Well, my FAFSA just got updated from a “school official.” Good sign?
check your portals!!!
class of 2021!! did anyone else get in?
class of 2021!!!
Accepted!!! I can’t stop shaking!!!
Accepted 
congrats to everyone!!
hits refresh button repeatly to see if anyone else got in
Deffered!
Congratulation to everyone! :)>-
Deffered
Accepted lets go!!!
Congratulations to all of you! 'Ray Bucknell!
Hey! if anyone who was accepted or deferred could post their stats for me that would be much appreciated! I love Bucknell and I think that there is a very big chance that I’m gonna do ED1 next year. I want to see what kind of chance I would have with ED. Also- if anyone applied to the business school please specify!!
Okay here we go. (if you love Bucknell go ED because they accept like 60% of ED applicants I got waitlisted JHU and said to heck with you guys! I like Bucknell better!)
Stuff about me?:
-Female, half Chinese, half Caucasian
-Life has been good so far, no extreme circumstances
Bucknell Application Info:
- ED2, applied for engineering and arts and sciences duel degree – English and Bio Engineering
- Recipient of B-Wise scholarship and Finalist for Arts Merit (crosses fingers)
- Essays were okay, I’ve written better. May helped B-Wise, wrote about fishing.
- Also included a photograph that I took when hiking, which may have also helped.
- Recommendations from teachers in Engineering, APUSH, and Creative Writing
Academics
- High school: PA, public, about 420 in my class
- Rank: Top 10% (31, I believe?)
- Overall High school GPA: 97%
- 34 on ACT (E35 M29 R36 S35 ) YES YOU CAN GET INTWITH ONLY A 29 IN MATH
- APs: US History, Government, World History, English, Biology
- Honors Science: Bio ll, Chemistry, and Physics
Extracurriculars:
English:
- Literary Magazine Editor in Chief, Play director, Mock Trial, Youth and Government
Music:
Marching Band Section Leader (Top ten band), Musical Pit for two years, Drum-line (world finalist), Jazz band, Audition Band @ school
Volunteering: Yes! But nothing like “built homes after a hurricane” or “dolphin rescue squad.” Best thing was probably that I was a student aid for special needs children.
Did anyone get in with not so good stats? Do you think that I would have an okay chance for ED1 in the fall with a 3.5 UW gpa and a 29 ACT (both scores will probably improve SLIGHTLY by the end of this year)? I have pretty good extracurriculars too. I am the president of a club and a member of another, I take art classes outside of school twice a week, I student teach for a religious school class of elementary school students once a week, I take guitar lessons, and I will be taking weekend workshops at NYU in the spring.
In the Ed1 chat someone got in with a 29 ACT, I don’t know which school though.
Mostly, I would say you have a chance but you need to refocus on extracurriculars, as well as try to bring your GPA and ACT up. Did you consider taking the SAT subject tests?
Make sure to visit, reach out to professors,and to your regional counselor. Ask questions and don’t be a stranger. Chances are, they’ll remember you if you out yourself out.
I don’t think Bucknell is going to care about your guitar lessons, unless you perform or talk about it in your essays. They also won’t care about these workshops, unless you bring it up in essays. I think in the Common App they ask you to not classify any outside lessons as extra curriculars. Idk though, haven’t looked at in in awhile.