Official Boston College RD Class Of 2017 Thread

<p>My daughters acceptance letter says BC will have financial aid information available on the financial aid portal on March 27 after 5:00 PM</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800CR, 760M, 790W; took it once)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 USH, 760 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.24W)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10/300
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), USH (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics, English, American Gov/Econ, two choir classes
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): choir (section leader, council treasurer), photography (sell stock photos online), dance, lifting
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: some math tutoring, farmer’s market
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: ER volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: not much
[</em>] Essays: I really liked my Common App essay. supp essay was okay; I chose the St. Ignatius prompt and wrote about going into medicine.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he’s new, but it was overall positive
[</em>] Interview: didn’t do one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: medium sized public, not very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores, straight A transcript, probably recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: who can really say?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UCLA and URochester, WLed at UChicago and Northwestern, denied from BU (lololol)
[/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to all those accepted!
I’m really excited; I loved the campus when I visited, and so far it’s looking like my best option. I hope the FA comes through.
To everyone waitlisted or denied - don’t worry, you guys have great stats, and you WILL end up somewhere fabulous, I promise. :)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS Honors </p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 (CR), 790 (W), 730 (M). 2320 composite (one-sitting)
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 770 (Lit) 750 (US HIS)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 100.52 (probably higher actually, but I didn’t see the final one)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 or 4 out of 125
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Eng Lang & Comp (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Eng Lit, AP Chem, AP Gov/Econ, Religion, PE (hahaha)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre (President, Lead in a few plays); NHS (historian); School Ambassador; One-Act Team, Academic/Speech team (made it to state 3 times)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at camp for children and adults with special needs (~600 hours), Soup Kitchen, a few other things here and there
[<em>] Summer Activities: Volunteering at above-mentioned Camp
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, about experience at Camp
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read- but from my favorite teachers, probably really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read- She doesn’t know me very well personally
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: None</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Catholic All-girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: High enough that I didn’t apply for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test Scores, Service, GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not a huge amount of ECs?
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Pretty strong application, I think :slight_smile:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: University of San Diego, Fordham RH; Waitlisted: UChicago; Still waiting on: Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Georgetown</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Reallllly excited! I loved the school and area when I visited. Anyone else possibly attending Honors Day? Congrats to all accepted, and best wishes to everyone else!</p>

<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):Reading:630 Writing:750 Math:710 = 2090
[</em>] ACT: NA
[<em>] SAT II: Math II: 690 Biology E: 660
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): NA
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL: 6 French SL: 6
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:Most Rigorous program
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll since grade 9 (above 80% average)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer of a charity, Dance club president, accounting firm work, student tutor, major local festival volunteer, and most importantly for BC, heavy volunteer work with my local parish! :slight_smile:
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor, internship at a accounting firm
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: a good variety
[<em>] Summer Activities:internship with accounting firm, volunteering with children refugees from diff countries, festival work, dance
[</em>] Essays: I wrote my common app essay about my little brother and a snail… so I guess it hit their cute cords
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: phenomenal, very personal
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great, very personal
[<em>] Additional Rec:NA
[</em>] Interview:NA</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): CANADA WOOOHOOOOO
[<em>] School Type:Catholic
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: around 200k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My BC essay was unique. I responded in a rather unique but humorous way :slight_smile:
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, horrible first semester grade 12 grades, SAT II scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m catholic (even touched upon it in my essays), I’m international (most ppl here only apply to ivys), and my reccomendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Still waiting to hear back from UMich and NYU; Accepted to Northeastern and Fordham! </p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I cannot believe I got in! I thought my grade 12 grades would kill my chances! They averaged to 79% LOL… but i’m so thankful I got in! I worked really hard on my essays and built solid relationships with my teachers! My advice for anyone reading this in the future: WORK HARD AND GIVE BC A SHOT! It’s got incredible school spirit, an ivy league looking campus, great academics, and beautiful ppl! I almost didn’t apply here because of time strains but man am I glad I did! Not sure if i’ll attend BC as I am still waiting on NYU and UMich… GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND CONGRATS!</p>

<p>@avonhcky thank you so much for your help and support. Congratulations on your acceptance!!! Best of luck!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (didn’t send)
• ACT: 34
• SAT II: 730 Math 2, 700 USH
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
• AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human (5), APUSH (5), AP Pysch (5), AP Music (4), AP Lang (5), taking AP Calc BC and AP Bio
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, Beg 3D Art, Creative Writing, Econ/Civics H
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction, Advanced Level 10 Piano CM
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Vice President), NHS (Director of Publicity), Viet Club (Secretary), Dragonboating, Piano, Basketball, CSF
• Job/Work Experience: Kumon (2 years)
• Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross Club, Local elem school tutor,
• Summer Activities: work
• Essays: Good, wrote about my traveling abroad experience and life in Switzerland
• Teacher Recommendation: Alright, I am not very close with my teachers but they are good letter of rec writers
• Counselor Rec: Better, she is an advisor for NHS so she prob wrote about my leadership
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:</p>

<p>Other• State (if domestic applicant): CA
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: very competitive, one of the top high schools in the nation
• Ethnicity: Asian
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: 100,000+
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
• Strengths: ACT score, rigorous course load
• Weaknesses: extracurricular activities
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think maybe because of my childhood experience in Europe and how it impacted me. Also because I’m Asian and they wanted to promote diversity AHANA?
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCI (H), UCSD, Northeastern. Rejected: UCLA. Pending: Cornell, Tufts University, USC, UC Berkeley</p>

<p>General Comments: I’m very happy and excited! The campus looks beautiful and I look forward to visiting soon :slight_smile: For those who didn’t get in - keep your head up. There are better plans in store for you and you will attend a college that is best suited for you. Congrats to everyone else accepted!</p>

<p>Hi Should everyone in Bergen Country, NJ have gotten their acceptance/ rejection letters today? Because I feel like only the ones who got rejected received a letter… that’s not possible right? All of them most have come out?Thanks!(:</p>

<p>anyone from California already get theirs in the mail? I’m from Fresno and I didn’t get anything in Monday’s mail :(</p>

<p>Big Envelope, Accepted from GA!!</p>

<p>@ActionHank, I’m in the Bay Area and received mine today. If not today, then probably tomorrow for you :)</p>

<p>thanks, stupiddorkyidiot
I’m really anxious to hear back…</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 W, 790 M, 750 CR)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Bio, 790 Math II, 790 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 5, Chem 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP U.S. Gov, AP Comp Gov, AP Calculus BC, Spanish IV, Journalism, Senior English, Senior Seminar, Study Hall
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team, Debate Team, Orchestra First Chair, Yearbook
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 Internships, tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen, volunteer concerts
[<em>] Summer Activities: 2 Internships, music camp
[</em>] Essays: Great, unique & creative writing
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not sure
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Dual between 2 non-U.S. countries
[<em>] School Type: Private international
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $200,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars, international status
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my test scores let me into the “considering” pile and my common and supplemental essay got me through the door.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD (with Provost Scholarship), Northeastern (with full tuition scholarship); Waitlisted: Notre Dame; Rejected: University of Chicago, Northwestern</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Still waiting for more decisions, but BC is definitely in the top!! Love the school, haven’t visited but the photos look beautiful!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted CAS Physics</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):Reading:670 Writing:770 Math:710 = 2150
ACT: NA
SAT II: Math II: 720 Physics: 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/165
AP (place score in parenthesis): 3 world, 3 comp, 5 apush</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP calc, AP gov, AP chem, H Psych</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): key club 2yrs (vp), NHS 2yrs, XC 4yrs (captiain)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 100+
Summer Activities: 5 yrs outward bound
Essays: it was about mountaineering
Teacher Recommendation: good i guess. Actually I think one of the teachers hates me
Counselor Rec: great</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NC
School Type: PUBLIC
Ethnicity: Whitey
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: around 200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): bad ass</p>

<p>General Comments: I am so Happy! I just really want to be able to afford it</p>

<p>@ActionHank - I’m in the Bay Area and got accepted to CAS Honors today. You’ll be probably tomorrow. Good luck!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (M 650, CR 690, W 750)
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Literature 730, Spanish 760
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4), APUSH (4), AP Lit (5), AP Spanish (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calculus, Yearbook, Show Choir, AP Language, AP Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Show Choir (President, Dance Captain), Academic League, Yearbook (Faculty Editor), TAAP, Link Crew.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Qualcomm Stadium worker, Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: East County Animal Rescue volunteer, Eastlake Student Studios
[<em>] Summer Activities: Visual and Performing Arts Camp
[</em>] Essays: My common app essays were okay, and I was just honest with my supplement
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent hopefully ._.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very last minute so I don’t know.
[<em>] Additional Rec:n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):n/a
[<em>] School Type: Large, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic/ Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: I guess EC’s and scores?
[</em>] Weaknesses: Counselor letter, probably essay
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: um…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSD, UCI, SDSU, and NYU Shanghai. Waitlisted at UChicago and Pitzer College. Rejected at Pomona College.</p>

<p>Not too sure about that. No news of anything in Passaic County today.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):NA
ACT:31
SAT II:NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History(4) Government and Politics(5) Lang and Comp(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP calc, AP Econ, AP Enviro Sci, AP Bio, AP Spanish, World Lit, Sci Fi, Jewelry
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Spanish Exam, UVM engineering week award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, XC, Track(captain), indoor track, Student Gov(PR head), Spanish Honor Society(Committee head), Athletic Leadership Council
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: intern for attorney general campaign, education interpreter at aquarium
Summer Activities: psychology at UVM
Essays: St. Ignatius and a light piece about my physics experience, decent
Teacher Recommendation: awesome, I’m sure :slight_smile:
Counselor Rec:NA
Additional Rec:NA
Interview:NA
Other
State (if domestic applicant):VT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy
Reflection
Strengths:ECs and course load
Weaknesses: essays
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: not entirely sure, I guess I’m well rounded.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Accepted @ Wellesley, UVM, St. Andrews, U of Edinburgh, Imperial College London Waitlisted @ Colby, Rejected @ LSE, Haverford(ED) still waiting on Dartmouth and Vanderbilt
General Comments: happy to be accepted, but IT’S SO EXPENSIVE. I can go to a school of equal prestige in the UK for a lot less. I do love the campus though, and Boston is awesome!</p>

<p>Yes, Southern Ca arrived today</p>

<p>Rejected.</p>

<p>Sucks as BC was my dream school ever since I was little, loved the visits as well.</p>

<p>Not in the mood to post my full stats but they line up with the people wait listed in this thread</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120
ACT:
SAT II: 690 USH, 630 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): APELang (5), APES (5), World History (4), USH (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP English 4, AP Psyc, AP Art History, Honors Pre-Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football, Comedy Sportz, Newspaper
Job/Work Experience: Umpire
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours at a school and coaching and working with homeless
Summer Activities: Football and football and more football
Essays: written by me.
Teacher Recommendation: written by teachers. so why do you ask this? no one can judge these. everyone’s gonna say “oh mine were the BEST.”
Counselor Rec: written by counselor.
Additional Rec: written by newspaper moderator.
Interview: nah.</p>