<p>SAT: 1390/1600.
SATII: 2070/2400.
GPA: 96.4 UW.
RANK: 6/150.
AP/IBS: one last year, two this year..
Notable ECS: varsity cross country, indoor track, and tennis, volunteered a bunch of places, and i'm active in a gay youth group type thing</p>
<p>ESSAYS: i wrote them the night before, they were bad.
RECS: i read one, and it was really good.</p>
<p>STATE: NY.
SCHOOL TYPE: public.
ETHNICITY: white.
GENDER: male.
HOOKS:<br>
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:<br>
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: i'm queer? i don't know. they gave me 10K in merit, and my stats are worse than a lot of people that didn't get anything.
ATTENDING?: definitely not. i shouldn't have applied.
OTHER THOUGHTS: the campus is so ugly. :(</p>
<p>STATE:IL
SCHOOL TYPE:puplic
ETHNICITY:white
GENDER:male
HOOKS:
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES:
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:good scores and stuff
ATTENDING?:maybe</p>
<p>how do you guys know you got a certain scholarship? i got a 24k per year grant, is that the half tuition one? or would it have said it specifically?</p>
<p>Hrhcow, it's possible that the tone of your essay tipped off admissions that BU was definitely a safety school for you, and they didn't want to waste an admission on someone who would not attend. I do think that something in your application rubbed them the wrong way.</p>
<p>SAT:2070
GPA:3.5
RANK:no rank
AP/IBS: 2 4's- 3 more senior year
Notable ECS:quite a few, leadership positions in some</p>
<p>ESSAYS:i liked them
RECS:never saw them, but the teachers know me and my counselor does too</p>
<p>STATE:TX
SCHOOL TYPE: private
ETHNICITY:asian
GENDER:female
HOOKS: i applied to the school of management and i have my own business?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: i think i just made myself look like i belonged at BU in my application
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED:my scores and GPA were in the midranges?
ATTENDING?:depends on what else comes in, but the scholarship helps</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College: University Professors Program (first one here?)</p>
<p>SAT: 2240
ACT: 35
SATII: 2380
GPA: 3.95, 4.70 weighted
RANK: none
AP/IBS: five 5's, three 4's on AP's
Notable ECS: several. with leadership positions.</p>
<p>ESSAYS: CA ones were ok, "why BU" was good and detailed, UNI one was very descriptive and honest
RECS: one decent, didn't the other or my counselor's rec, but i sent a supplemental one that was really good</p>
<p>STATE: NJ
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: indian
GENDER: male
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: i liked my UNI essay a lot.
ATTENDING?: almost definitely not because i got NO merit aid! i still like UNI, though, so i don't know.</p>
<p>yea. i suppose it's true that bu was only supposed to be my safety school. that's why i don't feel that bad about it. but in some way, i do feel a bit miffed! after all, i did try on the essay.</p>
<p>SATII: fr 800, math2 680
GPA: 3.7 unweighted
RANK: none
AP/IBS: one 5 on AP's so far
Notable ECS: intensely theater stuff.</p>
<p>ESSAYS: ok,i think.
RECS: really good, i think</p>
<p>COUNTRY: Japan
SCHOOL TYPE: international
Nationality: French/American
GENDER: female
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: international profile</p>
<p>decision:accepted to school of engineering
SATs 2360
SATII 800 chem 800 math 770 lit
NMF
NO AID..... very sorry I didn't list BU as my first choice on my national merit, but I was too late..... missed out on 1/2 tuition .... that will make it hard for me to go there!</p>
<p>I just realized that I have been invited to attend a reception for Honors Program students. :) Arwen1 and lingbo, when you log into your account, click on the RSVP Open House link to your right. That's where I found the invitation.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 2360/2400
[<em>] SAT IIs: >750
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 u.w.
[<em>] Rank: 1/450
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 4
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Physics BC, AP Calc, AP Stats, Org & Bio, Anatomy & Physiology, English
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: ~15
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: mainly volunteer service
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Yes, part-time
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Good one
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very good, I believe.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very supportive
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): none
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public H.S.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: High (= no aid from MIT)
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[<em>] Strengths: Very focussed application + great horoscope :-)
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Grades, essay & ECs[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>Got Trustee Scholarship. Have to weigh this against Brandeis (Justice Brandeis Scholarship with full tuition) and Olin which I truly love... Very tough decision to make, but I think I will end up at Olin because I don't think there is any better place for undergraduate engineering.</p>
<p>College: CAS (If attends, will definitely enroll in Core Curriculum program)
SAT: CR 710, Math 680, Writing 750
SATII: US History: 720, English Lit: 730<br>
GPA: 4.2 weighted
RANK: top 10%
AP: 5 on US History
Notable ECS: Competitive marching band with leadership, Model UN with leadership, tons of other stuff too
ESSAYS: Common App ones were pretty good, his "Why BU" one was great.
RECS: Didn't see them, presume they were excellent.
STATE: Jersey
SCHOOL TYPE: public
ETHNICITY: white Jewish kid
GENDER: male
HOOKS: Father went to BU?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: Thoughtful kid with excellent writing skills.
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: Grades and SATs above the median?
FINANCIAL AID:
a) Legacy Scholarship: $1000 offered to students who are kiddos of Boston University alumni.
b) University Scholarship: Half-tuition scholarship.
c) Federal Direct Unsub. Loan of $3500 a year.
Total financial aid award: $21,965.
ACCEPTED TO HONORS/TRUSTEE/UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS: Yes, Honors.
ATTENDING?: Very good chance now that kiddo received excellent merit money and was invited to the Honors program.</p>
<p>SAT I : 2190/2400, 1480/1600
SAT IIs: 770 US, 780 LIT
GPA: Unweighted - 3.76 Weighted - 6.66
Rank: 27/561
Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Euro
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Blaustein Scholar, NYLF, JSA Merit
Subjective:
ECs listed on app: volunteer service, golf, mock trial, model un, jsa, music
Job/Work Experience: Yes, part-time
Essays: Excellent (or so I'm told)
Teacher Recs: Awesome.
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Interview: none</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NJ
School Type: 2nd Ranked Public School in NJ
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Middle
Why you think you were denied: Someone please tell me.</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 [730M/710V/730W]
SATII: 700 Lit, 690 IIC
GPA: 3.8w
RANK: school doesn't rank
AP/IBS: 4 (Euro, junior year)
Notable ECS: sent studio art portfolio, 500+ hrs of tutoring community service</p>
<p>ESSAYS: quirky at best. lol...
RECS: two decent, one glowing (extra)</p>
<p>STATE: MA
SCHOOL TYPE: Public
ETHNICITY: Asian
GENDER: Female
HOOKS: art portfolio?
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES: SAT, art awards / GPA, respectively
WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ACCEPTED/REJECTED/WAITLISTED: i'm a legacy there aswell...
ATTENDING?: probably not...
OTHER THOUGHTS: :)</p>
<p>//"Why you think you were denied: Someone please tell me."//</p>
<p>I can only agree with the poster who indicated you were "overqualified" (thus headed elsewhere). This is either a Yield issue or a flat-out mistake.</p>
<p>I've been trying logging in for the application status for the decision and there is no decision. I click on Application Status and it says that the review is complete but I'm not finding the decision.</p>