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<p>**Decision:
College: </p>
<p>SAT:
SATII:
GPA:
RANK:
AP/IBS:
Notable ECS: </p>
<p>ESSAYS:
RECS: </p>
<p>STATE:
SCHOOL TYPE:
ETHNICITY:
GENDER:
HOOKS:
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?:
OTHER THOUGHTS: **</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1450/2130
SATII: 720/680/660
GPA: 3.5UW-3.8W, hardest classes, excuse for lower grades
RANK: Doesnt Rank
AP/IBS: 5-4-4-3</p>
<p>Notable ECS: founder of tutoring business, editor of school paper, went to thailand to teach english, vp of fbla, two varsity sports, on a regional school board, mock trial, peer mediation</p>
<p>ESSAYS: really really solid
RECS: better than essays... one said i was best in 17 years, in a class meant for seniors as a junior i emerged the leader/made everyone else do better</p>
<p>STATE: CT
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: Male
HOOKS: None
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Strength - ECs/SAT/Essays/Recs - Weakness -GPA
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Becuase i was qualfied enough</p>
<p>ATTENDING?:even though they gave me 5k dollars in merit scholarships, its still about 10-15k more expensive than some of the other schools i got into (uw madison, ut austin)... so i dont think so</p>
<p>OTHER THOUGHTS: Good Luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted w/engineering scholarshop (1/2 tuition)
College: Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 720/740/750
SATII: 700s x3
GPA: 3.5uw/4.35W
RANK: 14/400
AP/IBS: 8APs
Notable ECS: standard</p>
<p>ESSAYS: good
RECS: excellent</p>
<p>STATE: maine
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: cauc
GENDER: M
HOOKS: don't know
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: rigorous course load at school.all honors or ap
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?: don't think so, not enough aid
OTHER THOUGHTS: </p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2390 (800m, 800v, 790w)
SATII: 800 Math II, 770 Chem., 770 Span., 750 Math I, 730 Bio. M
GPA: 3.67 UW
RANK: No Rank, Somewhere in top 11%
AP/IBS: Euro. 5, U.S. 5, Chem. 5
Notable ECS: Very involved in theatre and dance curricularly, extracurricularly, and in work.</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Fine
RECS: Great</p>
<p>STATE: Massachusetts
SCHOOL TYPE: Boarding
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER: Male
HOOKS: Ummm, SATs? School?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Top boarding school, theatrical work.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: All of the above?
ATTENDING?: Probably not. No aid = no incentive.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Not accepted to Trustee's Scholars.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2180 (680m, 720v, 780w)
SATII: 650 Math II, 650 Span w/ list, 730 Lit
GPA: 3.6 UW
RANK: top 10%
AP/IBS: 3 this year--literature, spanish, macroecon
Notable ECS: 8 years of karate, karate instructor, 3 years of community service, tutor, etc</p>
<p>ESSAYS: good
RECS: assuming good/great</p>
<p>STATE: NH
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: female
HOOKS: um, my brother's a sophomore at BU
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: strength- SATs, weaknesses- EC's
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: I guess strengths > weaknesses
ATTENDING?: Maybe.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1900---->M: 690 CR:610 W: 600
SATII: Bio 730 Chem 760
GPA: 3.9
RANK: skl doesnt rank
AP/IBS:
Notable ECS: internship at hospital in PA, community work, creative writing stuff...etc etc</p>
<p>ESSAYS: i think thats what did the trick...everything else was pretty nominal
RECS: Outstanding</p>
<p>STATE:
SCHOOL TYPE: Parochial
ETHNICITY: asia
GENDER: female
HOOKS:none</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (Trustee Scholar)
College: Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>SAT: 2350
SATII: 800M2, 750Physics, 790Chem
GPA: 3.7 UW
RANK: top 10%
AP/IBS: USH 5, Eng Lit 5, 2D Port 4
Notable ECS: violin 12 years, president of msa, internships at hospitals, yearbook photography editor</p>
<p>ESSAYS: the regular admissions essays weren't great, but the trustee scholarship essay was very good
RECS: didn't read</p>
<p>STATE: MA
SCHOOL TYPE: Private boarding
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: F
HOOKS: well rounded student with interest in science </p>
<p>ATTENDING?: maybe
OTHER THOUGHTS: this is going to be a tough decision</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1490/2130 790/700/640
SATII: 760-BIO 720-Math I
GPA: 3.63UW-3.92W, hardest classes, excuse for lower grades
RANK: 80th percentile
AP/IBS: 5-bio</p>
<p>Notable ECS: Varsity Fball, NHS, Work Experience</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Some like it, some hate it
RECS: Really not too sure, but the teachers like me</p>
<p>STATE: CT
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER: Male
HOOKS: None
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Strength - SAT-ACT/Essays/Recs - Weakness -GPA
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: SAT scores</p>
<p>ATTENDING?:Most Likely</p>
<p>OTHER THOUGHTS: Good Luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted / Rejected from 7-Year Program
College: College of Engineering / College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>SAT: 2350
SATII: 800IIC, 790US, 780Chem
GPA: ~3.9 UW
RANK: NA
AP/IBS: AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Notable ECS: Varsity Cheer, Captain Quiz Bowl, MUN Pres, Editor-in-Chief, Director of student comm. service group, other stuff</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Should have been OK.
RECS: Excellent. One was a "best of career" type.</p>
<p>STATE: MA
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: Female
HOOKS: Some pretty good writing awards? BWRK = anti-hook :)
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: ECs / Not medical-science enough?
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Murgh.
ATTENDING?: No.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted ( DONT KNOW HOW HONESTLY)
College: COM</p>
<p>SAT: 1210/1830
SATII: (ACT) 26
GPA: 3.55 uw 4.175 w
RANK: 42/470
AP/IBS:
Notable ECS: EIC of yearbook, 4 years of cheerleading</p>
<p>ESSAYS: pretty good
RECS: very good</p>
<p>STATE: CT
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: f
HOOKS: eic of yearbook
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: wekeaness-SATS
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: IM SHOCKED
ATTENDING?: very big possibility
OTHER THOUGHTS:</p>
<p>Decision: WAITLIST
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1410/2090
SATII: 750, 700, 690
GPA: 3.6 W
RANK: n/a
AP/IBS: USH: 5 Bio: 5 Stat: 4, 4 more this year
Notable ECS: Class Treasurer, Significant guitar stuff</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Decent
RECS: Decent</p>
<p>STATE: CT
SCHOOL TYPE: Public (pretty rigorous)
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER:Male
HOOKS: None
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: I have no idea
ATTENDING?:
OTHER THOUGHTS: I'm ****ed, this was my second choice and a safety!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>SAT: 2070 (M-700, CR- 640, W- 730)
SATII: 650 US, 630 Lit
GPA: 3.68 UW, 3.8 W
RANK: NA
AP/IBS: AP Scholar; 6 in total
Notable ECS: president of club, treasurer of another, jv sport, significant community service</p>
<p>ESSAYS: +
RECS: +</p>
<p>STATE: CA
SCHOOL TYPE: Parochial
ETHNICITY: S. Asian
GENDER: F
HOOKS: None really..
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: S- ECs, Community Service, Essay; W- GPA
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: dunno
ATTENDING?: No..only got 5K merit and i already got into my top choice (nyu)</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: ACT - 30 (34 R 31 E 30 M 26 S)
SATII: 670 LIT 680 MI 610 MII
GPA: 3.2 UW
RANK: 32/177
AP/IBS: AP Calc, Chem, English Lit, US History
Notable ECS: Varsity Football, State Champion/Nationally Ranked Powerlifter, Drummer, Lots of Community Service</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Didn't even really try on the BU application one, but my common app one was awesome.
RECS: I thought they were unbelievable.</p>
<p>STATE: MA
SCHOOL TYPE: Catholic Private
ETHNICITY: Caucasion
GENDER: Male
HOOKS: Nationally Ranked, State Champion Powerlifter
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Strong ECs/Low GPA and Rank
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: GPA and rank...most people in the top 10% of my class applied to BU.
ATTENDING?: Even if I gain acceptence, I can't without financial aid.
OTHER THOUGHTS: I wish 12 out of the 17 people in the top 10% of my school didn't apply.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT:2160/2400, 32 ACT
SATII: 690, 770
GPA: 96 u/w, 117 w
RANK: 2/415
AP/IBS: 4 so far, 9 by end of this year
Notable ECS: US Senate Page, lots of political stuff, leads in shows since freshman year</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Good enough I guess
RECS: Awesome all around </p>
<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER: Female
HOOKS: Political stuff, rec from Senator Clinton
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Math SAT?
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Who cares? It's great news!
ATTENDING?: Maybe, depends on what else I hear.
OTHER THOUGHTS: WHeeeeeee!</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlist
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT:2100
GPA: 3.35 UW
APs: Bio, Calc AB, US Hist., Music, Spanish, Stat
ECs: A lot of musically related acts.</p>
<p>Essay: okay common app
Recs: ok</p>
<p>State: NJ
School Type: public
Gender: Female
Hooks: alumni</p>
<p>Decision: accepted!
College: College of Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 2220
SATII: 770 math 2, 690 lit
GPA: ~4.0 w
RANK: school doesn't rank
AP/IBS: Art Hist, Eng. Lang & Comp, Calc BC, Physics C, US Gov & Politics, Microeconomics
Notable ECS: a ton of dance (captain of school varsity team, member of competition team, ballet company), yearbook (2 years, editor for 1), community service club, school musicals, founded another club</p>
<p>ESSAYS: mehh ok i think
RECS: hopefully good! i didn't read them though.</p>
<p>STATE: CA
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: female
HOOKS: umm i don't know? good ecs maybe?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: decent grades, good sats, good ecs
ATTENDING?: i don't think so because i got into my first choice (ucla) but i'm still super excited! i love bu!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: COM</p>
<p>SAT: 2260 total- 750 CR, 710 M, 800 W
SATII: 750 Lit, 680 Spanish w/Listening, 660 Math II
GPA: 4.32 w
RANK: top 5%
AP: 4 out of about 9 or 10 that my school offers. 4 on AP US exam
Notable EC's: nothing special..a few clubs, p-t job</p>
<p>ESSAYS: really good
RECS: awsum</p>
<p>STATE: NJ
SCHOOL TYPE: public
GENDER: f
HOOKS: went to the High School Honors program there last summer?
ATTENDING?: 90% sure</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1280/1600 1800/2600
SATII: Math 640, Lit 580, Physics 540
GPA: 3.15/4
RANK: 140.510
AP/IBS: 3 APS (Highest allowed)
Notable ECS: Varsity Soccer</p>
<p>ESSAYS: Good
RECS: Good</p>
<p>STATE: MA
SCHOOL TYPE: Public HS
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER:Male</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 2360 (2 sittings)
SATII: 800 Math II, 790 Bio, 750 Literature
GPA: 3.9 uw (with most AP's taken out of class of 2007)
RANK: school doesn't rank
AP/IBS: four 5's, taking 6 more exams this year
Notable ECS: EIC of newspaper, medical research (3 summers, hired by biotech company, member of American Association for Cancer Research, presented abstract at AACR conference), MUN president, NHS (chaired several projects), Habitat for Humanity, dance, piano</p>
<p>ESSAYS: very good, but most people think their essays and recs are good
RECS: " "</p>
<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: competitive public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: female
HOOKS: ?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?: Kind of disappointed that I didn't get any merit aid. Because of that, I'm definitely not attending (I already got into Wash U, Cornell, and NYU Stern).</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: Engineering</p>
<p>SAT: 2120
ACT: 33
SATII: Bio:670; Lit:710; Math L1:680
GPA: 4.0+
RANK: 14/279 top 5%
AP/IBS: Taking 8 out of 10 AP's at my school, AP Scholar for the 3 tests I've taken so far.</p>
<p>Notable ECS: I'm really into Art and Theater... Also demonstrated my interest in engineering by going to a residential engineering summer program at WPI</p>
<p>ESSAYS: I sent BU the wrong one! It called WPI one of the best engineering schools in the country... whoops. But it was a good essay other than taking about the wrong college.
RECS: All said good things, but the teachers made lame typos and stuff, and didn't take it seriously.</p>
<p>STATE: Massachusetts
SCHOOL TYPE: Inner City Public
ETHNICITY: White, but I didn't put my race on anything
GENDER: Female
HOOKS: Girl doing engineering? Probably helped, but I don't know how unique this is at BU specifically.
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Scores and GPA were a match for the school.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Like I said, my stats were a good match, and I took a lot of APs.</p>
<p>ATTENDING?: I'm still deciding... I've gotten great financial aid from BU, NEU and WPI so it's really down to what kind of a feel I get at the open houses etc.</p>
<p>OTHER THOUGHTS: Congrats to everyone who got in, hope to see you at the open house! I'm so sorry to anyone who really wanted BU and got rejected- trust me, I feel your pain.</p>