<p>I jumped the gun a bit. I just got an email which informed me that I wasn’t rejected, I was in fact Waitlisted. Probably not that big a difference.</p>
<p>@BCbound see you at the carrol school! For all those going to BC, my name is Alec and I look forward to meeting you all soon!</p>
<p>@acellis - I’m so happy you were accepted! I know BC is your first choice.</p>
<p>@BTMell thank you! I still can’t believe it haha</p>
<p>@aceellis See you there! Still overjoyed – After I was rejected from my state school (UF), I’ve been so worried I wouldn’t get accepted anywhere I wanted to go, and then the only acceptance I have thus far is for my absolute favorite. Go figure.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120
[</em>] SAT II:720 bio m, 690 ush, 680 math1
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 w
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), USH (4), writing (4), stats (3), taking latin, calc ab, lit, and psych this year
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap’s listed above and honors law and honors anatomy
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with Honor, gold medalist national latin exam, beacon award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis 9-12 (captain), XC 9-12, Mock trial 9-12 (captain), Stu Govt 9-12 (officer), JSA 9-11, NHS 11-12, Peer Educator 11-12, Tutoring 12, Mu Alpha theta 9-12, Latin National Honor society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Dunkin’ Donuts for 8 months and internship at a Congressman’s office (unpaid)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: around 125 hours total
[</em>] Summer Activities: job, internship
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: truly could not have been better
[</em>] Additional Rec: one from the Congressman I interned for (he’s a BC grad actually)
[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, AP’s, course rigor, ec’s, internship, rec’s
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see above
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accpeted: BU and Villanova, waitlisted: WUSTL, UVA, and Notre Dame, still waiting to hear from Georgetown and Michigan</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: SOOOOO excited! I will most likely attend just waiting for my FA package. Congrats everyone!!</p>
<p>Hey does anyone know if the conservative atmosphere is really strong would liberals feel uncomfortable that kind of thing? thanks</p>
<p>izzya,</p>
<p>If accepted to Michigan would you choose Michigan over BC?</p>
<p>@AwesomeAim</p>
<p>I can assure you that the student body is largely liberal (contrary to some belief) or just flat out indifferent to social/political issues. I would argue that the “conservative” label has more to do with its catholic affiliation and the administration.</p>
<p>BCBound How did you not get into UF? I’m from Orlando lol where in Florida are you from?</p>
<p>@bigdoglover, I would definitely still choose BC over Michigan. Also, I just got waitlisted at Michigan (kinda shocked and declined spot on waitlist haha), but as time went on after I applied I just realized that Michigan wouldn’t be as good a fit for me. I come from a small public school so jumping into a school as large as UM may have not been fun/good for me. I am going to be a business major, and I was accepted to CSOM, which is now ranked higher than Ross. What really convinced me about BC though was when I shadowed a student for a day in the Fall. Even though I had only spent a couple hours on campus, I knew it was exactly what I’d like out of my college experience. (btw I don’t want you to think I am saying this out of bitterness b/c UM waitlisted me, I just saw your question and had already come this conclusion months haha) Good luck!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted to College of Arts and Sciences! **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 750 Writing, 710 CR, 680 Math, 2140
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 680, Lit 590, Bio 580
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8, 90.6 average
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20% in a class of about 215
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 honors, 1 AP
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Destination Imagination Participant for 12 years
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet, Destination Imagination, National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, People to People Student Ambassador, Youth Group, National History Day
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group, People to People
[<em>] Summer Activities: Traveled to South Africa last summer
[</em>] Essays: good common app essay, great supplement
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good
[<em>] Additional Rec: good
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Enough to not get a lot of financial aid 
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT, Supplement, Family Income
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT II, Class Rank
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I am really surprised, but very pleasantly surprised! I think my supplement was excellent and my SAT scores were good. I don’t think I would’ve gotten into the School of Management, however.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UMass, UNH, Champlain, Ithaca, UVM Honors, Bucknell
Rejected: Vassar, Middlebury, Bates</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
Not positive if I am going to be attending, but there’s a pretty good chance! Kind of nervous about all of the negative reviews on sites such as College ******* though, they make me a bit less confident in my decision. My name is Shea and hopefully I will meet some of you next year 
Feel free to ask me any questions!</p>
<p>@izzya219</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. Nope not bitterness, I totally understand. Great that you got to shadow a student. BC sounds like a great fit for you. Congrats!</p>
<p>Sheabutter:</p>
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<p>There are 1-2 sites as you mentioned, which seem to have abundant negative reviews of many colleges. Please don’t base your decisions on Boston College, or any other reputable school, on arbitrary, often angry, comments from some of those sites. Most of them have no bearing on life at the schools they’re talking about.</p>
<p>There are plenty of current BC students and alumni who read these BC threads. Please address any of your concerns here. You’ll find their replies sincere and honest.</p>
<p>BC is an awesome college. Congratulations on your acceptance.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050 Superscored
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: Lit: 750, U.S. History: 730, World History: 720
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/433
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. History (4), Language Arts (5), Chemistry.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, Dual-credit Anatomy, Economics Honors, Pre-Calculus Honors, AP Physics B.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Treasurer), Culture Club (Vice President), Teen Court (Attorney), Karate and Jujitsu.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the Hospital for one summer. But with all my activities together, I’ve done around 250+ community service hours. Not as much as other people but whatever.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Questbridge College Prep Scholar
[</em>] Essays: Average…maybe less than because of procrastination
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very general because she barely knows me.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t do one</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <$55,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Nothing really spectacular.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Activities, not that much AP, a whole bunch of other reasons.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don’t really know actually - miracle?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brandeis University, University of Florida, University of Miami. Waitlisted: UVa, and Emory.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Happy that I got in, but am terribly conflicted between UF and BC. Love BC but UF is a cheaper option…</p>
<p>Anyone know anything on OTE at Boston College?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1950 Superscored
ACT: 29
SAT II: Lit: 700, U.S. History: 670, Math I: 710
GPA: 86/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chinese, Macro and Micro Economics, Statistics, AB Calc
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Stats, AP Macro/Micro Econ, Senior English Electives, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Forensic Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Recognition Scholar Honorable Mention </p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper club (Staff Editor), Music Club (President), Model Senate, Model UN (Treasurer), Young Democrats (Vice President). I’ve also done a lot of music stuff like create my school’s first student run Pep Band and played in an orchestra with professionals
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring young hispanic kids, and working at soup kitchen for a ton of community service hours.
Summer Activities: Georgetown University Summer Business Program
Essays: Both were really good, I talked about my experience living in Indonesia for two years.
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them but I trust that both were really good considering who wrote them. Very good teachers
Counselor Rec: I’m not sure</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: All Boys Private
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: not sure?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, submitted a music supplement, first generation American, and first gen attending undergrad in the USA</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: My extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA and SAT
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I know I showed a lot of interest, but also I know BC loves well roundedness and I show a lot of stuff outside the classroom. I haven’t mentioned some of my other extracurriculars in here.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northeastern University, Dickinson College; Waitlisted: Wake Forest University, University of Richmond, Trinity College; Rejected: Duke University, Brown University, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Colgate University, Bucknell University</p>
<p>General Comments: I am going to Boston College! It’s always been my first choice and I’ve never been happier! It’s gonna be a great 4 years!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: The Carroll School of Management</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT: 33
GPA: 4.06
Rank: N/A</p>
<p>APs: Not permitted to take APs until Junior year.
AP English Language (4), AP English Literature, AP Macro Economics, AP Psychology </p>
<p>Major Awards:
Cum Laude Society, Principle’s List (straight As), Presidential Volunteer Service Award, First Place in my region for The Young Entrepreneur Business Club Competition, NJCL Latin Honor Society, National Art Society, Faculty List (elected by a faculty member in recognition of a student with superior effort, attitude, commitment and perseverance). </p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Editor & Chief of Award Winning Magazine (Gold Medal from Scholastic Press Association)
Founder & President of The Entrepreneur Club
Co-founder and President of The Service Club
Writing Center Tutor
Enrolled in a rigorous 6-week online Duke University Econ course.
300+ hours of service hours </p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
Internship at an innovative, local marketing business (hands-on, not shadowing) using state of the art marketing tools such Google Analytics, Infusion Soft, producing presentations, researching trending topics, among other projects.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
300+ hours of service: Habitat for Humanity, Service Support Project for Indigenous People, Food Banks, Writing Center Tutor, lots more…</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Tye-DC: Entrepreneurship bootcamp for high school students, culminating in a global business plan competition (my team won first place)
Chicago Institute of Art Summer Program, Habitat for Humanity, Support Project for Indigenous People </p>
<p>Essays: Very good. I talked about what service means to me. It sounds clich</p>
<p>CollegeTimesFour - Regarding your son’s waitlist status…BC often accepts students from the wait list but student MUST make it clear that they are still very interested and would go to school if accepted. At least write a letter to the school stating that and keep sending updates on awards, grades, etc.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (CR - 740 Math - 650 Writing- 670)
ACT:
SAT II: Math Level 2 - 710, English Literature - 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): in top 10</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):School Pupil Leader, Drummer for 5 years, Quizzer, Debater.
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer activist and co-founder of an eco-conservation group.
Summer Activities: Student speaker at local TEDx event.
Essays: They were alright. My commonapp one was terrible, but the one for my supplement was pretty good.
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec: Great</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Country (if international applicant): India
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT? And my essay I guess.
Weaknesses: High school transcript wasn’t written properly + I didn’t study during my 11th grade.
Why you think you were accepted: My essay and SAT score.
Where else were you accepted: Villanova University ( its b-school is ranked 14th I think)
General Comments:</p>
<p>Thrilled to get through. Carroll is ranked between UPenn’s Wharton and Emory’s Goizueta school, so its b-school I guess is pretty kickass. I’ve paid the enrollment deposit and am applying for my visa!</p>