@TomSrOfBoston Is the presidential scholarship of 25k per year confirmed for all 4 years? Thanks for your time!
did everyone get the message in the letter about the possibility of transferring? not guaranteed transfer, just “Should you remain interested in Boston University, you may consider the possibility of transferring to BU after two semesters of strong academic work at another accredited college or university. Each year, we enroll students through our transfer admission program, and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss this option with you.”?
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Are you from PA?
Accepted - Questrom
3.91 Unweighted GPA, brought up to a 3.93 senior year.
No test scores (AP/SAT/ACT) submitted.
No class rank.
5 AP’s
Strong EC’s/leadership/essays/recs.
D21 Waitlisted
GPA: 3.8 UW/4.34W
ACT/SAT: 1480
Class Rank: N/A
9 APs/8 Hs
School/Major: COM/Journalism
A little surprised but not upset. Accepted at NEU, which she likes more, and where she received significant merit. Things work out.
Waiting on USC and NYU. Pretty sure she’l be a Husky, which is just fine.
I wonder. It does seem like everyone’s rejection either came with an invitation to join the waitlist or a guaranteed admission as a sophomore for Fall 2022 or an invitation to re-apply as a transfer student.
I am a bit discouraged for getting a flat rejection. I have NYU and Vanderbilt left and not much confident about those.
My daughter was accepted to BU today!
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Do you think it is better to send the LOCI to the regional admission representative or the director of admissions?
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Rejected OOS Poli Sci
3.95 UW, 4.6 W
No SAT/ACT
11 Honors,1 AP, 19 Dual Enrollment
Lots of music ECs + awards, started my own business, environmental volunteer work
Okay essay
Accepted BME
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By the way here are some stats:
ACT: 34 composite (applied with test scores)
GPA: 3.96
Lots of EC’s, varsity athlete, academic awards, volunteer work (the usual)
Probably good rec letters?
Applied for Biology and accepted
Maintain a 2.0 GPA.
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I feel for you and your daughter. This year feels a little bit like the Twilight Zone. My son has been through the ringer, and he went into this process excited about his prospects. Near perfect SAT, great ECs, top grades despite taking more classes per year than his classmates, and yet can’t seem to claw his way into his chosen schools. BU was his first acceptance, but no honors college. Who is getting into the honors college? Who is getting into these schools? Are there really just too many superstars? I guess so. But my heart is broken for my son. This has been a horrible year to apply to college and our kids got caught in the middle of it. I just hope they don’t lose confidence.
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The option to apply for non-guaranteed transfer is fluff. Anyone can apply to transfer anywhere.
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I empathize with you. My daughter got flat out rejected - not even waitlisted. We are flabbergasted as she has amazing stats, great extracurriculars, lots of leadership and really good letters of rec. She will graduate 3rd in her class out of 213 students. Even our friend who is a college counselor and helped review her essays is completely shocked. We know nothing is certain until you get the final decision but felt good about BU. Such a weird acceptance year. She has been given generous merit scholarships at three schools so far. She was admitted to UCLA and invited to apply for their Regents Scholarship. Sigh I really feel for these kids who’ve worked so hard for years to be crushed. Good luck.
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I’m feeling the same way.
My D is having a similar experience. She is third in a class of over 400, has straight A’s, 4/5s on her AP exams, 1560 SAT, 35 ACT and has been waitlisted at Tulane and Northeastern and now offered guaranteed transfer at BU. We went into this with high hopes and thought she could break through to a top tier school. Fortunately we have a great state school with UNC-CH but going there very much feels like living at home for her. She wants to go OOS. We have more schools to hear from over the next two weeks but what felt like certainty at the start of this process feels very uncertain now.
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No you don’t have to reapply if you were offer guaranteed transfer, it says in the FAQ.
Did she get guaranteed transfer?