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I managed to get 50k for financial aid from BU. My family income is about 66k.
I didn’t file the FAFSA in time so couldn’t get any need based financial aid
@brendafly what do you mean about the “first choice” deadline? you can let boston university know that they are your first choice, but not apply early decision?
I was accepted to CAS with a 2120 SAT and 4.2 GPA, from NJ. Applied before the merit aid deadline but don’t think I received any. Congrats to those accepted and to those waitlisted/denied, good luck with the rest of your decisions, you’ll end up somewhere you love!!!
Is financial aid something you apply every year, or what you get in your freshman year is what you get for rest of the 4 years?
@jjohnross I don’t know if that is possible, but I accidentally(?) did that. I applied as Early Decision originally, but emailed them later saying if I can defer my application to Regular decision, because of financial issues. I told them Boston is still my first choice, and they were like okay. I don’t know if that helped with my acceptance through. However, I still won’t be able to attend BU even through it is my #1 choice and is my dream school, because of financial reasons… They gave me no financial aid or scholarships (international) whatsoever… So good luck with the decisions guys.
Accepted to CAS with presidential scholarship (international)!! Congrats everyone!!
Accepted to Questrom for Finance (I was too lazy to write the scholarship and honors essays)
GPA: 3.72 UW 4.3~? W
SAT: 1910 obviously didnt use this hahaha
ACT: 33
um let’s see… I dont remember if i put this down but basically asian female in very affluent beach city near la
Senior Courseload: AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Government/Economics, AP Calc AB, Took French 4 first semester and then changed it to TA
AP European History 4
APUSH 4
AP Biology 4
AP Psychology 5
AP English Language 5
SAT II Chinese w/ Listening 780
Literature 710
Math II 670
French w/o listening: haha lets not talk about it but tbh i took it just for fun lets just say under 500
School: super competitive public like for example probably 30 people are going to ivies plus stanford and the rest
considering our class is like 650 and everyones expected to go to college at least
Common app essay: talked about my background and how I made a lot of sacrifices to get a good education for myself like living alone for a year in eighth grade and moving away from my parents in high school
supplemental essay: i started off talking about how bu was one of the first universities to admit women and that as important to me because it shows that they are supportive of female leadership or something like that…
Extracurriculars:
-Martials Arts for 4 years: won a lot of regional tournaments, theres no nationals
-Varsity track for two years: my school awards captainship(?) based on how many years you have been there so i didnt get it
-volunteered at a local pet shelter 200+ hours
-volunteered with a community organization whose main goal is to help the residents achieve healthier and happier lives 200+ hours
-founded a club based on that organization that spreads awareness about living healthier and happier as a teenager -and to recruit volunteers for the organization(president) 20+ hours
-secretary to a school club that tutors improverished elementary schools nearby in math 60+ hours
-VP to a school club that make food for the homeless shelters
-Editor and co-founder of a student-run science magazine (ran our first publication yay) 40+ hours
-I worked for my step-dad’s dental clinic during breaks
-interned for a criminal law firm the summer before senior year
-took japanese in middle school and then graduated from a japanese language school when I moved and got academic honors when I graduated + took japanese classes at the local community college + visited japan during the summer with friends + took in japanese exchange students for two years and i am still in contact with them
-native chinese speaker thus proved through the SAT II
-all the regular academic honors stuff, NHS, Principal’s honor roll, CSF(california residents)
probably more little stuff but tbh i dont really remember now haha
Recs:
my outside recommendation should be really good like 9/10 cause shes the volunteer coordinator for my organization, known me for over 3 years and worked with me on a lot of projects
teacher recs
-ap lit teacher 7/10 idk if he really likes me im tardy to his class a lot but I contribute a lot and leads in the class
-ap bio love him and we have conversations about stuff all the time 8/10
-guidance counselor haha idk she thinks well of me but i kind of dont like her so idk if she knows that
Yep hopefully BU hopefuls should get some insight out of this. Tbh I applied without really considering it as a college i would get into so I was pleasantly surprised and it is now (very typical ik haha) a backup for NYU Stern
oh yeah so as I said affluent area and so i got 5k/year which is nothing
Congrats to everyone else who got in!!!
Accepted to CAS and Kilachand! I’m not going though, it’s too expensive and I ended up getting accepted to Wellesley which is my number 1 
I hope someone on the waitlist takes my spot, good luck! It’s a great school!
I got accepted to the honors college
Most likely won’t be going to BU 
I’m thinking about BC (honors college) vs. Columbia
When do we know if we qualify for Presidential scholarships??
Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I was just wondering, do we get our acceptance letters via mail as well?
@thsoup yes I was accepted CAS and got my acceptance letter yesterday
@jswftg2 thanks. does this apply for international applicants? like it comes to us in print?
@thsoup umm Idk, i’m a domestic applicant
My D got an acceptance folder in the mail yesterday.
My S did not get accepted. ACT score of 32, GPA of 3.6
Did any international applicant get their letter in the mail yet?
DD accepted to the College of Engineering with a 2220 SAT and 96 high school average but with no merit scholarship. Pass.