Got rejected. Rejection letter FWIW:
"Thank you for your patience with the BOLD Immersion application process; we greatly appreciate the time you spent applying to the program. Our reviewers enjoyed reading through your materials and found you to be a strong candidate for Immersion, however due to the number of applicants we have this year, we are unable to accept you into the program this summer.
We consider you to be a great match for the BOLD Internship program, and hope that you will apply when the application is posted in the fall.
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Got rejected with the same letter as above^
Got rejected as well with the same letter as above.
@somewheresmiling If you don’t mind me asking, what were your stats? Since you’re the only one so far that got accepted.
@teddy4938 I wasn’t even aware that there was a wait list. From what I heard, they only accept or reject people.
I got accepted, too!! I’m so excited! @BladeHunter What do you mean by stats? @somewheresmiling What university do you attend?
@Wolverine0406 Things like what college you attend, your GPA, companies you’ve worked with in the past, ect. I’m trying to gauge where I stood compared to the people who actually got accepted. Also, did you say that you had another internship for this summer already (cause I remember there was a question asking about it). Am curious if that might have played a role as well in the decision making.
(I heard the competition is really intense for the BOLD immersion program, but since I’m the only person I know from my school that applied, I don’t really have anyone else to compare to).
Well to give you all an idea, I go to Ohio State, my GPA is a 3.8, I’m involved in a few things on campus, previously interned at a radio station doing social media marketing and community impact and I got rejected… however I just got accepted into a career prep program called MLT which is partners with Google and supposedly getting an internship there is pretty promising now that I’m apart of a group. So we shall see in the coming months.
I’m not sure exactly if ivy leagues have a priority or maybe it’s Computer Science majors that are given priority for the program since it is a tech company.
But always remember everyone, this is just the beginning! We still have more chances 
@gagabuckeye Thanks for the info! As for the Comp. Sci part, no, they don’t get priority, but rather the opposite. If you’re a Comp. Sci. major, you’ll normally get told to apply to the engineering and Comp. Sci internships that Google offers instead, since BOLD was meant mainly for Non-STEM majors. Also, all the Ivy’s are part of Google’s target schools, along with Stanford, UMich, UChicago, USC, all the UCs (Berkeley, Irvine, ect.) and a couple of others that I can’t remember off the top of my head.
Also, congrats on getting into MLT! I would apply myself, but I wouldn’t be qualified to (since I’m Asian), so you already have a leg up over me lol.
But yeah, totally not gonna give up now. I was really hoping I was gonna get into BOLD Immersion, but I never depended on it. I’m in the process of finishing up interviews with a couple of other companies right now for this summer and I’m planning on applying for BOLD in the fall. Hopefully we’ll have better luck then (even though I heard the competition is even more fierce then)!
@BladeHunter sorry to hear you were rejected. I am sure great things are coming for you!
@somewheresmiling I was wondering if you had to undergo any interviews or did you only get accepted based on your essay and CV?
I applied for the EMEA program and although were only supposed to hear back around May-June, I want to know what to expect (or sort of expect) in the coming months.
Congrats to all who were accepted!
@MAStudent101 I can tell you, that at least for the US version, there are no interviews. You either get in or you don’t. I have read in some of the UK Uni blogs that the EMEA does conduct a single round of phone interviews, however, those blog posts are 3-4 years old at this point. Things have probably changed.
Here’s a link to the BOLD Immersion info page for EMEA (not sure if you’ve already read this): https://services.google.com/fh/files/events/boldfaqs.pdf
(According to this, there are no interviews. All decisions are made internally and results are sent directly to the email that people applied with).
For the most part, the US and EMEA BOLD Immersions don’t exactly follow the same process (even our application process was different), so my best advice would be to just keep an eye on your email and phone until they update you on your application.
@BladeHunter Thank you for your reply! I have read the info page but saw online that people underwent interviews so I was a little confused. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see like you said
I’m curious about your process, though. We only had to send in a 500-word essay and CV.
What was the application process like for you?
@BladeHunter I go to the University of Michigan, and I have a 3.4 GPA. I’m double major Psychology, Organizational Studies, with a minor in International Studies. I interned at a small diversity innovation non-profit last year in my hometown, and my internship for this year is with the Human Rights Campaign; however, I didn’t have this internship when I applied. I also was an international volunteer last year with a deaf organization. On campus, I’m involved with the campus newspaper, I’m a peer advisor for a social justice dorm community, a member of the organization AIESEC, a research assistant, a mentor for international students, and a few other things.
Regardless of my stats, I think that my essay was pretty strong. I’m a firm believer in conveying passion and a story in everything that you apply for, and I made sure to tell my narrative and how it has lead me to Google. With my stats plus my personal experiences, I think I made a good case.
I go to Vanderbilt. I have a 3.4 GPA, political science major. I’ve worked at Deutsche Bank, NIKE, and will be at Goldman this summer. I’m a Posse scholar, MLT Career Prep Fellow, SEO EDGE Fellow. Posse is partnered with google. I’m Black and in a Panhellenic (predominantly white) sorority, involved in a gender equality club, write for the newspaper, and I’m on exec for dance marathon. I didn’t interview, so I thought I didn’t get it and was very pleasantly suprised. Another kid from Vandy also got in.
My essay was very strong. I had multiple google employees who were either Vandy alums, students, or girls in my sorority go over it to make sure it was googley enough.
@somewheresmiling could you please tell me what the application process was like for you guys? What kind of documents did you have to send in?
Congratulations for getting accepted! Keeping my fingers crossed for the EMEA results.
Just a resume and 500 word essay about how the program fits in with your goals.
@somewheresmiling Interesting! Ours was very different. They asked us to choose our favorite local small business, and in 300 words or less pitch to the business owner why they should use Google’s AdWords.
Wonder why the process is so different when the program seems to be the same. Thanks for your reply!
Thanks you guys for sharing! Congrats to both of you for getting in!
@Wolverine0406 Your essay sounds pretty amazing then. You seemed to have taken a completely different approach than I did (whereas I focused more on my ideals and how it aligns with Google’s, it sounds like you focused more on your history and experiences that defined you instead). No doubt you’re a strong writer regardless though (even though I haven’t actually read your essay lol).
@somewheresmiling Honestly, your experiences, connections, and involvement with those groups alone would have pretty much gotten you in (especially since most of the groups you listed are actually a part of Google’s community ecosystem and the companies that you’ve worked with are some of the largest in their respective industries). With those type of stats, your application is like heads and shoulders over mine haha.
However, that does make me a bit curious though about how many people from non-target schools actually got in the program (since both of you who got in go to one of Google’s target schools).
@MAStudent101 Well, you have to look at the geography difference between the US version and the EMEA one. The US one only covers 1 country whereas the EMEA one covers dozens. The varied experiences that they might come across because of this would mean that EMEA would probably have to take a more standardized approach in order to assess both a person’s background and their skills, as compared to how most of the US’s universities and students in general have a more similar background in regards to their experience and education, they can afford to be more lenient in the process.
Hello! I just created an account for this, I also got accepted into this year program @Wolverine0406 @somewheresmiling
I go to a non-target school in Texas, acceptance rate is about 100% so you can imagine. I am double majoring in Economics and Finance with a minor in Computer Science, currently with a 3.51 GPA. When I applied I already had an internship in a Law Office, and this summer i’ll be having one with PwC at New York Office. I am involved a lot in school and community (6 organizations and in each one I have an important role), also as well I’m in SEO Edge.
Honestly I never expect to get it since the competition is extremely high, but I believe the essay was the reason I got in. I talked about how my school is a non-target, and how attending to the program will give me more tools to help students in my university to attend this program in the future. Since I was the first and only one in my university to be accepted into the program I am really proud of it and I hope I can give it back later to other fellow classmates.
@BladeHunter I guess you’re right. Guess we’ll have to wait and see