<pre><code>* Essays: about baseball/phillies/family
Teacher Recs: Im guessing they were very good
Counselor Rec: heard about it: Probably good
Hook (if any): none
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Pennsylvania, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Legacy : No
Recruited : No
Important ECs: DECA Nationals 2x, Student Council President, FBLA and DECA officer, NHS, baseball, Spanish NHS, Interact Club President, other activities and community service stuff too
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<p>Other Factors: </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone accepted and good luck to those deferred. Idk where I’ll go yet but BC is definitely right up there at the top of my list!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 760
[</em>] SAT Math:670
[<em>] SAT Writing:700
[</em>] SAT Total:2130
[<em>] SAT II: US history 760, Chemistry 730
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: APUSH 5, AP Lit 5, AP Chem 3
[</em>] GPA weighted: School doesn’t weight, if I had to guess, around 4.5
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Top 5%, 4/193</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Wrote about my friend for DukeTiP. Very heartfelt and off-the-wall. Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent, one from college english professor, One from AP lit teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I assume very good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): None that I know of.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Georgia, USA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Have done 10 theater production in my high school career, Residence Hall Council, 150+ hours of Community Service through a ministering acting group.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
I am in a early entrance residential college program.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I’m thoroughly excited to be going to Boston College. I just hope now that I can find the money to go.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: English Language (4), Calc AB, Bio, English Lit
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.28
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.78
[li] Rank or % estimate: No rank but top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: IL
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Mainly volunteer work (medical related), President of Italian Club, honor societies, play the flute</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
Quite a few honors/awards.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
SO EXCITED. BOSTON COLLEGE CLASS OF 2014</p>
<p>Dear ymakrap : Based on the statistics from the 5800 early applications, 40% of early applications have been given a thumbs-up. From those, the average SAT three-way score has been 2131 and average ACT composite score has been 32. As expected, the early students will be hugely engaged at their High School campuses and have very attractive academics in addition to their extra curricular elements.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED: COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS PROGRAM </p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT Verbal:
[ *] SAT Math:
[ *] SAT Writing:
[ *] SAT Total:
[ *] SAT II: Chemistry 730
[ *] ACT: 33 (English 33, Math 35, Reading 30, Science 33)
[ *] AP/IB taken/scores: Chemistry 5, European History 3, This Year: Calc BC, Physics C Mechanics, Psychology, English Lit
[ *] GPA weighted: 4.1304
[ *] GPA unweighted: 4.00
[ *] Rank or % estimate: 1/213</p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Essays: About my adopted sister and her influence on me. Pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recs: One good one by my AP Chemistry teacher and a very good one by my school preist
[ *] Counselor Rec: Standard
[ *] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Columbus, Ohio
[ *] School Type: Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Legacy Yes/No:
[ *] Recruited Yes/No: No
[ *] Important ECs: Four year varsity soccer (1st team all-league, state champions), Math Club Officer, Summer course on scientific research sponsored by Children’s Hospital (research on SARS)</p>
<p>Other Factors: My cousin works at BC and is pretty good friends with the president</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everybody that got in. Looking forward to meeting you all!</p>
<p>What do people think the statistics will look like for the regular decision process? Where do people view the averages for that will settle and, given the higher accepts in EA, will that higher acceptance rate over peior years change the acceptance percentages on the deferrals?</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: TX
[</em>] School Type: Small, private, selective day school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Scouts, Band, Swimming, Political Action Club, SciOly, Latin Club, </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: </p>
<p>Pretty pumped. Seriously considering BC now since I got into the Honors Program, although I’ve gotten into a higher ranked university.</p>
<p>**Decision && School: Deferred && Carroll Business **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:690
[</em>] SAT Math: 800
[<em>] SAT Writing: 710
[</em>] SAT Total:2200 (one sitting)
[<em>] SAT II: Math II- 800 Literature- 720
[</em>] ACT: 33Comp 33E 36M 32R 31S 12W 34W+E
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: 7 total, 4 taken; AP Government US 4, English Lang 5, Environmental 5, World History 4; Currently in English Lit, MacroEcon+MicroEcon, AB Calculus
[</em>] GPA weighted: 4.0
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.28
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: Does not rank</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MD
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Persian)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Tennis 3 years, captain. Newspaper staff writer. Business club.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
No clue.</p>
<p>Why didn’t I get in? This was not my first choice, but I got into Illinois Business, and Michigan LSA. Is BC that hard to get into?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: Didn’t Send.
[</em>] SAT Math: Didn’t Send.
[<em>] SAT Writing: Didn’t Send.
[</em>] SAT Total: Didn’t Send.
[<em>] SAT II: Math II 710, Spanish 640, Literature, 630, US History 600.
[</em>] ACT: 32 (E:35, M:30, R:30, S:31 Writing Subscore:9, E/W:32) Superscore: 33
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: US History (3), Calc AB, Spanish Language, English Language and Composition, Economics.
[</em>] GPA weighted: somewhere around 4.5?
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 4.0.
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: School does not rank.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good I think.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Did not see them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Did not see it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Catholic? Met the reader for our area?</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: FL.
[</em>] School Type: Private.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian.
[</em>] Gender: Female.
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No.
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No.
[li] Important ECs: Drama for four years (International Thespian Honor Soceity: Star Thespian for 11 and 12), Spanish Club President, Random Sports.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone!! Hoping to hear from a few more schools. I was also hoping for honors but oh well.</p>
<p>Decision && School: Accepted, Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP Art History, AP Chem, AP Physics, AP Calc, AP Span, AP Psych
[<em>] GPA weighted: 4.8
[</em>] GPA unweighted: 3.9
[li] Rank or % estimate: Top 10%</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was very good and personal
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[li] Counselor Rec: standard</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: USA
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs: habitat for humanity founder/president, big brother big sister founder, journalism yearbook editor, loottss of community service</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Now I need to go visit and see if I like it!!</p>
<p>Accepted Arts and Sciences Honors Program
GPA 3.65 UW/4.3W Top 5% of HS
9 Ap’s
Tons of EC’s
Very Competitive Public High School
WOOHOO Very excited!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal:750
[</em>] SAT Math:750
[<em>] SAT Writing:730
[</em>] SAT Total:1500/2230
[<em>] SAT II:700 math1…660 us
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores:
[</em>] GPA weighted:4.0
[<em>] GPA unweighted:-
[</em>] Rank or % estimate:doesnt rank…but definitely not in top 10</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:i thought it was crappy…but personal
[</em>] Teacher Recs:didnt read
[<em>] Counselor Rec:didnt read
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:New York City
[</em>] School Type:Specialized
[<em>] Ethnicity:WHITE!
[</em>] Gender:male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No:nope…but sisters go there
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No:no
[li] Important ECs:4 years basketball captain…alter server at church 8 years…thats IT</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: …</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
im just happy i got in…great test scores but terrible non-academic profile…oh well…depending on financial aid situation i will hopefully be attending next year…i can’t wait. go eagles! congrats to everyone</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Verbal: N/A
SAT Math: N/A
SAT Writing:N/A
SAT Total:N/A
SAT II:N/A
ACT: 31
AP/IB taken/scores: 14 AP/IB classes total
GPA weighted:4.3
GPA unweighted: 3.7
Rank or % estimate: 31/779</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: spoke about Mexican heritage, volunteering in Argentina, and passion for Spanish (my major)
Teacher Recs:didnt read
Counselor Rec:didnt read
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Mexican/White
Gender:male
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No:no
Important ECs: volunteering and couple leadership, nothing too amazing, except for maybe Argentina</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:
I decided to apply to BC in the last min because one of my friends told me it was a good school. I still dont know if I would like to go to BC</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 730
[<em>] SAT Writing: 770
[</em>] SAT Total: 2180
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: AP English Language (5)
[</em>] GPA weighted: –
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 90.0
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 30%</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: 9/10
[</em>] Teacher Recs: did not see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: did not see
[</em>] Hook (if any): </p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Mock Trial/Community Service</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 680
[</em>] SAT Math: 730
[<em>] SAT Writing: 660
[</em>] SAT Total: 20170
[<em>] SAT II: 700 on math 2 and 660 on us history
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: world history & u.s. history: 3, english literature: 4
[</em>] GPA weighted:
[<em>] GPA unweighted:
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: school doesn’t rank, but my regents were ranked 5th</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought it was alright.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: no
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: no
[li] Important ECs:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Carroll School of Management Honor’s Program</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 760/780/680=1540/2200
AP/IB taken/scores: 11 APs, 2 IBs, 7 University classes as of now, 12, 6, 8 by graduation
GPA weighted: 5.12
GPA unweighted: 3.83
Rank or % estimate: Top 1%</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Common app essay was very good and personal
Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor Rec: Great
Location/Person: FL
State or Country: USA
School Type: large public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Legacy Yes/No: no
Recruited Yes/No: no
Important ECs: environmental service, debate
Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: I also got in to Georgetown’s SFS, so now I’m waiting on a Presidential Scholars Finalist letter. If I’m not in the running for it, I’ll withdraw my app so one of you amazing guys who got deferred can have my spot!</p>