Club (VP, Pres 5 yrs); Comm Service & other clubs (red cross, Invisible Children… etc but no other leadership!)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience : none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service : YES program (100+)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Traveled to Europe as a “study abroad” bc EF tour; other sports med stuff
[</em>] Essays: I liked it, but it could have been better
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good I’m hoping
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State : Texas!!
[</em>] Country:
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: stats?
[</em>] Weaknesses: should have worked harder on my common app over all
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: prob my stats again, and hopefully they saw potential/my personality in my essay!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected by my #1: Northwestern but Boston was my #2 :slight_smile:
[/ul]General Comments: sorry I’m so late here haha but better late than never! </p>

<p>happy to say that I’m going to BU in the fall :)</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED COM!</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2050/2400
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 750 US history, 650 lit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system):
[ *] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5) AP language (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: French 3, APES, AP GOV, calc, AP literature, newspaper
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Johns Hopkins scholar</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): Drama Club (4) PR jr year, historian sr year, over 10 plays, Head costume designer for 3 plays, Varsity tennis, Secretary for my environmental club, Choir President, Honor Choir, Schools 4 schools club, editor of my school newspaper, writer for two years prior, Honor Society, etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Frankie’s Pizza and Pasta (10/week ish)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): not much, but I do stuff for all of my clubs and Honor Society, plus a bit more outside of school.
[ *] Summer Activities: traveling, working, etc.
[ *] Essays (subjects and opinions): I think pretty good :slight_smile:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: SAT, essays, extracurriculars
[ *] Weaknesses: gpa, not much community service
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UW, UO, Syracuse, NYU
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] **</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): (In one sitting) Overall: 2030 Math:700 Reading:680 Writing:650
[</em>] ACT:comp: 34 math:30 science: 35 english:35 reading:36 combined writing/english:31
[<em>] SAT II:Biology:760 Chem:620 US History:660 Math2:620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.56
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.94
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4) Biology (5) Computer Science A (5) Chinese: in progress Chemistry: in progress
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Pre-calculus, econ, ap chem, lit/philosophy,physics h,ap chinese
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis): School Basketball Team (4), Asian League Basketball Team (4), Golf team(1)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): Data Entry in Hospital (12/week), 3D Modeling and Animation Internship (5/week)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): Peer Tutoring (1/week), Hospital (5/week), Basketball Coach (5/week)
[<em>] Summer Activities: CCSF iDesign Summer Program, USF Computer Science Summer Enrichment Program
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Solid
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian - Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:34 ACT, ECs, Recs,Some essays
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: San Diego State, San Francisco State, San Jose State, UC Davis, UC San Diego, NYU, Northeastern
Waitlisted: Washington U, St. Louis and Johns Hopkins
Rejected: MIT, Cornell, UPenn, Northwestern, CalPoly San Luis Obisbo, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Harvey Mudd
Still Waiting to hear from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
[/ul]</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED CAS
though got rejected from all the ivy leagues and johns hopkins, duke, stanford and rice, and even my local university UNM hahaha life…</p>

117

<p>Accepted to CAS too :)</p>

118

<p>Decision: Accepted- School of Management</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 superscored, didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II:didn’t send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): dunno. 3.3 or so
[<em>] Weighted GPA (using your school’s system): 3.67
[</em>] Number of AP/IB/Honors Courses: 18 AP/honors
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 73/324, top 25%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem: 3, USHistory: 4, Chinese: 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap econ, calc, spanish 5, ap bio, english honors, ap euro, entrepreneurship/study hall
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): N/A
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in parenthesis):hospital volunteer (2), school newspaper design editor (3), chinese school volunteer w/ leadership position (3), mock trial vp (3), FBLA (4), and some other stuff
[<em>] Job/Work Experience (place hours/week in parenthesis): none, just tutored a kid in geometry last year (my worst subject freshman year)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service (place hours in parenthesis): hospital volunteer (115), chinese school (100+), selective community service group in town for helping younger grades (~75)
[<em>] Summer Activities: summer school (9th grade), summer program w/ scholarship money in china (11th) , BU Summer Challenge (12th)
[</em>] Essays (subjects and opinions): my friend’s mom really loved the common app essay. The rest were okay, nothing special.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: okay
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never read
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT score, lots of activities, and my main essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa/rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Applied as business major for all unless noted-- American University, Boston University, Brandeis University, SUNY Binghamton (bio), Fordham (bio), University of Maryland, Northeastern University (pharmd), Penn State, Rutgers (Arts and sciences/ business), St. John’s University (pharmd)
Waitlisted: Rutgers pharm
Rejected: Boston College (arts and sciences, bio)
[/ul]General Comments: I won’t end up going, but its nice to know I got in. Congrats to everyone who got in !</p>