***BU RD 2020 Decisions ONLY ***

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Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments:

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Decision: Accepted [College of arts and science]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2030/2400 1370/1600
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 :AP lang 3: AP Gov N/A: US History
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP’s AP AB calculus AP psych AP computer science AP Macroeconomics AP literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours
Summer Activities: community service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9- I think my essays were pretty dang good
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): No idea, didn’t read

Teacher Rec #1: didn’t read
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec: didn’t read
Interview: no interview

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: black and hispanic
Gender: male
Income Bracket: not sure, but not a lot
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection

Strengths: My essays were very good, and my scores were on par with the averages.
Weaknesses: My GPA was pretty low honestly, but i had a huge upward trend
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think i was a very diverse candidate and wrote great essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

General Comments: Excited to have been accepted! but have heard classes are very difficult there

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Decision:

ACCEPTED

SAT I (breakdown): 680 CR, 730 Math, 700 Writing
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know. Weighted: 113.4/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10/792
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(5), Calculus BC(5), Computer Science(5), Physics I(5), Chemistry(5), English Language(5), European History(3)… I forgot the rest…all 5’s though… taken too many AP’s… too lazy to look them up…
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP World History, AP English Literature, AP Gov/AP Macro, Multivariable Calculus, AP Biology, AP Physics C.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Stuff…

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CS stuff.
Job/Work Experience: Kumon 2 years.
Volunteer/Community service: Programmer in UN in the third-world. Developed a DBMS.
Summer Activities: See above. Plus, founding administrator of a colossal anime website.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 1 (I BS’ed my essay completely. I knew my scores would get me in so I wrote like 3 sentences… about the “DAO.” I really am not even considering BU. Just applied because it was free for me.)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 6?

Teacher Rec #1: Math teacher: Ahh… Doesn’t know me since I transferred school
Teacher Rec #2: History teacher: Ahh… Doesn’t know me since I transferred school
Counselor Rec: Pretty good hopefully.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: None.

Other

State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: less than 30k.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, parent-less, immigrant(immigrated 3.5 years ago to the US.)

Reflection
I was too lazy to fill our the college application. I was too lazy to study for the SAT. I was too lazy. Haha. No regrets though.

Strengths: Taken Observational Astronomy classes through Boston University. Taken more than 8 classes outside of school through institutions like Harvard, Berkeley, UT Austin, MIT, and NYU.
99 in Linear Algebra Class.
Grades were too good for them to reject me.
Weaknesses: Essays literally sucked. Recs probably sucked either way.
Why you think you were accepted? Grades.
Where else were you accepted: UT Austin Turing Scholars, Seton Hall.
Rejected from MIT and Caltech last week.

General Comments:
Well, Boston University is too expensive for me. Their financial aid offer was so horrendous… they gave me NOTHING. The Fed gov gave me like $6100 in grant and another $5500 in subsidized loans. What the hell? Isn’t Boston University as an institution supposed to offer me some financial aid? Ah well… never even considered BU, so yeah… hahaha.

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Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 590 CR, 690 M, 650 W
ACT: 29 C, 33 E, 27 M, 30 R, 25 S, 23 W
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 2.9 (3.5 W)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 65/250
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP English Lang (2), AP Stats (3), AP Macro/Micro (4 on both), AP Physics 1 (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics 2, AP Calc AB, AP English Lit, AP Psych, Art, Piano
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ap Scholar, NHS

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Too many to bother to list out, filled out all 10 slots
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 50+
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8 (didn’t read, but assumed they were good cause teachers I asked liked me)

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: they’re needs blind, so shouldn’t even matter
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores and extra-curicculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My inconsistent transcript made it a hard choice. If the applicant pool wasn’t so large this year, I probably would have made it.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Bentley, Babson, WPI Rejected- BC, Clark Uni.

General Comments:
Honestly, really wished I hadn’t slacked off so bad. Really, I feel that my grades were the tipping point for it. I was the only one waitlisted at my school too, which had over 50 students apply, all of which either got a firm yes or no.

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Rejected
4.36 gpa (weighted)
3.9 unweighted
33 ACT
heavy extracurricular and sports.

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How?
Makes no sense… I don’t THINK Ur extracurricular don’t really matter for a school like BU. I THINK they just look at ur grades and go admit or reject… ur GPA, is it on a 4.0 scale? Ur ACT seems good enough to warrant an acceptance… wow… maybe they rejected u because u r too good an applicant… because they assumed that you wouldn’t attend even if u were accepted…

don’t let it get to u. BU gives NO financial aid.

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Decision: Accepted (double major in college of visual arts and college of arts and sciences)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780 CR, 760 W, 700 M
ACT: I can’t completely remember, I got a 34 composite
SAT II: 750 english 740 math 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): we don’t rank at my school
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) Lang (5) Environmental (5) Studio art- drawing (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Biology, AP Stats, Women’s studies seminar, advanced art, creative writing
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I don’t think so, can’t think of anything

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Volleyball, Drama, Art,
Job/Work Experience: have done seasonal work and worked part time at McDonald’s
Volunteer/Community service: we’re required to do 100 hours for graduation
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): honestly they probably weren’t great, I’m typically a good writer but I struggled with these essays- maybe 7
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): i never read them (waived my ferpa) so I assume they were good

Teacher Rec #1: AP Lang teacher
Teacher Rec #2: Honors chemistry teacher
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: thoroughly middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: standardized testing scores
Weaknesses: a couple bad grades from sophomore year, mediocre essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My counselor had listed it as a safety for me; I think academically I just meet all the standards. The visual arts college was a wild card for me, though, I’m never sure how they objectively rank portfolios.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at Yale, Waitlisted at Washington University, Accepted at UMass Amherst, haven’t heard back from anywhere else

General Comments:
hope this helps someone.
I’m not sure if I’ll go, the financial aid they gave me wasn’t great and I have other schools I’d really like to go to so I’m waiting on hearing from them.

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Accepted to: College of Communication
Intended Major: Journalisim

SAT: 1690… It’s low but it was one of the highest at my school

ACT (breakdown): didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (if available): N/A
Rank/percentile (if available): 1 out of about 250

Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Physics, Gym, Computer Literacy and U.S. History

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society
Brown University Book Award
RIBBA Award
Sportsmanship Award (Soccer)
All-Division Award (Soccer)
RITCA Coaches Award (Track)
Honor Roll (High Honors every quarter)

Extracurriculars:
School Newspaper (Editor and Reporter)
Civil Rights Movement Initative
NYLF Law and CSI
Congressional Youth Cabinet
Student Council
Brown Summer High School
Girls Variaty Track
Girls Varsity Soccer (Captain)

Job/Work Experience:
-CVS (The corporate office) — Summer Intern (2015)
-Local Waterpark ---- Summer worker (2014)

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Tutoring
  • Library
  • Recorded stats at boys football games
  • Worked concession stand at boys basketball games
  • Other random volunteer/community service
    Total hours (150+)

Essays: 9/10, I thought my personal essay was pretty good. It showed growth
Teacher Recommendation: 9/10 AP English teacher
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 9/10 AP Physics teacher
I never read my recommendations… I’m just assuming they were good considering that I spoke to all my recomeders on a daily basis… We had solid relationships inside and outside of the classroom!

School Type: Public
State: RI
Ethnicity: Black
Gender: Female

Notes:
I don’t know if it helped that I was diverse. I lived in two other countries prior to moving to the U.S.

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D accepted into BU and honors college with 20K scholarship (presidential, I think?) for a film production major. 4.0 UNW/4.5 W. 33 ACT, National Merit Finalist but did not name BU as first choice. Strengths are writing - great essays and letters of rec, some student Emmy awards for films, etc. Not that many EC’s and very little (if any) community service but heavy involvement within her writing and filmmaking interests.

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How do you know if you were accepted klichand

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Kilichand

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Decision: Accepted to CAS w/ Presidential Scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (720CR, 780M, 660W)
ACT: 35C
SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 German
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 44/45
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma. HL: Physics, Econ, CompSci SL: Math, English, German
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded my own online business selling online currency for a game, captain of sponsored, semi-pro esports team (lol), varsity tennis and club soccer, completed with merit business plan competition at local finance-focused university, IT support & marketing for mother’s local business.
Job/Work Experience: Internships at real-estate and consulting firms
Volunteer/Community service: Participation in school’s student life organization
Summer Activities: Said internships
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App was very unique about being a leader of an esports team where everyone else is an adult, probably 9/10. Why BU was generic as fuck, 6/10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10, Economics teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, CompSci teacher
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: 8/10 from prior principal
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Germany
School Type: Private International
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, citizen of extremely underrepresented country, intl. not needing aid, speak 4 languages fluently

Reflection

Strengths: Tons of unique factors in application (ECs, hooks), ACT score, really sold myself as this international ambassador
Weaknesses: Next to no community service, subject tests were meh, ECs might weird out some people with so many videogame-related things, Why BU essay
Why you think you were accepted: Pretty good stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSD and Fordham (Dean’s Scholarship). Rejected at Northwestern. Waiting on NYU, Berkeley and Ivies

General Comments: Pretty hyped about the Presidential Scholarship, but doubt I’ll end up attending BU. Considering the Northwestern rejection I’ll probably end up at NYU as initially projected.

Congrats to everyone who got in!

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Decision: Accepted to the College of General Studies
(originally applied to the College of Arts and Science)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1730/2400, 1310/1600
ACT: N/A
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 1 AP, 4 honors classes, 3 ACP classes (this is my first year taking any AP/honors classes at all during high school)
Major Awards: N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (staff writer)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours
Summer Activities: community service (building houses in Tennsessee), went with my school to Europe on a WWII educational trip.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 – my essay was okay but I’m not sure how it compared to everyone else’s
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I’ve only read one of them and I would say it was a 5-ish? It was pretty generic.

Teacher Rec #1: ACP English teacher (junior year)
Teacher Rec #2: ACP Geometry & Algebra teacher (sophomore and junior year)
Counselor Rec: Really long, and probably is the thing that saved my skin. It described why I did crappy in school but also described all my personal hobbies and traits.
Additional Rec: Social Worker at my school that I’m friends with – she wrote about how I constantly mentioned that BU is my dream school.
Interview: no interview

Other

State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: not that high, but decent.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Father died, been out of the country more than 10 times, doesn’t need financial aid, applied early decision/sent deferral letter when I was deferred about how I would attend BU if accepted.

Reflection

Strengths: My counselor rec really showed my true personality and I think that BU liked that. Also a very strong increase in GPA throughout high school.
Weaknesses: I had severe anxiety throughout most of high school until I got medication in the end of my sophomore year, so my grades and rigor level were really low for a while. Junior and senior year I got a 4.0, but only in senior year have I been taken more rigorous classes.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Most likely because I come from a good school system in CT and because I’m a decently well-rounded student, I guess? I managed to overcome a mental disorder due to the death of my father, so I guess they liked that. I honestly have no idea. Maybe it was because I mentioned it was my dream school and that I would attend if accepted?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to the honors program at Salve Regina University and was awarded with a Trustee Scholarship.

General Comments: SO happy to have been accepted! BU is my dream school, and looking back on it, I’m not sure why they chose me out of so many applicants. I didn’t really do anything during high school until I suddenly gained motivation in junior year, so I’m well aware of how weak my application is. The only good reason I can think of is that they liked my personality or motivation or something?

Also, I know the College Of General studies is for those who weren’t exactly qualified, but I think I deserve to be there. I didn’t work as hard as many of the people on this thread during high school, so I need to prove myself. I’m more than willing to take the challenge.

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Decision: Waitlisted [School Of Engineering]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 29
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 :AP USH 5: AP Japanese
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s AP AB calculus AP Physics AP Calculus AP literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots
Job/Work Experience: Art Assistant
Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours
Summer Activities: Research Internships
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7 or 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 8 or 9

No interview

Other

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Pubic
Ethnicity: White/Japanese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 45,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: My essays, extracurriculars, GPA
Weaknesses: Testscores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My test scores
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

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Decision: Accepted to CGS London Program (Applied to CAS)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 (800M, 580R, 640 W)
ACT: 31 superscore (31E, 33M, 27R, 32S)
SAT II: 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): Statistics (4) Calc AB (5)

Other

State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, top 25 in sate
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: Standardized test scores, strong math student
Weaknesses: GPA, didn’t visit
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Within range for SAT and ACT but too low of GPA for CAS

General Comments:
Definitely still high on my list but it sucks that I wouldn’t be able to start until January.

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Decision: Accepted to Questrom (Int’l Business!)

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR, 760M, 740 W (2130 C)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: 720 BioM, 720 USH, 800 Korean
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77UW/4.48W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a (probably top 10%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (4), USH (5), WH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Gov/AP Econ, AP Psych, Chinese 3, Wind Ensemble, AP Calc AB
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective
Extracurriculars:
-Link Cru Leader Freshmen Orientation/Guidance
-Future Business Leaders of America (4 yrs, V.P)
-Chess Club (4 yrs, member)
-Hwarang Leo Club Branch of Lion’s Club
-Korean Club (4 yrs, President)
-Amateur Astronomy Association (3 yrs, Secretary/Grade Rep)
-Competitive Archery [2 state competitions: ranked 34th in California 2014]
-1st Chair of double reeds (Bassoon) – played annually at Disneyland & Segrestrom Hall

Job/Work Experience:
-Chipotle May 2015-October 2015 (30hr/wk)
-Cafe Mochilato October 2015-March 2016 (25hr/wk)
-Internship at Guangzhou, China for ADS (Audio Science Technology Co.) Winter 2014

Volunteer/Community service:
-Hwarang Leo Club Treasurer
-Discovery Science Center Orange County DCOC
-Church Orchestra (200+hrs)

Teacher Rec #1: 9.5/10
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~$25,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection
Strengths: Heavy extracurriculars and partly my SAT scores for BU
Weaknesses: GPA?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well-Rounded applicant mostly
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted @ Fordham, George Washington Univ, UCI, UCDavis
Waitlist @ Brandeis, Boston Coll, Northeastern, UCLA, UCSD
Rejected @ Notre Dame, Northwestern
Waiting for UVa, USC, NYU, Cornell, UPenn, Carnegie Mellon

General Comments: Good luck everyone!

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Decision: ACCEPTED [College of Fine Arts]

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit
ACT: did not submit
SAT II: n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (3), LANG (3), HUMAN GEO (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Drama, Honors French 3, Precalculus, AP Computer Science, AP American Gov, AP Macroeconomics, Philosophy, Honors British Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar award, GMEA Piano Soloist (for 2 years), NYU Future Theatre Artist award

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): French Club (President), French National Honors Society (Historian), Social Justice Club (founder & vice president), International Club (Officer), Tri-M Music Honors Society, Orchesta (1st chair violin), NYU Future Theatre Artist Program.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Community Library, Local Acting Studio, School Theatre Productions
Summer Activities: NYU Tisch Summer High School for film (4.0 GPA, earned 6 college credits), Volunteered at performing arts camp, and worked on professional TV/Film Sets.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10? CHEM Teacher (did not read, but I worked hard in her class and earned high grades)
Teacher Rec #2:10/10 FRENCH Teacher (I read it, and it was very personable + impressive)
Counselor Rec: Average (I come from a big school and all the recs sound the same)
Additional Rec: 10/10 NYU Teacher (earned a high grade, and always participated in class)
Interview: 10/10 (She told me I would be at great fit at BU and seemed highly impressed by my audition)

State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black [Caribbean]
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Below $40,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Well-rounded artist + student with professional acting credentials.

Reflection

Strengths: Audtion + essays + recs. Also, strong increase in GPA & hard classes throughout HS.
Weaknesses: Would be test scores, but I was not required to submit them because I applied to CFA.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I demonstrated a strong passion & dedication to all arts from the age of 6 (I spoke about this in both my essays + interview).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

Accepted @ Chapman University, UNC School of the Arts, Emerson College
Waitlisted @ Fordham University
Rejected @ n/a
Waiting for NYU, USC, and Wesleyan University

General Comments: I was most surprised to receive a renewable 50K merit talent scholarship from CFA + more. BU has definitely moved up the list!

Good luck to future CFA BU applicants

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1970 (accidentally submitted…oops)
ACT: 32 (36 R, 34 E, 32 S, 26 M, 8 W)
SAT II: 790 Lit, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 104/573
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 AP Human Geography
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL, IB HOTA 2 HL, IB Art 2 HL, IB Film 2 HL, IB Environmental Science, IB Math Studies, IB French 5, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few regional art awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Foreign Exchange Club (Sec.), Street Art Club (VP), local museum teen advisory board, Sound Board Operator, Literary Magazine member, National Art Honor Society
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer Usher at Children’s Theatre, 100+ assorted hours
Summer Activities: British-American Business Council Scholarship trip awarded through essay contest
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App 8/10, Why BU (6.5/10)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
English teacher- 6.5/10
Film teacher - 9/10
Enviro teacher 8/10
Counselor Rec: ehhh probably ok. she doesn’t know me too well.
Additional Rec:
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, large
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: essays, test scores
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably combo of essays & test scores.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far: Accepted at UNC, Fordham, Pitt, OSU and wait-listed at UChicago and Boston College…waiting to hear back from NYU, Columbia (ahahah), and Barnard

General Comments: applied for Kilachand as well, but no luck. also, no merit aid even though I applied by the deadline, which is a bummer, but they met my EFC w/ grants so…?

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Decision: Accepted CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210, 720 M, 720 R, 770 W
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 760 Bio, 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank or percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 5 World Hist.
IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP French, AP English, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): bunch of debate awards, won the national french contest multiple times, won the national latin contest multiple times also

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate (division director), play violin, girls who code club, latin club, french club, school honors society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered as a lab leader over the summer at some debate camps in NYC, also worked for a program that gives music programs to under-privileged schools in the area
Summer Activities: debate camps, travel, community service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: probably like a 6/7, wasn’t amazing. Why BU: like a 4, wrote it the night before the app was due
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: APUSH teacher - 10, he loves me!
Teacher Rec #2: Latin teacher - probably like an 8/9
Counselor Rec: hopefully like a 7/8, went to her office constantly and had to write an autobiography for her to write her rec on.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: extracurriculars, I won a ton of debate stuff and put a lot of that stuff on my application.
Weaknesses: first semester senior grades were AWFUL
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: BU was a safety for me, probably didn’t get rejected bc of “tufts syndrome” bc i visited
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell, McGill, UMich, SUNY Bing
Waitlisted: WUSTL
Rejected: UChicago, Northwestern

General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted!!!

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Decision: Accepted to the CAS and Kilachand Honors College

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 C (770 W, 680 CR, 610 M)
ACT: 31 C
SAT II: 780 on Spanish w/o Listening, 740 on Literature
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/476
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Spanish Language (5), English Language (5), World History (3), Chemistry (3), Human Geo (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Art History, AP Statistics, Economics Honors, AP US Government and Politics, AP European History, Sociology, Administrative Office Techniques, AP English Lit, Astronomy Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): 2015 Questbridge National College Match Finalist, 2015 Questbridge College Prep Scholar, 2015 AP Scholar with Distinction
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Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Teen Trendsetters, Youth In Government, Spanish Club, Teenage Republicans, Young Democrats, BOLD Club, Cross Country, Track and Field
Job/Work Experience: Bakery-Cafe Associate at Panera Bread
Volunteer/Community service: Theatre Tech at community theatre, youth mentoring
Summer Activities: None
Essays: Common App (10/10) Incredibly happy with how it turned out, though it might seem cliche to some. It was about growing up the daughter of undocumented Mexican immigrants and how it has shaped my dreams.
Teacher Recommendations: Both were 10/10, my English Lit teacher gave me a glowing rec mentioning my writing skills and my involvement at my new school.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
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Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, received 12k in FAFSA loans/grants
Intended Major: Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, rural
Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): Hispanic (Mexican)
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$30k for a family of 6
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st generation, from a rural area, low income
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Reflection
Strengths: My writing is probably my strongest aspect
Weaknesses: My SAT and ACT could be wayyy higher
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I am a pretty average fit for BU!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UMiami, UF, UCF, FSU, Auburn, University of Southern California, University of California: San Diego, Emory University. Rejected from UCLA :frowning:
Where else are you applying for RD: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, UPenn, Brown, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, NYU, Princeton
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General Comments:
I honestly didn’t even think I was going to get in, but I am very pleased that I did even if I don’t plan on attending. Congrats to everyone who got in!