<p>In my Agra Portal, I now have the option to pay my enrollment with the confirmation fee. However, I have not been notified about the decision. Does that mean I am accepted?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): W: 750 (Essay: 8), CR: 740 Math: 770
[</em>] SAT II: 790 Chinese W/ Listening, 720 Math II
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): We don’t do GPA. 99.3/100. Weighted. No idea what unweighted is.
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/28? We don’t do ranking either. Top 5%.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Macro (5), Micro (5), Lit (4), Chem (4), WH (5), Chinese (5), Studio Art, Calc AB, Lang, Psychology
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Lang, AP Calc, AP Studio Art, Physics, Dance, Yearbook
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (president), Interact (Vice President), write for an English paper for Chinese students, write for a magazine for international students, piano (7 years), violin (5 years), do gigs as a singer accompanied by my brother on guitar, tutored English to Chinese kids.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Graphic designer, photographer, interned at a photography studio
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Not a lot. HFH, volunteered at a soup kitchen in the summer of 2009, Children’s Center, Austim Center.
[</em>] Summer Activities: SATs, Harvard SSP (2009)
[<em>] Essays: Decent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good but generic
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): China
[</em>] School Type: International (private)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: n/a
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SATs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II’s, EC’s
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCI, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, Boston University. Rejected by UCSD.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Lol.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (680R 800M 760W)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36E 35M 30R 33S)
[<em>] SAT II: Physics (780), Chemistry (760), Math II (750), US History (700)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/121
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5), Physics B (5), English Language (4), US History (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Physics C
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Literary magazine won national stuff</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Literary magazine (layout editor)
Student leadership committee (dorm academic prefect)
Music Club (founder, president)
Radio station (founder)
Science Club (president)
Junior State of America (chapter officer)
Band (lead flute)
Theatre technician
Yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at daycare in South Korea, Boys and Girls Club, environmental awareness team
[</em>] Summer Activities: Nothing selective, one JSA camp
[<em>] Essays: I liked it
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea
[</em>] Additional Rec: No idea
[li] Interview: BC has interviews??!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): High school in GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$60,000, but this doesn’t count because I’m international
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am the anti-hook</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA and rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurricular activities
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: They liked me
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Georgia Tech, University of St Andrews, American, UVA, NYU, Davidson
Waitlisted: UChicago
Waiting: Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford (rejection party!)</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Had no idea how expensive BC was. $62k? Really?</p>
<p>Does it really cost $62,000? Son was waitlisted and this was a reach but I didn’t realize it cost that much! He received some nice merit at other colleges that are probably a better fit. We would save at least $20,000 per year.</p>
<p>All the expenses and fees are listed here: </p>
<p>[Tuition</a> and Fees - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/offices/stserv/financial/tuitionandfees.html]Tuition”>http://www.bc.edu/offices/stserv/financial/tuitionandfees.html)</p>
<p>The $62K figure is definitely too high.</p>
<p>62k…Wow I might end up going to NYU instead if FA comes out bad.</p>
<p>when I added it all up I got ~56k not 62k</p>
<p>D admitted for Fall. On the FA portion of the porthole, it lists the official cost of 2011-12 as $56,668.</p>
<p>The brochure said $56k and the financial aid thing said $62k. I guess it’s different for international students. Man, this turns me off so much. I thought BC had a reasonable private school tuition… This is comparable to NYU.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to:School of Nursing </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 630/700/740
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: did not submit
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3 womp womp), Lit, Spanish, Psych
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): nope!
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs and Honors
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing too significant</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team, Jazz bands, Concert band, some sports
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Local Youth Theatre, Hospital, St. Vincent de Paul
[</em>] Summer Activities: I didn’t even mention this…but I just babysat and volunteered and went on an “educational” tour
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about how much of a geek I was in middle school.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Decent, I suppose
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably equally decent
[</em>] Additional Rec: None.
[li] Interview: No.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle / Upper Class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m sure the fact that I’m a white female from suburban Mass helped…oh wait, no it didn’t.</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I took a lot of languages in high school, and my ACT
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know. I’m really happy though!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Saint Anselm’s, UNH, Northeastern, Case Western, and Catholic University. Deferred from University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: General congratulatory remarks, I suppose. And sympathy for anyone rejected…you’ll find the right place for you though</p>
<p>How did the portal change to know you were accepted?</p>
<p>I would assume that the difference in total cost is that the financial aid office also includes “discretionary” spending for the 8 months at school in addition to the cost of tuition and room & board.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 710 R 630 W 720
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: BioM 720 MathII 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/156
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, Honors Physics, Bioethics, English, Latin, Evolution
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Good Citizen’s Award</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (President) NHS (VP)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Dietary Aide, Soccer Referee
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Community Barn
[</em>] Summer Activities: Leadership Camps
[<em>] Essays: Very Creative
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good!
[li] Counselor Rec: Good!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Essay, Leadership, Recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT Reading
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: overall good application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted at Middlebury, Bucknell, and Northeastern. Accepted to UConn, UVM, Fordham, St Mike’s, Providence. Rejected from Dartmouth, Colgate, John’s Hopkins</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
- SAT I (breakdown): Reading 680 Writing 680 Math 800 Combined:2160
- SAT II: Math II 750 Biology M 700
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.87
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
- AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Lit (4) APUSH (4)
- Senior Year Course Load: 3 Honors 3 AP</p>
<p>Subjective:
- Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team President/Track/Paper
- Job/Work Experience: Worked every year since freshmen year
- Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours at retirement home
- Summer Activities: Did one writing course at my school
- Essays: Common app essay was nice, supplements bad
- Teacher Recommendation: one was great, other was cookie cutter
- Counselor Rec: amazing</p>
<p>Other
- State (if domestic applicant): NH
- School Type: Catholic
- Ethnicity: White (greek)
- Gender: Male
- Income Bracket:80k</p>
<p>Reflection
- Strengths: Well Rounded.
- Weaknesses: Uhh sports? essays? i dont really know, pretty solid applicant
- Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well rounded applicant from another catholic school.
- Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brandeis, Holy Cross, Providence, Clarkson Rejected: JHU, Cornell, Williams, Amherst (ED)</p>
<p>General Comments: not surprised i got in, but definitely grateful. i feel like alot of high quality applicants are getting funneled into these outer-tier 1 schools (or inner-tier 2) too bad its so expensive… gonna love the debt.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>School applied to: Lynch School of Education </p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR: 620 M: 670 W:690
ACT: 31
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 out of 208
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English, Calc AB, Environmental Science
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, American Gov’t/Economics, Journalism, Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Fairfield University Book Award</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor in Chief), retreat leader, summer camp leader for incoming freshman to my HS, Peer group leader, National Honors Society, Scholar Service Institute (requires us to do service projects), Eucharistic Minister, Bible Club, Literary Magazine, Sci Olympiad (1 year), volleyball 4 years, lacrosse 2 years, softball 2 years.</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: bookkeepers assistant, internship at a pre-school & pre-school’s summer program. </p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Campus Ministry @ my high school (tutoring, cleaning up houses, soup kitchens), Open House volunteer/representative for my HS, neighborhood park clean-up, Pins 4 pets service project.</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Sailing, Beach Volleyball league, licensed boater.</p>
<p>Essays: Common app essay was about how I gave money to a homeless man in NYC even though my parents didn’t want me to.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: Full page with really small font (size 8/10) from my journalism teacher. Very personalized; & also probably a decent one from my math teacher.
Counselor Rec: probably not too good b/c the woman was stupid…
Additional Rec: No.
Interview: No.</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): New York (long island)
School Type: Catholic
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle / Upper Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no way!</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Involved in lots of community service & religious things at my school which I’m assuming BC liked. Did well on ACTs. Extra curricular activity resume was 3 pages long.
Weaknesses: SATs not so high.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Shocked I got accepted because I didn’t get into Villanova! But maybe because I held a lot of leadership positions at my high school, GPA, ACTs.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Providence College, Fordham, Loyola Maryland, Fairfield, Quinnipiac; Waitlisted at Villanova & Holy Cross.
General Comments: Congrats everyone! Can’t wait to meet you awesome people in the fall :D</p>
<p>Accepted
Caroll School of Management!</p>
<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): R630 M780 W750
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: MII740 B600
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/60 ?
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History (not even passing score…), English Literature, Calculus
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing significant?</p>
<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football 3yrs, Track and Field 1yr, National Honor Society 1yr
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Working at a local gym
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Little bit of senior hospital
[ *] Summer Activities: Summer Bible Camp</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: Wrote about overcoming teenage obesity/depression, took a lot of time.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant): South Korea
[ *] School Type: Small private Christian School
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Enough to attend without aid
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: Honestly I don’t know 
Why me??
[ *] Weaknesses: Little extracurricular/leadership
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t know???
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to several state universities, rejected by UC berkeley, UCLA, four ivy leagues, chicago, and northwestern, and waitlisted by colleges that I applied for business programs (wustl, emory, and etc)</p>
<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b] </p>
<p>I am so grateful for Boston College! After getting rejected/waitlisted by so many colleges, tears of joy came out of my eyes when I was accepted to Caroll School of Business! I want to study hard and make BC proud whether I go back to my country or stay in America after graduation.
Also, this is all thanks to God. I began to prepare for colleges and SAT in the summer before my senior year which is I think very late. I had no hope, but somehow I met the right people and the right advice to get me fired up for college application. This was God’s work! Although I did not get accepted by a single college that I initially wanted to go (from out of 18? colleges), I am now relieved thanks to this. God, let me place Your Will before mine and be Your Instrument from now on.
And people who are applying for BC in the future, good luck! :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School applied to: CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (690 W, 740 CR, 580 M)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 650 Literature, 740 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 W/3.6 UW. My weighted GPA is very low because I got a C+ in AP Bio during my junior year.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): They don’t tell us.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), English Lang (4), US (5), Human Geography - Self Study (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Economics, AP Stats, AP Computer Science, AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish, English at a community college
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None.</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor-In-Chief), Literary Arts Magazine (Editor-In-Chief), Student Rep to the School Board, Art History Club (President), Girl Scouts (Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards), Karate (Black Belt), Confirmation (Teen Mentor/Leader), Youth and Government (Officer)…some other things…
Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Spanish, History
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local gardens, girl scouts, numerous church activities (altar server, etc)
Summer Activities: Exchange student
Essays: Very strong
Teacher Recommendation: One excellent, one good
Counselor Rec: Strong
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Notable public
Ethnicity: Asian, Hispanic, White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: < $300,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, I guess.</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: Essay, extraccuriculars (leadership)
Weaknesses: SAT scores, class ranking, GPA, even AP scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m Catholic and I’m AHANA. I think my application reflected that I was stronger in languages and history so though I had weak scores in Math/Science, I made up for it. (I’m fluent in Tagalog and Spanish).
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: DePaul, Davis, UCSD, Santa Clara; Waitlisted: NYU, BU (huh?); Rejected: UCLA, Berkeley, Tufts, Middlebury, Williams, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>General Comments:
Based on the fact that I was rejected nearly everywhere, I think I got very lucky with BC. When I applied, I thought BC was a target but I’m beginning to think it was more of a reach school. I wanted to go to Williams (I was deferred ED since I was a legacy) but that obviously isn’t happening. Go Eagles!</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted to CSOM[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Date applied: 2010/12/30
Date decision postmarked/received: 2011/3/26</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] SAT Total: 2160 M: 800, CR: 640, WR: 720,</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT Subject Tests: Math800 Physics800</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA-UW: 3.68 </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: top10%</p>[/li]
<p>[li]AP/IB classes: no</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Im not an excellent writer, but I think that I related some experience during my stay in the US are somewhat special; why major answer is layered; small business-related experience was included</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: good, with details; English teacher(also class teacher), Chemistry teacher, Biology teacher(also bio club supervisor)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: same with TR</p>[/li]
<p>[li] EC highlights: This is where Im weak at, I dont have many ecs and the ones I have are really not that unique. Some leadership, but nothing big[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Location/Person:
[ul]
[li] State or Country: China</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: nah
</p>
<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: i think my scores are good enough for BC
[ *] Weaknesses: ECs i guess
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ad by USC BU, rej by NU Cornell Brown, wl by Umich</p>
<p>[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>School applied to: CAS </p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2130; 700 (Writing), 710 (Math), 720 (CR)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: World History 750; US History 720; Chemistry 710; Math 2 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1 (shared with 30 others)
[</em>] AP: World Hist (5); Chem (5); US Hist (4); English Lang (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Calc BC, AP Euro, Accounting 2, Physics C, AP Govt; French 4 AP, English 4 AP
[</em>] Major Awards: NSLI Scholarship to study abroad</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross Country (Team Capt); Varsity Track, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Officer); Asian Student Association (Treasurer); Academy of Finance; Business Professionals of America; National Honor Soceity; Academic UIL
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Ernst & Young
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church worship team; church student leadership team; summer Sunday school teacher
[</em>] Summer Activities: After freshman year- Mexico missions trip. After sophomore year- 7 week foreign exchange trip in Korea. After junior year- interned at EY.
[<em>] Essays: Decent? I’m definitely not the strongest writer, but I had a lot of people check over my essay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Honestly, probably very generic. My counselor barely knows my name.
[</em>] Interview: None. </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks: None. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UT Austin, business honors; BU; Brandeis. Waitlisted: Pomona. Rejected: Yale (deferred EA); Princeton; Columbia; Penn.[/li][/ul]</p>