Official Boston College RD Class Of 2017 Thread

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I : 2230 (780 CR, 670 Math, 780 Writing)
SAT II: 710 Spanish, 690 US History, 740 Literature
Unweighted GPA: 94.5/100
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), US Government and Politics (3), English Language and Composition (5), US History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: Honors courses - English, Current Global Issues, Spanish Composition and Conversation, Engineering Design and Development. AP courses - AP Calc BC, AP Bio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor, National Merit Commended Scholar, Young Science Achievers Program grant recipient</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Student Council (member 4 years - Class President sophomore, junior, and senior year), Key Club, Multicultural Club, Model UN
Job/Work Experience: Sales associate at the Gap, Snack Bar staff at a beach club, Intern at Currents Magazine
Volunteer/Community service: Key Club fundraisers, assistant Girl Scout troop leader, volunteer babysitter, NHS fundraisers
Summer Activities: Worked at the Gap and a local beach club
Essays: Pretty good, wrote my common app essay on liking the humanities but attending a STEM high school
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
Counselor Rec: She’s new this year, but should have been pretty good
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: Small pre-engineering magnet school - ranked #1 STEM school in the US
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: SAT score, extra curriculars, #1 ranked high school
Weaknesses: GPA (sub-par math/science grades), lack of hooks
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong SAT score and well-rounded extra curriculars
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Gettysburg College, TCNJ, UDel, Northeastern. Waitlisted: Barnard College. Rejected: Princeton, Tufts, Brown, Georgetown
General Comments: Will probably go to BC :slight_smile: Can’t wait to meet you all!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (740 R 790 M 720 W) (single sitting)
ACT: none
SAT II: 800 Math II 800 Chemistry 760 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: Physics, Calculus, British Literature, Economics, Senior Portfolio
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Official Interpreter, Math Club (President),
Business Club (Vice-president), Spanish Club (Vice-president), Class president, Student Monitor
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring elementary school children
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering at pharmacy and emergency room at hospital
Summer Activities: Volunteered in Ethiopia
Essays: 8/10 maybe
Recommendations:
Teacher Rec #1: Excellent
Teacher Rec #2: Great
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant):N/A
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private/Religious
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K-150K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: GPA, SAT, SAT2s
Weaknesses: lack of APs, lack of awards
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: scores and GPA
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Cornell, CMU, Rice, UVA, UMich, TAMU, Tufts. Rejected at Penn</p>

<p>General Comments: Excited!</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 30/570
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats 4, Gov 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP BC Calc, AP English, AP Physics, AP Econ, AP French, Honors Psychology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): umm nothing really. competitor of gymnastics team placed 2nd in state
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity gymnastics captain, math club, french club, student council class VP, math & science tutor, key club bulletin editor
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 50 hours per year through key club, tutoring, and student council
[<em>] Summer Activities: travel experience to 25+ countries
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were very good. Very positive feedback
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t seen them, but I assume they were good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ^ Same
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: 2500 student public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 250,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): white girl from the suburbs…</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: good test scores and gpa, lots of EC’s, i think my recommendations were decent
[</em>] Weaknesses: mid year grades, had 3 B’s from a straight A student. i’m not really sure what else, other than my public school being portrayed in a bad light since my teachers are on strike.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i am average in the applicant school. also i’m a white girl
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted Ohio state, Miami of Ohio, U Miami Florida. waitlisted at Wake and UMich, rejected from Northwestern & Duke</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am accepting my waitlist offer and would definitely accept if I got in. Good luck everyone!</p>

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<p>Accepted
Biology major
30 ACT
3.95 UW GPA
4.27 W GPA
From California
Strong essays
Accepted: BC, Northwestern, Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, Cal Berkeley, BU, UVA, UToronto, McGill, Northeastern, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, Cal Poly SLO, UWash
Rejected: Dartmouth, NYU, Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt
Waitlisted: Brown, Cornell, and Georgetown</p>

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<p>Congrats JustinBryce, you sure have some great schools to pick from. Good problem to have.</p>

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<p>@Bigdoglover
I have absolutely no idea where I’m going to end up. Leaning toward ND slightly over Northwestern and BC.</p>

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<p>@JustinBryce
Not that it matters but I like your order. My D hasn’t ruled BC out yet but it is doubtful she will choose it. </p>

<p>I get a big dose of ND as my neighbors have 2 there and a third going in the fall! And the Dad went there. Fighting Irish overload! Great school though</p>

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<p>Thanks for your advise. The feeling I got at Northwestern was that it overly competitive and the admission office told me it is known for grade deflation.</p>

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<p>Thank you! I visited it again and am deciding to go there in the fall!</p>

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<p>For all that got in last year, I am in California waiting to hear about my decision last year. When did you guys find out?</p>

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<p>I applied to the class of 2018 for BC, you probably won’t reply to this, but what date in particular did you all receive letters?</p>

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<p>@BCcraze-I believe the letter arrived on March 27th. I live in California.</p>