BU RD Decisions

<p>Decision: Accepted
College: SMG</p>

<p>SAT: 780 M 750 CR 800 W
SATII: 800 IIC, 680 US Hist, 600 French
GPA: 3.78 UW
RANK: N/A
AP/IBS: IB Diploma Program... 6 and 7 on SL
Notable ECS: a lot of business, politics, and service stuff. 3 major internships.</p>

<p>ESSAYS: good... one might have been somewhat controversial.
RECS: excellent</p>

<p>STATE: NJ
SCHOOL TYPE: very competitive public magnet
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: M
HOOKS: SATs, extracurriculars
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: good stats
ATTENDING?: probably not
OTHER THOUGHTS: surprised that there is no money.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected
College: CGS</p>

<p>SAT: 650 M 570 CR 580 Wh
GPA: 3.1 UW
RANK: N/A
AP/IBS: 1 AP, 2 Honors
Notable ECS: 1000 hours of volunteer theatre work, drama club president, internships at 2 biggest community theatres in the state, VP of film society</p>

<p>ESSAYS: i liked them.
RECS: never read them, but good relationships with the teachers who wrote them</p>

<p>STATE: NJ
SCHOOL TYPE: competitive public school
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: F
HOOKS: extra curriculars
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: low gpa, but with an intense rising trend
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: gpa.
ATTENDING?: i wish
OTHER THOUGHTS: oh well</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
College: CAS --int'l relations</p>

<p>SAT: 2210
SATII: math II, biology, history --all kind of low; in the 600 something range
GPA: 3.8 weighted
RANK: 20%
AP/IBS: AP Bio 3; AP Art History 5; currently taking AP Lit
Notable ECS: been on the school newspaper forever; an intern on a real newspaper; varsity lacrosse; dancer; almost 1000 hours community service; all sorts of service/honor clubs; camp counselor; secretary of the make-a-wish club; lived abroad (all over the place) for half my life</p>

<p>ESSAYS: english was always my forte...basically they were about my 'exotic' experiences abroad (haha) & my journalism experience and interest in politics
RECS: never saw them.. but should be pretty solid</p>

<p>STATE: CA
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: female
HOOKS: SATs
WEAKNESSES: chocolate
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?: i forgot to submit the CSS profile, consequently so far BU is not granting me any money... and i'm probably going to a UC anyway since it's tonssss cheaper</p>

<p>Decision:Admitted
College:Engineering, Electrical</p>

<p>SAT:1400,1970
SATII:Didn't take, 30ACT
GPA:4.46
RANK:16/480
AP/IBS:10 APs total. Taken five tests so far, five more this year. 2 5s, 2 3s, 1 4.
Notable ECS:Captain of the Academic team, Youth Court, Job</p>

<p>ESSAYS:I don't write particularly well on broad topics but I think my essays showed my personality.
RECS:Very good. Both of my teacher had known me for several years.</p>

<p>STATE:SC
SCHOOL TYPE:Large Public
ETHNICITY:White
GENDER:Male
HOOKS:I guess being from Podunk, SC
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:SAT?
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: have no really great strong point yet no real big weaknesses? Maybe? I have no idea.
ATTENDING?:BU is now my cheapest school, so most likely yes.
OTHER THOUGHTS:I do have reservations because of the bad things I have heard about the moronic bureaucracy of BU.</p>

<p>^lukeaaa, "no really great strong point"?! how about that 4.46 to-die-for GPA?!</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted!!
College:SMG</p>

<p>SAT:1420/2080
SATII:760 US Hist, 730 WH, 700 Chem
GPA:94.5
RANK:102/851
AP/IBS:5 on UH, 4 on Chem
Notable ECS: Some leadership here and there. Sent in an activity chart, nothing too impressive.</p>

<p>ESSAYS: Decent
RECS: Never read.</p>

<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: Competitive
ETHNICITY: Chinese
GENDER: Male
HOOKS: None
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Thought my GPA/rank might be a problem.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Strong overall.
ATTENDING?: Depends on how much money GWU gives me.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Stoked. Just happy to get another acceptance in before the ivy rejections come on thurs. Love BU, probably my second choice behind GWU. Got pretty good fin aid from BU too (around 39K without loans) so it's going to be hard for GWU to top.
Congrats to everyone who got in. GL to those waitlisted and rejected.</p>

<p>That GPA is weighted a lot. In SC, 100 in a CP(lowest class) is 4.87. 100 in Honors is 5.37. AP is 5.87. I did decent in 9th and 10th grade with honors classes and 1 AP. I worked pretty hard last year with 4 APs and am taking 5 this year. For comparison, our valedvictorian(however you spell it) has a low 5 for 4 years.</p>

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

<p>SAT: 2100/2400 (690 M 670 V 740 W)
SATII: 660 M1C 660 LIT
GPA: 94.33 UW
RANK: 28/372
AP/IBS: School doesnt offer APs
Notable ECS: Debate, yearbook, and lots of other fun stuff</p>

<p>ESSAYS: BU specific ones- not good
RECS: good</p>

<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: catholic
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: male
HOOKS: none
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: grades
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: grades
ATTENDING?: probably not
OTHER THOUGHTS: happy to get in and it is a great school</p>

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

<p>SAT: 1360/2020
SAT II: 610 and 640
GPA: 3.9 w
RANK: top 5%
AP/IBS: AP US History (4), SUPA Chem (90-something), currently taking AP Eng. lang&lit, AP Economics, and AP Gov't
Notable ECS: president of spanish honor society, vp of student council
ESSAYS: good
RECS: the ones I did read were very good
STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: small public school (122 in my grade)
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: F
HOOKS: ?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Strengths:essay, recs, ECs/Weaknesses: SAT IIs
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: I guess my strengths outweighed my weaknesses?
ATTENDING?: very possibly since I got good financial aid. I'm still waiting to hear the financial aid from most of my other schools.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: CAS, Honors Program, REJECTED Trustee Scholarship</p>

<p>SAT: 2270 (1520 old scale)
SATII: French 590, Math II 670, Physics 660, US History 680
GPA: unweighted, about a 98
RANK: 1/578
AP: US History 5, Psychology 5, English Lang & Comp 5, Physics B 3
Notable ECS: Varsity Winter Track & Field for 2 years, All County Choir, Select Chorus, Simons Summer Research Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the school paper, Secretary of the Tri-M Music Honors Society, Brookhaven Youth Court (community service activity), Leadership Board for BYC, etc etc etc</p>

<p>ESSAYS: Pretty good! On the general Common App I wrote about my adopted penguin, Quark, and my love for Physics.
RECS: Very, very good, from my Physics and English teachers.</p>

<p>STATE: New York.
SCHOOL TYPE: Public.
ETHNICITY: White.
GENDER: Female.
HOOKS: National Merit Finalist.
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: My mid-year report was pretty bad- a lot of A- and a B- in Calc, although I'm taking the hardest possible courses offered at my school (7 APs). My SAT IIs weren't that good, either. Guess it didn't matter much!
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: I kinda knew I was going to get accepted, but I'm really happy about getting into the Honors Program. I wrote about it on the WHY BU part of my app.
ATTENDING?: There are six schools ahead of BU on my list, but four of them are Ivies, so I really don't know. I'll know by next Tuesday, I think! I'm definitely going to one of their welcome days, though!
OTHER THOUGHTS: Congrats, everyone, especially to my fellow honors program peeps! Hope to see some of you at one of the receptions.</p>

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

<p>SAT: 2060
SATII: m2-700, m1-760, lit-700, us-650
ACT: 33 comp.
GPA: 3.6-ish
RANK: School doesn't rank.
AP/IBS: 2 this year, none previously.
Notable ECS: dance, art, president of two clubs, Community Service Honors, drama.</p>

<p>ESSAYS: BU specific, pretty good.
RECS: Good relationship with teachers, History & Math teachers.</p>

<p>STATE: California
SCHOOL TYPE: Very small private.
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER: Female
HOOKS: ACT? No clue. Don't think I have any. Girl who write in her essay that she likes science?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Upward trend in GPA (might be higher than that now, don't remember), but still not very high -- no APs before Senior year.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: No clue. Very happy though!
ATTENDING?: Not sure, have to decide East Coast/West Coast.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
College: Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>SAT: 2350 (800M/790CR/760W single sitting)
SATII: 800Math2, 710 Chem, 740 Bio-M, 750 Lit
GPA: 4.0/4.0, 4.80/5 (highest in school)
RANK: 1/47X but not shown ... just says top 1% b/c we dont rank
AP/IBS: 5s on EngLang, World, Bio, Calc BC, Stat, USGov
Notable ECS: NIH internship, summer science camps, debate, lots of community service</p>

<p>ESSAYS: Personal was on how I'm addicted to lawnmowing :]
RECS: Solid</p>

<p>STATE: MD (MoCo)
SCHOOL TYPE: Public - noncompetitive
ETHNICITY: Indian
GENDER: M
HOOKS: research, essays, general offbeat-ness
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: I dunno
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: The essay
ATTENDING?: Doubt it
OTHER THOUGHTS: Deans 10,000 a year scholarship. Yay. Didn't get BS/MD though - not even invited for an interview... not that I deserved one. Glad I got in though... glad I visited. Actually chose to apply here over Harvard for a Boston school and sister fell in love, and she'll be applying in two years.</p>

<p>CONGRATS TO THOSE ACCEPTED!</p>

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

<p>SAT: 33 ACT / 2080 SAT
SATII: 700 Math 1 / 610 Chemistry
GPA: 3.85
RANK: 17 I think
AP/IBS: 4 on English Lit / 1 on History
Notable ECS: Did some summer research, Vice President of Math Club</p>

<p>ESSAYS: I thought it was good, MIT thought otherwise
RECS:</p>

<p>STATE: LA
SCHOOL TYPE: 1000 kid public high school
ETHNICITY: White
GENDER: Male
HOOKS:
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: ACT
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Probably my ACT
ATTENDING?: Perhaps, I have to weigh my options
OTHER THOUGHTS:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted into Honors Program
College: CAS</p>

<p>SAT: 760 math / 660 verbal / 730 writing
SATII: 760 math level 2 / 730 math level 1 / 670 american
GPA: 96.97
RANK: 1 out of 89
AP/IBS: Most APs offered at my school
Notable ECS: Varsity tennis, chess club founder, community service, officer positions, sportswriter</p>

<p>ESSAYS: good
RECS: i think very good</p>

<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: caucasian
GENDER: male
HOOKS: none
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: -
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: rank?
ATTENDING?: not sure yet
OTHER THOUGHTS: goodluck to everybody else!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted! with Dean's Scholarship
College: CAS</p>

<p>SAT:2080 (700 CR/ 660 M/ 720 W)
SAT II: Physics 690, Math I 660, Lit 600
GPA: 3.6 UW
Rank: top 7%
APs: Physics, Calc AB, US History, Psychology, Italian
ECs: Dance for 16 yrs, decent community service, Editor of yearbook sales, asst manager to school box office, NHS, peer mentor, other minor stuff</p>

<p>Essay: very good, different
Recs: awesome</p>

<p>State: CT
School Type: public
Gender: Female
Hooks: potential physics major
Attending?: Possibly</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
College:Communications</p>

<p>SAT:1340, 2000
ACT: 30
SATII:none
GPA:94/100, 97 weighted (1.05 weighting for honors/AP)
RANK: 16/375ish
AP/IBS: USH:2 Psychics B:2 :-/
(currently taking Calc AB and Psych (expecting minimum 4 on each) plus SUPA English and Econ (both for college credit)
Notable ECS: spend most of my life doing TV production</p>

<p>ESSAYS: All good except one weak (BU) short answer
RECS: very good</p>

<p>STATE: NY
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: male
HOOKS: One of the best people in the history of the TV studio at my school
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: S:Recs, grades, rank
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: They like me!?
ATTENDING?: No, not worth the price.</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
College: arts and sciences</p>

<p>SAT: 2140
SATII: dont remember. decent.
GPA: 3.3 uw. 3.7 w.
RANK: n/a
AP/IBS: psych 5 english lang 4 us history 3. and im taking stats gov and english this year.
Notable ECS: lots and lots of political work. good stuff.</p>

<p>ESSAYS: very good.
RECS: veryvery good.</p>

<p>STATE:california
SCHOOL TYPE: private jesuit
ETHNICITY: white
GENDER: female
HOOKS: no idea.
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: good ecs/essays/sat score. low gpa.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:
ATTENDING?: maybe. probably not.
OTHER THOUGHTS: yay!</p>

<p>did no one here get rejected...</p>

<p>I got rejected T.T but I got accepted to UCSD and UCSB.... and Im out of state..... so ***. how does this whole college process work!?!?!?! it's hella random!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM SO MAD</p>

<p>CC tends to have a lot of high achieving students, so it makes sense that most of us got in. Also, if you got rejected, are you really going to want to post your stats?...</p>