<p>Accepted!
Just got my package with the Honors Program invite and all! Excited =]
Will post stats soon!</p>
<p>toostressed: you won’t feel isolated because of left wing views…The majority of students here are left leaning. Also, the Jewish thing won’t be a problem either…I know Muslims, Jews, atheists…None of them feel out of place here. There are a lot of religious Catholics here but also a lot that aren’t and you can completely avoid religion here all four years if you so wish. It’s not a big deal and people are accepting. Being Jewish and left wing should be the last thing that affects your decision to come here! Hope this helps.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Decision && School: Accepted at CAS[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 650
- SAT Math: 730
- SAT Writing: 680
- SAT Total: 2060
- SAT II: 730 Mathematics I, 720 Mathematics II, 740 U.S. History
- ACT: 32
- AP/IB taken/scores: AP History: 5, AP Physics B: 4, AP English Lang.: 4
- GPA weighted: N/A
- GPA unweighted: 96
- Rank or % estimate: 56 out of 600ish
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I thought it was good.
- Teacher Recs: probably good.
- Counselor Rec: not sure.
- Hook (if any): none
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: New York
- School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: White
- Gender: Female
- Legacy Yes/No: No
- Recruited Yes/No: No
- Important ECs: NHS, SNHS, MNHS, President of Policy Advocates, Student Council, Captain of Ultimate Frisbee
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: none really.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Very excited. Almost 99% sure I’m going to BC!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED LYNCH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: 580
SAT Math: 660
SAT Writing: 670
SAT Total: 1910
SAT II: Biology- 620 French- 550
ACT: didn’t take it
AP/IB taken/scores: AP US History-3
GPA weighted: 4.64
GPA unweighted: somewhere around 3.8
Rank or % estimate: 8/178</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: about taking ballet class with my hip disorder…i thought it was pretty good
Teacher Recs: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Hook (if any): pretty sure i didn’t have any </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Legacy Yes/No: N
Recruited Yes/No: N </p>
<p>Important ECs: Dance, Tennis, Field Hockey, Ski Club, Model UN, Science Club, French Club Co-President, Math Team Co-Captain, Student Council, Yearbook Editor, Job at Target, Volunteering at elementary school math nights, Boston University School of Education Book Award, National Latin Exam Gold Medal…and probably more I can’t think of at the moment haha</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
Pleasantly suprised! I thought after seeing all the great stats of the other posters that I wouldn’t get in…my SATs aren’t all that great. Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to those who were waitlisted!</p>
<p>**Decision && School: **Accepted! CAS!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 560
[</em>] SAT Math: 620
[<em>] SAT Writing: 520
[</em>] SAT Total:1700
[<em>] SAT II: Spanish : 760, Math II: 580, US History: 520
[</em>] ACT: 23
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Spanish Language - 4, English 3AP - 3 This year i have AP CALC, AP Gov’t, AP English, and AP Physics B
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.8 not sure
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.6 not sure
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 21/482</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I think that’s what got me in =o
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I am not sure, never read 'em
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hope it was good
[</em>] Hook (if any): First generation student, well below poverty line, uhh from california?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mexican
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no?
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: Marching band (3 years), Upward Bound, Bike and Hike, GATE, NHS, CSF, LEOS International</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: not sure </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone! I am so excited, I am like the only one in my whole school who wants to go out of state! I also got into UC Berkeley though so it’s between Boston College and Berkeley. </p>
<p>Hey which is better BU or BC?</p>
<p>egraciano: is this real? Congrats if it is…</p>
<p>Thank you so much. I am also going to visit the school so that should give me a feel. I really really adore it, so I’m sure that I will be fine.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED 
Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT Verbal: 590
- SAT Math: 630
- SAT Writing: 690
- SAT Total: ?? can’t add…poor at maths.
- SAT II: Biology- 650, Literature 670, Maths 2 720
- ACT: nope
- AP/IB taken/scores: IB- taking in May. but overall predictions are 43
- GPA weighted: ??
- GPA unweighted: ??
- Rank or % estimate: Mehh. school doesnt do them.
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: Average to be honest.
- Teacher Recs: Probably alright.
- Counselor Rec: Not too bad.
- Hook (if any): International.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: England
- School Type: Private
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: F
- Legacy Yes/No: N
- Recruited Yes/No: N
- Important ECs:
</code></pre>
<p>Tons of sports- varisty hockey, squash, soccer, swimming, netball.
Drama productions
Societies- environmental, international, community service etc. </p>
<p>Other Factors:
Not too sure… :S</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: No clue how i got in…but am incredibly happy!</p>
<p>**ACCEPTED TO CAS **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 720
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 700
[</em>] SAT Total: 2200
[<em>] SAT II: MathII-800, Chem-800, BioM-750, Physics-720
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: (GCSE’s and A-Levels)
[</em>] GPA weighted: N/A
[<em>] GPA unweighted: N/A
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 1/30</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Acceptable.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see, but they must have been pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Meh, whatever
[</em>] Hook (if any): </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Qatar
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Public speaking, charity, blah, blah</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Yay!! Congratulations to everyone who got in! :D</p>
<p>How the heck are people with 500’s on SAT sections getting in when I get wait listed with a 34 ACT, good grades, solid ECs, and tons of community service? It doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>Dear iwannagottoBC : If you are referring to the profile of ilovemycoffee, you will need to search for the OTE program on the Boston College web site as this will help set the context on that particular profile. This is one of the out-of-band profiles from BC’s SAT profile designed to reach potentially good students from underprivileged educational backgrounds.</p>
<p>Coming back to your profile, your 89.2->89.8 average which was Top 30% of your high school class might have been a contributing factor in your status. Also, a deferral from Loyola/Maryland (66% acceptance) was a real flag as both Boston College and Loyola are Jesuit which made me wonder if there was something in your essay or application which somehow stamped you as a non-interesting applicant to both schools. Your acceptance to American shows that you have the academics to compete in the Patriot League schools for sure - however, there has to be something that was “off” in your essay/application details. While Boston College might have been oversubscribed with New York representation, it is hard to believe that Loyola would have been in the same position.</p>
<p>uhh yes I am real. o.o What are you saying?</p>
<p>**Waitlisted to CAS: **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: NA
[</em>] SAT Math: NA
[<em>] SAT Writing: NA
[</em>] SAT Total: NA
[<em>] SAT II: NA
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 5 AP Calc, 4 AP English Comp, 3 AP Gov’t/AP USH
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.4/4.5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: top 10</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: read by college counselors - according to them excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): competitive equestrian for 8 years, founded an american cancer society club.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: Public (i believe this is my issue)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: equestrian, bball, natl honor society, spanish honor society, latin honor society, history honor socity, founder/president ACS club, student government</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I think the fact that i am in a non public school had to do with it. NBD, i didn’t plan on attending even if i got in :)</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: congrats to everyone going - its a great school. i am rejecting my place on the waitlist!</p>
<p>It’s got to be tough on rejected or waitlisted applicants when they read on this forum statements from admitted students such as, "can’t add…poor at maths. "</p>
<p>haha I just saw that too Kelly… although to be fair, “maths” is grammatically correct in England…</p>
<p>Just got accepted to BC. I am a US Citizen living in Central America and got my letter of acceptance through Courier (DHL). I’m very happy. No financial aid information yet, since I had a missing document which I already sent by fax yesterday. Best of luck to all of you, especially those who have BC as their Nr. 1. God Bless you all!</p>
<p>To: iwannagotoBC</p>
<p>I can understand your frustration however I earned my acceptance. Although I do not have great test taking abilities, I have done everything possible to make myself a good candidate for selective schools. I am highly motivated and worked hard to overcome my disability. I am extremely active within my school and community and have proven to be worthy of acceptance. Intelligence and potential can not always be recognized within a standardized test and BC recognizes this as well. I may have a lower test score but it does not make me any less of a student or intelligent human being. </p>
<p>I posted my stats on CC because I hope to motivate other students that perhaps lack in areas such as myself. These students are sometimes made to feel inadequate. (Your post for an example.)<br>
I do hope that you are accepted to BC because I understand how it feels to work so hard for a goal. In addition, I hope you have really thought about this issue of scores. If Albert Einstein took the SATs, he would probably have a similar SAT score as myself. He is another individual with a learning disability, who had to prove to people that intelligence can not be tested with a fill-in the bubble sheet.</p>
<p>So many haters on this thread. There is obviously a reason why some people got in while others didn’t. If you have a problem with the decisions, don’t attack a person who was lucky enough to be accepted, contact admissions and argue with them. Although I doubt that it would get you anywhere. You would probably just end up looking dumber then you already do on this forum.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, I second that.</p>
<p>Dear ilovemycoffee : You have eloquently expressed your credentials, challenges, and background story in an endearing manner. As you have recognized, the hyper-competitive admissions environment at Boston College will often bring focus to the hard numbers as many high school students are only familiar with that measure of success and failure. Your story is compelling and we hope that the OTE program and your Boston College experience meet all of your goals.</p>
<p>Dear eemmzz10 and kiterunner18 : The posting from iwannagotoBC expresses the frustration that many applicants feel when all of the numbers seem to align with a particular university’s profile. I would not say that the poster is “dumb” or even appears dumb, but instead, you are seeing the passion spill over into what became a personal profile attack. With time, this wound will heal all around.</p>
<p>Dear iwannagotoBC : Keep your chin up and head held high. Your other collegiate acceptances will hopefully place you into the right academic situation for your future. If we can be of any help to you, please feel free to private message us here.</p>