<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>
<p>SAT: 1340 M+CR (2000 w/writing)
ACT: 28
GPA: 3.8 W
Rank: school does not rank</p>
<p>EC's: pretty good (community service, tutoring, volleyball, school paper,etc.)
essays: BC liked D "personal written statements"
Teacher recs: haven't read them but must have been good
State: Illinois
School Type: private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Carroll</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2050 640 CR, 690 M, 720 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 US History, 660 Bio M, 640 Math II
[<em>] ACT: Didn't send it
[</em>] GPA: 3.65 UW 4.3 W
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: 4's on AP Bio, AP US and AP English
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I've been told they are very, very good. Explained alot.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was amazing, One I did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good, but not as Good as the teacher recommendation I saw
[</em>] Hook (if any): My jobs? But I'm not really sure...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: My essays, EC's and my course load/community collge classes.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:My essays, recommendations course load and EC's. My grades and scores were somewhat mediocre.
[li] going to attend? It's a good possibility...we'll see what happens![/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>[ size=+3][ color=green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]ACCEPTED !!!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ 2100] SAT:
[ Math II 740 Spanish 800 Chemistry 800] SAT IIs:
[ 31] ACT:
[ 3.8 weighted] GPA:
[ *] Rank: Top 10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Great, I think
[ *] Teacher Recs: Superlative
[ *] Counselor Rec: Better than I deserve
[ *] Hook (if any): Smart jock with lots of volunteer work and own business
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Minnesota
[ *] School Type: Private Catholic All Male
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:<br>
[ *] going to attend? I think so
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] I visited the campus, spent a lot of time on my application and essay. 3 sport athlete, Catholic faith important</p>
<p>Any presidential scholarship invitees out there?</p>
<p>I wish lol...im just really really happy I got in!!!!</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED CAS HONORS</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730, 720, 680
[</em>] ACT: 32 composite (35r, 31m, 32e, 30s, 12essay)
[<em>] GPA: 3.98uw
[</em>] Rank: Top 5% unweighted
[<em>] Other stats: lots of school awards, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good and unique
[<em>] Teacher Recs: fantastic
[</em>] Counselor Rec: definitely above average
[<em>] Hook (if any): speaker of spanish, french, german, and arabic; 3 study abroads including a full state department scholarship to egypt
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Oregon
[<em>] School Type: ok public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: girl
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strong writer, lots of little unique things, teacher recs made me look like a saint
[<em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my stats are good and i've had worldly experience...? there was nothing do blatantly wrong so as to reject me, but nothing so fantastic to ensure tufts syndrome deferral. thats my best guess.
[</em>] going to attend? if presidential, but also got into georgetown which was my first choice
[/ul]Other Factors: bc doesn't get a lot of applicants from my school, nor from oregon i would imagine</p>
<p>Sorry for the bad formatting in my "accepted" post. I also wanted to note for the stats that I took the most rigorous courseload available (8 AP courses, and numerous honors courses) I am a NatMerit Semifinalist, Nat AP Scholar, National Honor Society. My GPA is 4.4, 3.8 weighted. I also took some university-level math and sci courses during the summer of soph and junior year . I feel my ACT (31) was kinda low, but I was too lazy to take it again. My SAT of 2210 could have been improved upon too, but it was pretty good. I kinda take issue with this the person posting that BC is not accepting those who are "too qualified" or "considering other schools" That is totally illogical - nearly everyone except a few ED's - are applying to other schools and waiting to see what the scholarships, etc. would be. Most anyone would love to get accepted and attend BC, I know I am happy and likely will attend!</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred :( *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT:30
[</em>] GPA:3.85
[<em>] Rank: n/a but top 10%
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: i thought they were excellent, but apparently BC didn't. i put my heart and soul into these!
[<em>] Teacher Recs:great
[</em>] Counselor Rec:good
[<em>] Hook (if any): co-editor of newspaper, won a journalism prize
[/ul]Location/Personal:[ul]
[</em>] School Type: competitive public
[<em>] Ethnicity:white
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: strength: course load/leadership/essay. i wrote about overcoming adversity in my life. not many ecs but committed and excelled in those i was in. weakness: grades (good but i guess not good enough)/maybe not enough ecs.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i've had a few days to let it sink in and i'm still not sure.
[li] going to attend? if i get definitely ... BC is my first choice.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Congrats to those who made it in! i'm still keeping the faith ...</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 730 Reading 700 Math 790 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720 Lit 700 Math I
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: school doesn't give gpa's, probably around 3.5
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty personal, strong essay about the highs and lows of my high school career and how they've changed me. good sense of humor blended in.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: couldnt read them, but my teachers really liked me so i assume strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:White
[</em>] Gender:M
[<em>] major strength/weakness: weakness on resume would be my freshmen year grades, some of which were very poor
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i'm very well rounded, 2 varsity sports football and lacrosse, captain of football, good grades, play guitar in school jazz ensemble, lots of community service. had a strong essay.
[li] going to attend? yes[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Had an informal meeting with associate director of undergraduate admissions</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred </p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<p>ACT:34
GPA:3.9 UW 4.3 W
Rank: top 10% out of 400</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good I thought
Teacher Recs: Didn't see-But I think good.<br>
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): none
Location/Personal: West coast
School Type: competitive public
Ethnicity:white
Gender:male
strengths:
Lots of AP/ Honors classes. 4 years football, 3 years wrestling plus drama and baseball. 2 years leadership, community service ...</p>
<p>Weakness: No clue. Maybe they didn't like my eassy ...but it got me in EA to Notre Dame. Who knows.</p>
<p>Didn't send my SAT Subject scores to BC. Could that have done it? My counselor says no. I'll send them now-I have 750 and 740 I think.</p>
<p>Going to attend: I hope I have a choice</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>How were you deferred??</p>
<p>algoss,
BC requires atleast 2 SAT II subject tests or the ACT...</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED CAS HONORS</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT IIs: 750, 700, bunch in 600s
* SAT I: took twice, best of each gave me 2300: 800v 770m 730w
* GPA: not given - approx. 3.6
* Rank: unknown
* Other stats: AP Scholar, National merit commended
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Teacher Recs: one great, one i dunno
* Counselor Rec: good, i think (i don't see any of my recs)
* Hook (if any): ... i'm catholic? none, really
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
* School Type: tough private
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: girl
* major strength/weakness: i run xc and track, but didn't contact the coach... still im guessing that 800m group state champion looks pretty good. maybe?
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my stats are good, i guess. dunno.
* going to attend? depends. it's up there on my list, but not the very top.
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: uh, decided to apply on 0ct. 31? got everything together in 24 hours.</p>
<p>hope i included anything, i just copied someone else's format...</p>
<p>bcon1388-I did take the ACT once and got a 34. I sent that to BC.</p>
<p>qrd567- I don't know why I was deferred. </p>
<p>I looked at everyone elses stats and I'm right in there. Plus I was National Merit commended and a bunch of other honors. I got all A's this fall semester with 3 AP/ honors classes so I'll send those grades and I'll send my SAT II results which are in the 700s. I didn't send them originally because my SAT I the first time was 2050 or something and I got a 34 on the ACT the first time. I figured why let BC see a lower SAT if they didn't need to.</p>
<p>I hope I get in Regular Admission.</p>
<p>your credentials were definitely good enough to get in, so you most likely got deferred for not sending in the required scores. If they're all in by now I bet you will get in regular.</p>
<p>Yeah, algoss, you should get accepted in the spring. If you do, which would you choose between BC and ND, and why?</p>
<p>I think you'll get in.</p>
<p>TourGuide446-
I have no idea if I'd chose ND or BC. I was hoping to get into one of them and I can't fathom getting in to both. I figured I had a better shot at BC and either get deferred or rejected from ND. I have no hook anywhere.</p>
<p>On the ND side, I know many on this BC forum may disagree, but Notre Dame is considered a "better school" academically by many people I talk to. Also.. it's Notre Dame. I haven't visited yet so that's still out there.</p>
<p>On the BC side, my entire extended family lives is New England-all within 90 miles from BC . That's very tempting. I've spent time there every summer and I like the area. Boston is much more appealing than South Bend and I liked the BC campus.</p>
<p>I hope it's a choice I get to make.</p>
<p>TDCatBC - he DID send all required scores. With the ACT, he didn't need to send SAT 2s.</p>
<p>Algoss, I'd agree ND seems to get the nod in academics. Part of that is no doubt because BC is surrounded by the likes of Harvard, MIT, Wellesley, and Tufts, whereas ND has South Bend and the rest of northern Indiana all to itself. Also, ND has been a household name for almost a hundred years, while BC has evolved from a regional to a national school in just the last 2 or 3 decades (and with the way applications are rising every year, it should keep evolving).</p>
<p>The only thing that is certain is that if you pick BC, you'll probably regret it every time you see ND play football on TV; and if you pick ND, you'll probably regret it every time you want to do something interesting off-campus. Good luck, wherever you end up.</p>