<p>livvbrown, what are your stats and what other schools did you spply to?</p>
<p>what are his stats and other schools applied to?</p>
<p>@blueeyes1997 All deferred students are rolled into the Regular Decision pool and reviewed as such; this is done so we avoid treating deferred students with an unintentional advantage or disadvantage. As a result, we have no data on deferred students who are eventually admitted.</p>
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<p>your stats are similar to mine…keeping my fingers crossed. What are your EC’s?</p>
<p>Just my stats in case anyone wants to compare:
**Decision: Deferred **</p>
<p>Academic
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2110
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: atrocious (I dont think I sent them)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.73
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[<em>] AP: taken 8, scored well on most
[</em>] IB: none
[li] Senior Year Course Load: five APs and some unique classes[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: an unhealthy amount, president of student govt, national honor society, art honor society, vice president of mental health awareness clubs, science honor society, best buddies, multiple service clubs, environmental protection clubs, president of leadership committee, the list goes onnnn (there wasn’t enough room to put a lot of these)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: tons
[</em>] Summer Activities: internship and research at a very prestigious hospital, did a lot of clinical work and patient care for hospitalized children (for two years)
[<em>] Essays: common app essay was great, BC essay was decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure (barely talked to him)
[</em>] Additional Rec: from internship supervisors which were amazing
[li] Supplementary Material (portfolio, etc.): sent in my research abstracts[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other
[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: nope
[</em>] State: not in state
[<em>] School Type: very rigorous
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing 
[/li][/ul] </p>
<p>For those of you asking about chances of getting in after being deferred, I saw BC replied specifically about BC’s policy. I read somewhere that IN GENERAL not specific to any school that once deferred you have about a 10% chance of getting in regular decision. Every school is different and like admissions said it might be impossible to track on the school’s end at least because they just roll the kids into RD. So any stats that would be meaningful on this would likely have to come from surveying students themselves. Not sure if such surveys exist, but maybe.</p>
<p>Some schools are pretty upfront about it being more difficult EA…for example, Villanova says right on their website that their stats for accepted EA kids are more competitive and imply that unless you think you are one of the more competitive candidates, you might be better off RD. In my daughter’s high school it seems as though most of our Villanova students get in RD (last year 1 got in EA and 9 got in RD). But can’t see a pattern with BC and my guess is it varies year to year. </p>
<p>As it relates to sending in supplemental information, I agree with what has been posted that anything sent should be meaningful and new, not redundant with what is on the app. With that said, whenever my daughter called to ask about sending supplemental information the admissions office always made her feel very comfortable sending whatever she wanted to and said everything would be put in her file. She sent a resume (which allowed her to get into more detail than the common app did) and a newspaper clipping that featured her community service project. If your scores were borderline, it might not hurt to test again and send that…but make sure you check with the school to make sure they will accept a Jan. or Feb. test. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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<p>That has been historically true at BC as well. Besides pure numbers (GPA+test scores), the supplemental essay now comes into play. Someone with excellent numbers for BC, but a so-so supplemental essay will likely be deferred. In essence, the supplemental serves several purposes, one of which is real interest and understanding of a Jesuit education. (Y’all would be surprised at how many applicants blow off the supplement by scribbling ‘stuff’ at the last minute.)</p>
<p>@bluebayou That makes sense…I honestly think my daughter’s BC supplement was her best essay. And likely, to your point, because it is her first choice school. I do think that sometimes the schools can pick up on things like that through the essay. And BC is very clear about how they view their applicants holistically and the essay would definitely be a part of that.</p>
As a current BC student, I can honestly say you guys are all over thinking the BC admission process. I was accepted early with an 1800 SAT and 3.8 GPA in high school. At Boston College, your stats don’t matter nearly as much relative to other schools. BC harps on the Jesuit idea of being a whole person, not doing well on standardized tests and such. If you were a well rounded person in high school with decent-at-best “stats” (as you guys refer to it as), you will most certainly be a viable candidate in the BC admission office. Don’t overthink, don’t stress too much, it’s much simpler than you think. I wish you all the best of luck and hope I can see you all around campus next year.
@writeallnight I was accepted to MSB at GU and deferred from CSOM at BC
Thanks @collegemomjam ! I’m looking forward to starting at GU in 2019!
DEFERRED
Objective:
SAT I (DID NOT SUBMIT)
ACT: 34 // 35 E 34 M 34 R 34 S 9 Essay
SAT II: 720 M1 690 World 760 US Hist
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we only use weighted 98.12/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP US (5) AP Lang (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Harmony, Gender Studies Honors, Eco Honors, Calc, Spanish 4 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swim Team (20+ hours a week), captain of varsity swim team (all of hs) captain of CYO swim team, student council, mission club, treasurer of national honor society, summer job (lifeguard), job at a nursery school, environmental club
Job/Work Experience: two jobs see actives
Volunteer/Community service: 80+ hours, Mission Rep volunteering, Volunteer at nursery school
Summer Activities: swimming, job
Essays: very unique topic (birds); i thought my other essays were very good
Teacher Recommendation: assuming good
Counselor Rec: eh generic probably
Additional Rec: nursery school ( I attended there and then volunteered and then worked)
Interview: NOPE
Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York (long island)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic all girls high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: essays
Weaknesses: gpa
Accepted to CAS (EA)
- []SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (680CR 800W 800M)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II 740, Bio 730, US History 710
[]GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 UW, 4.4W
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Bio (4) Eng Lang (3) Comp-Sci (5) US History (5) European History (3)
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Physics I, AP English Lit, AP US Government, AP Economics, AP Psychology, IBHL Comp-Sci, Internship
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Subjective:*
[list]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Many, all around pretty good
[]Job/Work Experience: Yes, with actual company (not like Starbucks or Burger King)
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Lots
[]Summer Activities: Worked in NY over summer
[]Essays: Preeetttyyy good if I do say so myself
[]Teacher Recommendations: Outstanding
[]Counselor Rec: Good
[]Interview: N/A
Other
[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[]Country (if international applicant): USA
[]School Type: Very Very VERY Rigourous Public School (Like, actually.)
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Poor as ****
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/li][/ul]
Reflection
[list]
[]Strengths: Essays, Teacher Recs
[]Weaknesses: GPA
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My conservative essay matched the school haha
[] Accepted: IDK Yet
[] Waitlisted: IDK Yet
[] Rejected: UPenn (Wharton)
question you guys, i know this is late but im 100% sure i got rejected now because my supplemental essay for the works of art prompt did not really incorporate me helping society… it was more about me 
… what did you guys do?
ugh im such an idiot. i knew that they wanted those type of people who want to make an impact on society. i have no idea why i didnt include that.
My supplemental essay about the work of art barely included helping society (if at all) and I still got in so don’t worry!
Is a 3.6 UW and 31 ACT too low for BC CAS?
@llegeAcceptanc the essay prompt was: Many human beings throughout history have found inspiration and joy in literature and works of art. Is there a book, play, poem, movie, painting, music selection, or photograph that has been especially meaningful for you?
This doesn’t say anything about having to help socicety. If anything it asks why it is meaningful to you and I think thats what admissions is trying to learn. More about you. I dont really understand where helping society came from
Ok. Made me feel better lol. thank you so much guys.
boston college is based of f ajesuit education which is big about making an impact in the world. and I also i saw how people they applied that essay prompt to like helping society. so it sort of made me nervous that i didnt write enough about the college’s goal.
@llegeAcceptanc yea dont worry.
May i ask what ur stats, gender, ethnicity, etc are