****Official Boston College RD Class of 2018 Decision Thread****

<p>not me</p>

<p>fiiiinally got my letter (live overseas)
ACCEPTED!
SAT: 1910 (superscored) 1850 (from one sitting)
SAT II’s: 670 USH, 660 Lit, 670 Math II
ACT: 31
GPA: weighed 3.9
AP: US History
IB: Diploma (predicted ~37 or so)
Lived internationally for 12 years, strong essays (I liked my BC supplement the best), pretty good teacher recs… Just shows you don’t need super high scores to get into BC!! :)</p>

<p>Accepted and matriculating:
Boston College: Carroll School of Management '18</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li]SAT I (highest single sitting): 2180 (760M | 690R | 730W) [/li][li]SAT I (superscore): 2190 (770M | 690R | 730W)[/li][li]ACT (highest single sitting): 33 (34M | 34E | 33R | 32S)[/li][li]ACT (superscore): <taken once="">[/li][li]SAT II (subject, score):[/li]- Math II … 770

  • US History … 750
  • Bio E … 650 (taken freshman year)
    [li]GPA (out of 100):[/li]-Unweighted: 96.33
    -Weighted: 98.77
    [li]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%[/li][li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB):[/li]- AP US History … (5)
  • AP English Language and Composition … (5)
  • AP World History … (5)
    [li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): Adelphi Prize for Leadership Recipient[/li][li]Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.):[/li]-AP Scholar
    -NHS
    -German NHS
    -Business NHS
    -3rd place in Economics and Business Communications at FBLA District Competition <submitted as="" supplementary="" information="" to="" all="" rd="" schools="">
    [li]Senior Year Course Load:[/li]-AP Calculus BC
    -AP English Literature
    -AP Macroeconomics
    -AP Biology
    -AP Statistics
    -College German</submitted></taken></p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Extracurriculars:[/li]-FBLA …… President (for the last 2 years)
-Cancer Research Club… Co-President
-Club Baseball
[li]Job/Work Experience:[/li]-Intern at the Make-A-Wish Foundation
-Personal Tutor (For SAT and Math help)
-Personal Soccer Trainer
-“Beta Tester” coach for a soccer program that tracks progress online <paid>
[li]Volunteer/Community Service:[/li]-Volunteer for community soccer program as an assistant coach
-Self-started a community-wide children’s book/dvd drive for a local hospital(collected 4,000 books and 400 DVDs). We had extras which were donated to an underprivileged library.
[li]Summer Experience:[/li]-Volunteered at a local fish hatchery
-Used my Adelphi Scholarship in order to take a National Economy Class and a Natural Science and Environmental Problems Class (I got a 4.0 in both)</paid></p>

<p>[/ul]Writing (1-10 rating):[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Common App Essay: 9/10 I worked for weeks on it[/li][li]Writing Supplements: My top schools probably got my best essays to be totally honest. I tried to write about my fit but some of the essay prompts and word limits were too constricting to be able to do otherwise.[/li][li]Teacher Recs: 10/10 from my sophomore year English teacher and 8/10 from my junior year Physics teacher[/li][li]Counselor Rec: 9/10 I was in the counseling office probably at least once a week. He’s one of the nicest people in my school and I know it was probably great.[/li][li]Other Rec: 8/10 Letter from my Adelphi University env sci Professor. She approached me before the final exam and offered to write it so I assume it had to be good. Cornell, however, got a letter from my AP US History/AP Macro Teacher who was an alum. After I was deferred, I sent Cornell the Adelphi Rec as a supplementary item.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]</p>

<p>[li]U.S. State/Territory or Country: New York[/li][li]School Type: Competitive Public[/li][li]Ethnicity: White[/li][li]Gender: Male[/li][li]Income Bracket Range: Upper Middle Class (I applied for aid)[/li][li]Hooks: In-state to Cornell and my uncle went there; other than that, none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[list]</p>

<p>[li]Strengths: Relatively well-rounded, no true “crutch” (Other than maybe Bio and Critical Reading); my scores are a little above the 75th percentile[/li][li]Weaknesses: Nothing outstanding, totally unhooked[/li][li]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I wish I knew- maybe the fact that I had no national awards or school sports to speak of</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments:</p>

<p>Rejected from my reaches, accepted to my matches and safeties, waitlisted at my high matches/low reaches. It seems like these are fairly reasonable results if I were to try to look at my application objectively. I obviously would have preferred the ED acceptance to Cornell and be done with it, but I’m happy I got my foot in the door enough to be able to go for my sophomore year (if I were to choose to go that route). I visited Boston a year ago to look at schools and I really loved BC. Considering my final decision (Georgetown) was today, I was able to narrow it down to BC and UVA. However, the guarantee of being admitted to the business school for my freshman year (as opposed to the two-year program at UVA) was too good to pass up. BC for me. Go Eagles!</p>

<p>Has anyone just not receive anything? I applied RD, but haven’t heard back at all. No acceptance letter, no rejection letter. Just nothing. My portal hasn’t changed either, and no emails. Anyone else in the same boat?</p>

<p>Has anyone just not receive anything? I applied RD, but haven’t heard back at all. No acceptance letter, no rejection letter. Just nothing. My portal hasn’t changed either, and no emails. Anyone else in the same boat?</p>

<p>I would call the admissions office right away.</p>